Granted Patent B1

US 12,455,657 · App. 18/769,410 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Inventors: Hung Wei Tseng (Hsinchu, TW); Yi Chun Kuo (Hsinchu, TW); Chen Cheng Lin (Hsinchu, TW)

Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.

G06F3/04184G06F3/0412G09G3/344G09G2310/08

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first electrode, serving as a touch electrode;

a second electrode;

a display medium layer, configured between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

an electrode driver, coupled to the first electrode, and configured to drive the first electrode,

wherein during a touch sensing period, the electrode driver provides a touch driving signal to the first electrode, and the first electrode performs touch sensing based on the touch driving signal,

wherein during the touch sensing period, a first average voltage value of the first electrode is equal to a second average voltage value of the second electrode,

wherein the display device further comprises:

an active element array substrate, wherein the active element array substrate comprises:

a scan line;

a data line;

a transistor, wherein the transistor comprises a gate terminal and a source terminal, the gate terminal is electrically connected to the corresponding scan line, and the source terminal is electrically connected to the corresponding data line;

a pixel electrode, electrically connected to the transistor; and

the second electrode, configured to form a storage capacitor with the pixel electrode,

wherein the display medium layer is configured between the first electrode and the active element array substrate.

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

a driving circuit, coupled to the scan line and the data line,

wherein the driving circuit provides a voltage of the pixel electrode to a display screen via the scan line and the data line.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a potential of the second electrode is maintained at the second average voltage value during the touch sensing period.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first average voltage value and the second average voltage value during the touch sensing period are a first predetermined potential, and the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor are maintained at the first predetermined potential, or the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor are in a high impedance state;

wherein during a maintenance period that is not the touch sensing period, DC potentials of the first electrode, the second electrode, and a plurality of receiving terminals are maintained at a second predetermined potential;

wherein during the maintenance period, the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor are maintained at the second predetermined potential, or the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor are in the high impedance state.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein during a display adjustment period that is not the touch sensing period and not the maintenance period, the DC potentials of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the plurality of receiving terminals are maintained at the second predetermined potential, the gate terminal of the transistor is provided with a scan signal, and the source terminal is provided with a data signal.

6. A driving method of a display device, wherein the display device comprises a first electrode serving as a touch electrode, a second electrode, and a display medium layer, and the display medium layer is configured between the first electrode and the second electrode, the driving method comprising:

during a touch sensing period, providing a touch driving signal to the first electrode, and performing touch sensing by the first electrode based on the touch driving signal; and

configuring a first average voltage value of the first electrode to be equal to a second average voltage value of the second electrode,

wherein the display device further comprises an active element array substrate, and the active element array substrate comprises a scan line, a data line, a transistor, a pixel electrode, and the second electrode,

wherein the transistor comprises a gate terminal and a source terminal, the gate terminal is electrically connected to the corresponding scan line, and the source terminal is electrically connected to the corresponding data line,

wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the transistor, and the second electrode and the pixel electrode form a storage capacitor,

wherein the display medium layer is configured between the first electrode and the active element array substrate.

7. The driving method according to claim 6 , wherein the first average voltage value and the second average voltage value during the touch sensing period are a first predetermined potential, and the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor are maintained at the first predetermined potential, or the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor are in a high impedance state,

the driving method also further comprising:

during a maintenance period that is not the touch sensing period, maintaining DC potentials of the first electrode, the second electrode, and a plurality of receiving terminals at a second predetermined potential; and

during the maintenance period, maintaining the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor at the second predetermined potential, or configuring the source terminal and the gate terminal of the transistor to be in a high impedance state.

8. The driving method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

during a display adjustment period that is not the touch sensing period and not the maintenance period, maintaining the DC potentials of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the plurality of receiving terminals at the second predetermined potential;

providing a scan signal to the gate terminal of the transistor; and

providing a data signal to the source terminal of the transistor.

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