IP Library Granted Patent US 9,081,433
Granted Patent B2
US 9,081,433 · App. 14/107,539 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Method of processing touch-sensor data and apparatus for performing the same

Inventors: Noboru Takeuchi (Cheonan-si, KR); Tadashi Amino (Cheonan-si, KR); Dae-Cheol Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Woong-Kwon Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Byeong-Hoon Cho (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,081,433
App. No.
14/107,539
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of processing touch-image data includes calculating a plurality of motion vectors using a plurality of low-resolution touch-image data frames, aligning sensing data corresponding to an object detected in the low-resolution touch-image data frames using the motion vectors to generate an overlapped touch-image data frame, generating high-resolution data corresponding to the detected object using the overlapped touch-image data frame and detecting the touch position and generating touch position data of the detected object using the high-resolution touch position data corresponding to the detected object.

Claims (44)

1. A method of processing touch sensor data comprising:

calculating a plurality of motion vectors using a plurality of low-resolution touch-image data frames;

aligning sensing data corresponding to an object represented in the low-resolution touch-image data frames using the motion vectors to generate an overlapped touch-image data frame;

generating high-resolution touch-image data corresponding to the object using the overlapped touch-image data frame; and

detecting a touch position data of the object using the high-resolution touch-image data corresponding to the object.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

correcting the high-resolution touch-image data corresponding to the object using example based data stored in a storage part.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sensing data have multiple bits corresponding to a touchscale.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the spacing distance of the high-resolution data equals ½ of the spacing distance of the low-resolution data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the high-resolution data comprises:

mapping entire sensing data of the overlapped touch-image data frame to high-resolution touch-image data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the high-resolution data comprises:

mapping sensing data of a first area in the overlapped data touch-image frame to high-resolution touch-image data, the first area including the sensing data of the object.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the generating the high-resolution touch-image data further comprises:

applying sensing data in one of the low-resolution touch-image data frames as sensing data of a second area of the overlapped touch-image data frame, the second area being except for the first area in the overlapped touch-image data frame.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the generating the high-resolution touch-image data further comprises:

omitting sensing data of a second area except for the first area in the overlapped touch-image data frame.

9. A display apparatus comprising:

a display/sensor panel part comprising a plurality of pixel parts for displaying an image and a plurality of sensing parts for sensing the touch-image of an object;

a display driving part driving the pixel parts;

a sensing driving part driving the sensing parts; and

a sensing control part calculating a plurality of motion vectors using a plurality of low-resolution touch-image data frames, aligning sensing data corresponding to an object in the low-resolution touch-image data frames using the motion vectors to generate an overlapped touch-image data frame and generating high-resolution touch-image data corresponding to the object using the overlapped touch-image data frame.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the sensing control part comprises:

a motion vector calculating part calculating a plurality of motion vectors using a plurality of low-resolution touch-image data frames;

a position alignment part aligning sensing data corresponding to an object in the low-resolution touch-image data frames using the motion vectors to generate an overlapped touch-image data frame;

a high-resolution generating part generating high-resolution touch-image data corresponding to the object using the overlapped touch-image data frame; and

a position detecting part detecting a touch position data of the object using the high-resolution touch-image data of the object.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the high-resolution generating part corrects the high-resolution touch-image data of the object using example based data stored in a storage part.

12. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the sensing data have multiple bits corresponding to a touchscale.

13. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the spacing distance between the high-resolution touch-image data is decreased as ½ of the spacing distance between the low-resolution touch-image data.

14. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the high-resolution generating part maps entire sensing data of the overlapped touch-image data frame to high-resolution data.

15. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the high-resolution generating part maps sensing data of a first area in the overlapped touch-image data frame to high-resolution data, the first area including the sensing data of the object.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the high-resolution generating part applies sensing data in one of the low-resolution touch-image data frames as sensing data of a second area of the overlapped touch-image data frame, the second area being except for the first area in the overlapped touch-image data frame.

17. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the high-resolution generating part omits sensing data of a second area except for the first area in the overlapped touch-image data frame.

18. A touch sensing apparatus comprising:

a touch-sensor panel part comprising a plurality of sensing parts for sensing the touch-image of an object;

a sensing driving part driving the sensing parts; and

a sensing control part calculating a plurality of motion vectors using a plurality of low-resolution touch-image data frames, aligning sensing data corresponding to an object in the low-resolution touch-image data frames using the motion vectors to generate an overlapped touch-image data frame and generating high-resolution touch-image data corresponding to the object using the overlapped touch-image data frame.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the sensing control part comprises:

a motion vector calculating part calculating a plurality of motion vectors using a plurality of low-resolution touch-image data frames;

a position alignment part aligning sensing data corresponding to an object in the low-resolution touch-image data frames using the motion vectors to generate an overlapped touch-image data frame;

a high-resolution generating part generating high-resolution touch-image data corresponding to the object using the overlapped touch-image data frame; and

a position detecting part detecting a touch position data of the object using the high-resolution touch-image data of the object.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the high-resolution generating part corrects the high-resolution touch-image data of the object using example based data stored in a storage part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2013
From: TAKEUCHI, NOBORU; AMINO, TADASHI; KIM, DAE-CHEOL; KIM, WOONG-KWON; CHO, BYEONG-HOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031790/0693 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0040745 · Apr 15, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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