IP Library Granted Patent US 11,520,437
Granted Patent B2
US 11,520,437 · App. 17/258,153 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Touch device having switch circuits controlling between touch electrodes and drive chip, touch system and control method thereof

Inventors: Zhixiang Fang (Beijing, CN); Guanglei Yang (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,520,437
App. No.
17/258,153
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this disclosure provide a touch device, a touch system and a control method thereof. The touch device includes: a touch screen including: a plurality of touch electrodes, and a plurality of switch circuits corresponding to the plurality of touch electrodes respectively; and a drive chip bound and connected with the touch screen. The touch electrodes are coupled to the drive chip through the corresponding switch circuits. The drive chip is configured to: determine that the touch screen is contacted by an interference object and determine an interference area, according to capacitance values of the touch electrodes during a time period when a stylus is interacting with the touch screen, and disconnect touch electrodes in the interference area from the drive chip through corresponding switch circuits.

Claims (43)

1. A control method of a touch system,

wherein the touch system comprises: a touch device and a stylus matching with the touch device;

wherein the touch device comprises:

a touch screen, comprising: a plurality of touch electrodes, and a plurality of switch circuits corresponding to the plurality of touch electrodes respectively; and

a drive chip, bound and connected with the touch screen;

wherein:

the touch electrodes are coupled to the drive chip through the corresponding switch circuits;

the drive chip is configured to:

determine that the touch screen is contacted by an interference object and determine an interference area, according to capacitance values of the touch electrodes during a time period when a stylus is interacting with the touch screen, and

disconnect touch electrodes in the interference area from the drive chip through corresponding switch circuits;

wherein the plurality of switch circuits each comprises: at least two first switch transistors and a second switch transistor;

wherein:

an input terminal of each of the at least two first switch transistors is coupled to the drive chip;

an output terminal of each of the at least two first switch transistors is coupled to a respective one of the touch electrodes;

an input terminal of the second switch transistor is coupled to the drive chip; and

an output terminal of the second switch transistor is coupled to input terminals of the at least two first switch transistors in the same each switch circuit

wherein the control method comprises:

determining, by the drive chip, that the touch screen is contacted by an interference object and determining an interference area, according to capacitance values of the touch electrodes during a time period when the stylus is interacting with the touch screen; and

disconnecting, by the drive chip, touch electrodes in the interference area from the drive chip through corresponding switch circuits;

wherein

said disconnecting, by the drive chip, touch electrodes in the interference area from the drive chip through corresponding switch circuits, comprises:

when all touch electrodes corresponding to a switch circuit are in the interference area, controlling, by the drive chip, the second switch transistor in the switch circuit to be turned off; and/or

when a part of touch electrodes corresponding to a switch circuit are in the interference area, controlling, by the drive chip, the second switch transistor in the switch circuit to be turned on, and controlling first switch transistors corresponding to the touch electrodes in the interference area to be turned off.

2. The control method of claim 1 , wherein the drive chip comprises:

a plurality of processors;

wherein:

the processors are configured to convert analog signals into digital signals; and

the processors are coupled to the plurality of switch circuits.

3. The control method of claim 2 , wherein the processors are coupled to the plurality of switch circuits respectively in one-to-one correspondence.

4. The control method of claim 2 , wherein one of the switch circuits is coupled to at least two of the processors.

5. The control method of claim 1 , wherein

said disconnecting, by the drive chip, touch electrodes in the interference area from the drive chip through corresponding switch circuits, comprises:

controlling, by the drive chip, first switch transistors corresponding to the touch electrodes in the interference area to be turned off.

6. The control method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the drive chip, a handshake signal to the plurality of touch electrodes;

feeding back, by the stylus, an excitation signal to the plurality of touch electrodes after receiving the handshake signal;

determining, by the drive chip, a contact position of the stylus and the touch screen according to the excitation signal received by the plurality of touch electrodes; and

obtaining a sliding trajectory of the stylus.

7. The control method of claim 6 , wherein said sending, by the drive chip, a handshake signal to the plurality of touch electrodes, comprises:

sending, by the drive chip, the handshake signal to the touch electrodes frame by frame.

8. The control method of claim 7 , wherein said feeding back, by the stylus, an excitation signal to the plurality of touch electrodes after receiving the handshake signal, comprises:

feeding back, by the stylus, the excitation signal to the plurality of touch electrodes in at least two consecutive frames after receiving the handshake signal;

wherein the stylus feeds back the excitation signal once per frame.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061626/0318 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: FANG, ZHIXIANG; YANG, GUANGLEI
To: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054904/0532 →
Continuity (1)
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