IP Library Granted Patent US 12,282,629
Granted Patent B2
US 12,282,629 · App. 18/321,761 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Touch scanning method and display module

Inventors: Yankai Gao (Guangdong, CN); Zhijia Cui (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,282,629
App. No.
18/321,761
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch scanning method is used for a TPIC chip and includes: receiving a emission synchronization signal sent by a DDIC chip, the light emission synchronization signal being synchronized with an EM signal controlled by the DDIC chip; and by taking the emission synchronization signal as a synchronization reference, performing continuous touch scanning according to a touch scanning frequency, where a time point of the touch scanning is aligned with a time point at which the emission synchronization signal is received. The emission synchronization signal sent by the DDIC chip is synchronized with the EM signal, and the EM signal is stable, therefore upon the receipt of the emission synchronization signal, the TPIC chip can perform continuous touch scanning with the emission synchronization signal as the synchronization reference according to a stable touch scanning frequency, thereby facilitating the improvement of the identification rate and accuracy for a touch operation.

Claims (41)

1. A touch scanning method, implemented to a touch panel driver integrated circuit (TPIC) chip of a display screen, wherein the method comprises:

receiving an emission synchronization signal sent by a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) chip, wherein the emission synchronization signal is synchronized with an emission (EM) signal controlled by the DDIC chip;

receiving a vertical synchronization signal sent by the DDIC chip;

determining an image scanning interval and a non-image scanning interval of the DDIC chip, based on the vertical synchronization signal;

performing continuous touch scanning according to a touch scanning frequency with the emission synchronization signal as a synchronization reference, and obtaining a first touch signal in the image scanning interval and a second touch signal in the non-image scanning interval, wherein a time point of the touch scanning is aligned with a time point of the emission synchronization signal being received; and

filtering the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the image scanning interval and the non-image scanning interval of the DDIC chip based on the vertical synchronization signal, comprises:

determining an image scanning duration based on a refresh rate of the display screen;

determining a time interval of the image scanning duration after a current vertical synchronization signal as the image scanning interval; and

determining a time interval between an end time of the image scanning interval and a next vertical synchronization signal as the non-image scanning interval.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein determining the image scanning duration based on the refresh rate of the display screen, comprises:

determining a scanning duration of a single frame image at a highest refresh rate of the display screen as the image scanning duration.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an interference of the DDIC chip on the TPIC chip within the image scanning interval is higher than that of the DDIC chip on the TPIC chip within the non-image scanning interval;

wherein filtering the first touch signal and the second touch signal, comprises:

filtering the first touch signal through a first filtering algorithm, and filtering the second touch signal through a second filtering algorithm, wherein the first filtering algorithm is different from the second filtering algorithm.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the touch scanning frequency is 1/k of an EM frequency, and the touch scanning frequency is greater than or equal to a refresh rate of the display screen, where k is a positive integer;

wherein the touch scanning frequency is a non-integer multiple of the refresh rate of the display screen.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method is implemented by a TPIC chip of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display screen, or the method is implemented by a TPIC chip of a display screen in a mobile terminal.

7. A touch scanning method, implemented by a DDIC chip of a display screen, wherein the method comprises:

sending an emission synchronization signal to a TPIC chip in a working state, wherein the emission synchronization signal is synchronized with an EM signal, and the TPIC chip is configured to perform continuous touch scanning according to a touch scanning frequency with the emission synchronization signal as a synchronization reference; and

sending a vertical synchronization signal to the TPIC chip, wherein the TPIC chip is configured to determine an image scanning interval and a non-image scanning interval of the DDIC chip based on the vertical synchronization signal, and filter a first touch signal in the image scanning interval and a second touch signal in the non-image scanning interval.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method is implemented by a DDIC chip of an OLED display screen, or the method is implemented by a DDIC chip of a display screen of a mobile terminal.

9. A display module, wherein the display module comprises:

a display screen, a DDIC chip and a TPIC chip, and the DDIC chip is electrically connected with the TPIC chip;

wherein the DDIC chip is configured to send an emission synchronization signal to the TPIC chip; the emission synchronization signal is synchronized with an EM signal; and

wherein the TPIC chip is configured to receive the emission synchronization signal, and perform continuous touch scanning according to a touch scanning frequency with the emission synchronization signal as a synchronization reference; and a time point of the touch scanning is aligned with a time point of the emission synchronization signal being received;

wherein the DDIC chip is further configured to send a vertical synchronization signal to the TPIC chip, and the TPIC chip is further configured to:

receive the vertical synchronization signal;

determine an image scanning interval and a non-image scanning interval of the DDIC chip, based on the vertical synchronization signal;

perform the continuous touch scanning according to the touch scanning frequency with the emission synchronization signal as the synchronization reference, and obtain a first touch signal in the image scanning interval and a second touch signal in the non-image scanning interval; and

filter the first touch signal and the second touch signal.

10. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein the TPIC chip is configured to:

determine an image scanning duration based on a refresh rate of the display screen;

determine a time interval of the image scanning duration after a current vertical synchronization signal as the image scanning interval; and

determine a time interval between an end time of the image scanning interval and a next vertical synchronization signal as the non-image scanning interval.

11. The display module according to claim 10 , wherein the TPIC chip is configured to determine a scanning duration of a single frame image at a highest refresh rate of the display screen as the image scanning duration.

12. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein an interference of the DDIC chip on the TPIC chip within the image scanning interval is higher than that of the DDIC chip on the TPIC chip within the non-image scanning interval;

wherein the TPIC chip is configured to:

filter the first touch signal through a first filtering algorithm, and filter the second touch signal through a second filtering algorithm, wherein the first filtering algorithm is different from the second filtering algorithm.

13. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein the touch scanning frequency is 1/k of an EM frequency, and the touch scanning frequency is greater than or equal to a refresh rate of the display screen, where k is a positive integer; and the touch scanning frequency is a non-integer multiple of the refresh rate of the display screen.

14. The display module according to claim 9 , wherein the display module is an OLED display module, and the DDIC chip is configured to drive the display screen to display images, and the TPIC chip is configured to collect touch operation signals on the display screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2023
From: GAO, YANKAI; CUI, ZHIJIA
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064261/0816 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011329400.9 · Nov 24, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021123572 · Oct 13, 2021
Related Publication 20230297190A1 · Sep 21, 2023
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