IP Library Granted Patent US 10,120,494
Granted Patent B2
US 10,120,494 · App. 15/258,507 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Touch panel, touch point detection method, and display device

Inventor: Xiangxiang Zou (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G06F3/0416G06F3/0412G06F3/044G06F2203/04103
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Patent No.
US 10,120,494
App. No.
15/258,507
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a touch panel, a touch point detection method and a display device. The touch panel includes a base substrate, and touch electrodes arranged on the base substrate. The touch electrodes include first electrodes, second electrodes and third electrodes, and electrode lines are shared by a plurality of corresponding touch electrodes.

Claims (25)

1. A touch panel, comprising a base substrate, wherein

a first touch region and a second touch region are arranged on the base substrate, m*n touch sub-regions are arranged in an array form at each of the first touch region and the second touch region, where m represents the number of rows of the touch sub-regions, and n represents the number of columns of the touch sub-regions;

2*m*n first electrodes are arranged on the base substrate, each touch sub-region is provided with one first electrode, and among the first electrodes in an identical column, an identical electrode line is shared by each first electrode at the first touch region and a corresponding first electrode at the second touch region;

n/2 second electrodes are arranged at each of the first touch region and the second touch region, each second electrode corresponds to m touch sub-regions in a column where the second electrode is located, each second electrode is connected to an electrode line, and each second electrode is an annular electrode surrounding m first electrodes at m touch sub-regions in the column where the second electrode is located;

m*n/2 third electrodes are arranged at each of the first touch region and the second touch region, and each third electrode corresponds to one of the touch sub-regions, an identical electrode line is shared by each third electrode and at least one third electrode in an identical row, and each third electrode is an annular electrode surrounding the first electrode at the one of the touch sub-regions corresponding to the third electrode; and

the second electrodes and the third electrodes are arranged alternately on the base substrate in a row direction, the second electrodes at the first touch region and the corresponding third electrodes at the second touch region are arranged in an identical column, and the third electrodes at the first touch region and the corresponding second electrodes at the second touch region are arranged in an identical column.

2. A display device, comprising the touch panel according to claim 1 .

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrodes in each column on the base substrate are connected to the corresponding electrode lines in an identical manner.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein an identical electrode line is shared by each first electrode at the first touch region in an x th row and a corresponding first electrode at the second touch region in an x th row and in an identical column, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and smaller than or equal to m.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrodes, the second electrodes and the third electrodes are arranged at an identical layer on the base substrate.

6. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first electrodes, the second electrodes and the third electrodes are arranged at at least two layers on the base substrate.

7. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein an identical electrode line is shared by the third electrodes at the touch sub-regions in each row.

8. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrodes in each column on the base substrate are connected to the corresponding electrode lines in an identical manner.

9. The touch panel according to claim 8 , wherein an identical electrode line is shared by each first electrode at the first touch region in an x th row and a corresponding first electrode at the second touch region in an x th row and in an identical column, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and smaller than or equal to m.

10. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrodes, the second electrodes and the third electrodes are arranged at an identical layer on the base substrate.

11. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrodes, the second electrodes and the third electrodes are arranged at at least two layers on the base substrate.

12. The touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein an identical electrode line is shared by the third electrodes at the touch sub-regions in each row.

13. A touch point detection method for use in the touch panel according to claim 1 , comprising steps of:

in the case that the touch panel is being touched by a user, determining whether or not a detection value of each electrode on the touch panel is changed; and

in the case that the detection values of a first electrode and a third electrode at a third touch sub-region and a second electrode at a touch sub-region adjacent to the third touch sub-region are changed, determining the third touch sub-region as a touch point, the third touch sub-region being a touch sub-region where the third electrode is located; or

in the case that the detection values of a first electrode and a second electrode at a second touch sub-region and a third electrode at a touch sub-region adjacent to the second touch sub-region are changed, determining the second touch sub-region as the touch point, the second touch sub-region being a touch sub-region where the second electrode is located.

14. A touch point detection method for use in the touch panel according to claim 1 , comprising steps of:

in the case that the touch panel is being touched by a user, determining whether or not a detection value of each electrode on the touch panel is changed;

in the case that the detection values of a first electrode and a third electrode at a third touch sub-region and a second electrode at a touch sub-region adjacent to the third touch sub-region are changed, determining the third touch sub-region as a touch point, the third touch sub-region being a touch sub-region where the third electrode is located; and

in the case that the detection values of a first electrode and a second electrode at a second touch sub-region and a third electrode at a touch sub-region adjacent to the second touch sub-region are changed, determining the second touch sub-region as the touch point, the second touch sub-region being a touch sub-region where the second electrode is located.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2016
From: ZOU, XIANGXIANG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039661/0877 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0004053 · Jan 4, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170192588A1 · Jul 6, 2017