IP Library Granted Patent US 10,120,503
Granted Patent B2
US 10,120,503 · App. 15/488,645 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Display device and method of driving the same

Inventors: Takafumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Yasuyuki Teranishi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G06F3/0418G06F3/044G06F3/0412G09G3/3648G09G3/3611G09G2354/00
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Patent No.
US 10,120,503
App. No.
15/488,645
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes drive electrodes, sensing electrodes, a driver, a first sensor circuit, and a second sensor circuit, wherein the drive electrodes include first drive electrodes and second drive electrodes which are arranged between the adjacent first drive electrodes, and a first width of the first drive electrodes in a first direction is an integer multiple of a second width of the second drive electrodes in the first direction.

Claims (25)

1. A display device comprising:

drive electrodes which are arranged side by side in a first direction;

sensing electrodes which produce capacitance between the drive electrodes and the sensing electrodes;

a driver which supplies either a first drive signal or a second drive signal to the drive electrodes;

a first sensor circuit which senses an object in contact with or in proximity to a sensing area based on first sensing signals which are obtained from the sensing electrodes in response to the first drive signal; and

a second sensor circuit which senses the object in contact with or in proximity to the sensing area based on second sensing signals which are obtained from the drive electrodes in response to the second drive signal,

wherein the drive electrodes include first drive electrodes and second drive electrodes,

wherein the second drive electrodes are arranged between the first drive electrodes which are adjacent to each other, and

wherein a first width of the first drive electrodes in the first direction is an integer multiple of a second width of the second drive electrodes in the first direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the number of the second drive electrodes which are arranged between the adjacent first drive electrodes is two, and

the first width is twice the second width.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the driver sequentially supplies the first drive signal to a plurality of first blocks of the drive electrodes, each of the first blocks including a first predetermined number of drive electrodes which are successively arranged in the first direction, and simultaneously supplies the second drive signal to a plurality of second blocks of the drive electrodes, each of the second blocks including a second predetermined number of drive electrodes which are successively arranged in the first direction, and

center lines of the first blocks in the first direction are aligned with center lines of the second blocks in the first direction, respectively.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the adjacent first blocks share the same second drive electrodes with each other.

5. A driving method of a display device comprising:

providing the display device including drive electrodes which are arranged side by side in a first direction; sensing electrodes which produce capacitance between the drive electrodes and the sensing electrodes; a driver which supplies either a first drive signal or a second drive signal to the drive electrodes; a first sensor circuit which senses an object in contact with or in proximity to a sensing area based on first sensing signals which are obtained from the sensing electrodes in response to the first drive signal; and a second sensor circuit which senses the object in contact with or in proximity to the sensing area based on second sensing signals which are obtained from the drive electrodes in response to the second drive signal, wherein the drive electrodes include first drive electrodes and second drive electrodes, wherein the second drive electrodes are arranged between the first drive electrodes which are adjacent to each other, and wherein a first width of the first drive electrodes in the first direction is an integer multiple of a second width of the second drive electrodes in the first direction;

sequentially supplying the first drive signal to a plurality of first blocks of the drive electrodes, each of the first blocks including a first predetermined number of drive electrodes which are successively arranged in the first direction;

simultaneously supplying the second drive signal to a plurality of second blocks of the drive electrodes, each of the second blocks including a second predetermined number of drive electrodes which are successively arranged in the first direction; and

aligning center lines of the first blocks in the first direction with center lines of the second blocks in the first direction, respectively.

6. The driving method of claim 5 , wherein

the number of the second drive electrodes which are arranged between the adjacent first drive electrodes is two, and

the first width is twice the second width.

7. The driving method of claim 6 , wherein the adjacent first blocks share the same second drive electrodes with each other.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2017
From: SUZUKI, TAKAFUMI; TERANISHI, YASUYUKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 042029/0366 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-092598 · May 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170315671A1 · Nov 2, 2017
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