IP Library Granted Patent US 12,608,109
Granted Patent B2
US 12,608,109 · App. 18/735,470 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Detection device having peripheral region detection electrodes

Inventors: Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Takada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
G06F3/0446G06F3/0443G06F3/0448G06F3/04166
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Patent No.
US 12,608,109
App. No.
18/735,470
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detection device includes a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a matrix of rows and columns in a detection region of a substrate, at least one second detection electrode disposed in a peripheral region outside the detection region, positioned adjacent to some of the plurality of the first detection electrodes, and provided along a side of the detection region, and a coordinate calculation circuit configured to calculate a detection position of a detection target body.

Claims (44)

1 . A detection device comprising:

a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a matrix of rows and columns in a detection region of a substrate;

a plurality of second detection electrodes disposed in a peripheral region outside the detection region, positioned adjacent to some of the plurality of the first detection electrodes, and provided along a side of the detection region;

a coordinate calculation circuit configured to calculate a detection position of a detection target body; and

a shield electrode provided in the peripheral region and surrounding outside of the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes, wherein

an inner edge of the shield electrode is outside outer edges of the plurality of second detection electrodes in a plan view, and

the shield electrode is supplied with a signal having the same phase as signals to the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes.

2 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes each output a detection signal in accordance with change in self-capacitance of the detection electrode.

3 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the second detection electrode is shorter than a width of each of the first detection electrodes in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the second detection electrode.

4 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein a time constant of the plurality of second detection electrodes is equivalent to a time constant of each of the plurality of first detection electrodes in effect.

5 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein the shield electrode is supplied with the signal having the same amplitude as the signals to the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes.

6 . The detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage circuit configured to store a first correction value in accordance with sensitivity of the plurality of second detection electrodes, wherein the coordinate calculation circuit calculates the detection position of the detection target body based on a value obtained by multiplying the detection value of the plurality of second detection electrodes by the first correction value.

7 . The detection device according to claim 6 , wherein the first correction value is determined based on an average value of a first correction amount of the detection value of the second detection electrode when the detection target body is positioned at a central part of a first detection electrode adjacent to the second detection electrode among the first detection electrodes and a second correction amount of the detection value of the second detection electrode when the detection target body is positioned in a region between the second detection electrode and the first detection electrode.

8 . The detection device according to claim 6 , wherein

the first correction value is different for each height of the detection target body, and

the storage circuit stores, as a correction table of the second detection electrode, the relation between the height of the detection target body and the first correction value.

9 . The detection device according to claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of second detection electrodes extend along the side of the detection region, and

the storage circuit stores a second correction value of the detection value of the second detection electrode in accordance with the position of the detection target body in an extension direction of the second detection electrode.

10 . The detection device according to claim 9 , wherein

the second correction value is different for each height of the detection target body, and

the storage circuit stores, as a correction table of the second detection electrode, the relation between the height of the detection target body and the second correction value.

11 . The detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a determination circuit configured to determine whether the detection target body is in contact or nearby based on the detection values of the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes, wherein the determination circuit determines that the detection target body is in the peripheral region when the detection value of the second detection electrode is maximum among the detection values of the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes.

12 . The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

there is no overlap between the shield electrode and the second detection electrodes in the plan view.

13 . A detection device comprising:

a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a matrix of rows and columns in a detection region of a substrate;

a plurality of second detection electrodes disposed in a peripheral region outside the detection region, positioned adjacent to some of the plurality of the first detection electrodes, and provided along a side of the detection region;

a coordinate calculation circuit configured to calculate a detection position of a detection target body; and

a shield electrode provided in the peripheral region and surrounding outside of the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes, wherein

an inner edge of the shield electrode is outside outer edges of the plurality of second detection electrodes in a plan view, and

a time constant of the plurality of second detection electrodes is equivalent to a time constant of each of the plurality of first detection electrodes in effect.

14 . The detection device according to claim 13 , wherein

there is no overlap between the shield electrode and the second detection electrodes in the plan view.

15 . A detection device comprising:

a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a matrix of rows and columns in a detection region of a substrate;

a plurality of second detection electrodes disposed in a peripheral region outside the detection region, positioned adjacent to some of the plurality of the first detection electrodes, and provided along a side of the detection region;

a coordinate calculation circuit configured to calculate a detection position of a detection target body;

a shield electrode provided in the peripheral region and surrounding outside of the plurality of first detection electrodes and the plurality of second detection electrodes; and

a storage circuit configured to store a first correction value in accordance with sensitivity of the plurality of second detection electrodes, wherein

an inner edge of the shield electrode is outside outer edges of the plurality of second detection electrodes in a plan view, and

the coordinate calculation circuit calculates the detection position of the detection target body based on a value obtained by multiplying the detection value of the plurality of second detection electrodes by the first correction value.

16 . The detection device according to claim 15 , wherein

there is no overlap between the shield electrode and the second detection electrodes in the plan view.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071793/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2024
From: YAMAGUCHI, HIROSHI; TAKADA, NAOKI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067668/0800 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-021330 · Feb 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18108389 · Feb 10, 2023
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