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US 10,908,726 · App. 16/607,447 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Force touch device, force touch feedback method, and touch display device

Inventors: Wenbo Wang (Beijing, CN); Chien Pang Huang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G06F3/04144G06F3/016G06F3/044G06F3/045G06F2203/04105G06F2203/04106
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Patent No.
US 10,908,726
App. No.
16/607,447
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A force touch device, a force touch feedback method and a touch display device are provided. The force touch device includes a first region and a second region, and further includes: a force detecting electrode in the first region and the second region; a sensing electrode in the first region; an auxiliary electrode in the second region, and the auxillary electrode and the sensing electrode are on a same side of the force detecting electrode. The sensing electrode and the force detecting electrode are disposed oppositely and insulated from each other to form a first force sensor, the auxiliary electrode and the force detecting electrode are disposed oppositely and insulated from each other to form a second force sensor, and a distance of the auxiliary electrode from the force detecting electrode is greater than a distance of the sensing electrode from the force detecting electrode.

Claims (36)

1. A force touch device including a first region and a second region, comprising:

a force detecting electrode in the first region and the second region;

a sensing electrode in the first region;

an auxiliary electrode in the second region, and the auxiliary electrode and the sensing electrode being on a same side of the force detecting electrode, wherein

the sensing electrode and the force detecting electrode are disposed oppositely and insulated from each other to form a first force sensor, the auxiliary electrode and the force detecting electrode are disposed oppositely and insulated from each other to form a second force sensor, and a distance between the auxiliary electrode and the force detecting electrode is greater than a distance between the sensing electrode and the force detecting electrode,

wherein the force touch device further comprises a circuit board on a side of the auxiliary electrode facing the force detecting electrode,

the circuit board comprises a component, an orthographic projection of the component on the force detecting electrode coincides with an orthographic projection of the auxiliary electrode on the force detecting electrode,

in a direction perpendicular to the force touch device, the circuit board is disposed between the auxiliary electrode and the force detecting electrode.

2. The force touch device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a feedback circuit, connected to the force detecting electrode to receive a force signal, wherein

the feedback circuit is provided with a first threshold signal corresponding to the first region and a second threshold signal corresponding to the second region, and the feedback circuit is configured to compare the force signal with the first threshold signal or the second threshold signal and generate a touch command according to a comparison result.

3. The force touch device according to claim 2 , wherein

the force detecting electrode comprises a first electrode in the first region and a second electrode in the second region, and the feedback circuit is connected to the first electrode and the second electrode to receive a force signal detected by the force detecting electrode.

4. The force touch device according to claim 1 , wherein a sum of thicknesses of the auxiliary electrode and the circuit board which is located in the second region is equal to a thickness of the sensing electrode.

5. The force touch device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing electrode comprises a metal middle frame.

6. The force touch device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary electrode comprises a metal cover.

7. The force touch device according to claim 1 , further comprising an isolation layer between the force detecting electrode and the sensing electrode and between the force detecting electrode and the circuit board.

8. The force touch device according to claim 7 , wherein the isolation layer comprises a buffer insulation layer at a side close to the force detecting electrode and a conductive film at a side away from the force detecting electrode.

9. The force touch device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first region and the second region comprises at least one sub region.

10. The force touch device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary electrode and the sensing electrode are insulated from each other.

11. The force touch device according to claim 2 , wherein the force detecting electrode comprises a plurality of electrode blocks arranged in an array, the feedback circuit is connected to the electrode blocks in the first region and the electrode blocks in the second region to receive a force signal detected by the force detecting electrode.

12. A force touch feedback method, applied to the force touch device according to claim 1 , and the force touch feedback method comprises:

setting a first threshold signal corresponding to the first region and a second threshold signal corresponding to the second region;

obtaining at least one of a first force signal on the first region and a second force signal on the second region;

comparing the obtained first force signal with the first threshold signal, and comparing the obtained second force signal with the second threshold signal, and generating a touch command according to a comparison result.

13. A touch display device, comprising a display panel and the force touch device according to claim 1 .

14. The touch display device according to claim 13 , wherein the display panel is on a side of the force detecting electrode away from the sensing electrode, and the display panel and the force touch device are of an integrated structure.

15. The touch display device according to claim 13 , wherein the display panel comprises an organic light emitting diode display panel.

16. The force touch device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a circuit board on a side of the auxiliary electrode facing the force detecting electrode, wherein

the circuit board comprises a component, an orthographic projection of the component on the force detecting electrode is within an orthographic projection of the auxiliary electrode on the force detecting electrode.

17. The force touch device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a circuit board on a side of the auxiliary electrode facing the force detecting electrode, wherein

the circuit board comprises a component, an orthographic projection of the component on the force detecting electrode is within an orthographic projection of the auxiliary electrode on the force detecting electrode.

18. The force touch device according to claim 2 , wherein a sum of thicknesses of the auxiliary electrode and the circuit board which is located in the second region is equal to a thickness of the sensing electrode.

19. The force touch device according to claim 3 , wherein a sum of thicknesses of the auxiliary electrode and the circuit board which is located in the second region is equal to a thickness of the sensing electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2019
From: WANG, WENBO; HUANG, CHIEN PANG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2018 1 0320230 · Apr 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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