Touch panel and display apparatus

1. A touch panel comprising:

a touch sensor panel including an electrostatic capacitance detection sensor capable of detecting a change in electrostatic capacitance formed between the touch sensor panel and a pointer;

a pressure sensor capable of detecting a pressure on a touch surface of the touch sensor panel as a change in electrostatic capacitance;

a touch panel controller that performs control to generate information relating to a touch by a pointer on the touch surface, based on the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor and the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the pressure sensor;

a shield layer including a conductive material disposed between the touch surface and the pressure sensor, the shield layer being overlapped with at least a part of the pressure sensor as viewed from the touch surface; and

an insulating layer that electrically insulates the shield layer from the pressure sensor wherein

the touch sensor panel further includes a decorative member provided to a region other than a region in which the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor is provided, on the surfaces opposite to the touch surface, as viewed from the touch surface,

the shield layer is disposed on the decorative member, and

the insulating layer is disposed between the shield layer and the pressure sensor.

2. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the shield layer is disposed on a surface opposite to the touch surface of the touch sensor panel, and

the insulating layer is disposed between the shield layer and the pressure sensor.

3. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the shield layer has a light shielding property and is decorated.

4. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the touch panel controller generates the information with use of the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the pressure sensor when an AC signal having a same phase as a phase of an excitation signal applied to the pressure sensor is applied to the shield layer.

5. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

a detectable region detectable by the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor, of the touch surface, includes a first touch region defined at an end of the detectable region and a second touch region that is a region other than the first touch region of the detectable region, and

the touch panel controller performs control to generate coordinates of a position touched by the pointer on the first touch region, based on a change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor and a change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the pressure sensor, and performs control to generate coordinates of a position touched by the pointer on the second touch region based on a change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor.

6. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the shield layer is directly or indirectly connected to a ground potential.

7. A display apparatus in which the touch panel according to claim 1 is provided on a display surface side of the display apparatus.

8. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the touch surface is configured to be touched by the pointer.

9. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the shield layer is capable of suppressing or blocking electrostatic capacitance formed between the pressure sensor and the pointer from being sensed at the pressure sensor.

10. A touch panel comprising:

a touch sensor panel including an electrostatic capacitance detection sensor capable of detecting a change in electrostatic capacitance formed between the touch sensor panel and a pointer;

a pressure sensor capable of detecting a pressure on a touch surface of the touch sensor panel as a change in electrostatic capacitance;

a touch panel controller that performs control to generate information relating to a touch by a pointer on the touch surface, based on the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor and the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the pressure sensor;

a shield layer including a conductive material disposed between the touch surface and the pressure sensor, the shield layer being overlapped with at least a part of the pressure sensor as viewed from the touch surface; and

an insulating layer that electrically insulates the shield layer from the pressure sensor, wherein

the touch sensor panel further includes:

a structure including the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor; and

a protective plate that protects the structure and has a surface that is the touch surface, and

the protective plate includes a decorative member provided to a region other than a region in which the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor is provided, on the surface opposite to the touch surface, as viewed from the touch surface.

11. A touch panel comprising:

a touch sensor panel including an electrostatic capacitance detection sensor capable of detecting a change in electrostatic capacitance formed between the touch sensor panel and a pointer;

a pressure sensor capable of detecting a pressure on a touch surface of the touch sensor panel as a change in electrostatic capacitance;

a touch panel controller that performs control to generate information relating to a touch by a pointer on the touch surface, based on the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor and the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the pressure sensor;

a shield layer including a conductive material disposed between the touch surface and the pressure sensor, the shield layer being overlapped with at least a part of the pressure sensor as viewed from the touch surface; and

an insulating layer that electrically insulates the shield layer from the pressure sensor, wherein

the touch panel controller generates the information with use of the change in the electrostatic capacitance detected by the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor when an AC signal having a same phase as a phase of an excitation signal applied to the electrostatic capacitance detection sensor is applied to the shield layer.