IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,635,837
Granted Patent B2
US 11,635,837 · App. 17/700,610 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Display device for temperature correction of an input image signal on a touch display panel

Inventors: Hiroyuki Furukawa (Sakai, JP); Chie Toridono (Sakai, JP); Masafumi Ueno (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/0412G02F1/13338G06F3/0418G06F3/0446G09G2320/041
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Patent No.
US 11,635,837
App. No.
17/700,610
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a temperature distribution obtaining circuit obtaining temperature distribution on a display panel on a basis of a capacitance value signal to be output from a capacitive touch panel overlapping the display panel; and a correcting circuit correcting an input image signal on a basis of the temperature distribution on the display panel, and supplying the input image signal.

Claims (40)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image;

a capacitive touch panel overlapping a surface of the display panel;

a temperature distribution obtaining circuit configured to obtain a temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel on a basis of a capacitance value signal to be output from the capacitive touch panel; and

a correcting circuit configured to correct an input image signal corresponding to the image, and supply the input image signal to the display panel, the input image signal being corrected on a basis of the temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel obtained by the temperature distribution obtaining circuit, wherein

the temperature distribution obtaining circuit obtains the temperature distribution on a basis of a high-frequency component of the capacitance value signal.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting display elements, and

on a basis of the temperature distribution, the correcting circuit adjusts an amount of a current driving the light-emitting display elements.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting display elements,

each of the light-emitting display elements includes:

a light-emitter configured to display the image;

a drive transistor configured to drive the light-emitter; and

a monitor circuit configured to monitor at least one of the light-emitter or the drive transistor, and

the correcting circuit corrects monitor information on the at least one of the light-emitter or the drive transistor which is monitored by the monitor circuit, and adjusts an amount of a current driving the light-emitting display elements, the monitor information being corrected on a basis of the temperature distribution obtained by the temperature distribution obtaining circuit, and the amount of the current being adjusted on a basis of the corrected monitor information.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display panel includes a plurality of liquid-crystal display elements, and

the correcting circuit further adjusts an overdrive for increasing a response speed of the liquid-crystal display elements, the overdrive being adjusted on a basis of the temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel obtained by the temperature distribution obtaining circuit.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the temperature distribution obtaining circuit includes:

a high-pass filter configured to allow a high-frequency component of the capacitance value signal to pass through;

an amplitude amount calculating circuit configured to calculate an amount of amplitude of the high-frequency component passing through the high-pass filter; and

a temperature converting circuit configured to convert, to a temperature, the amount of the amplitude of the high-frequency component calculated by the amplitude amount calculating circuit.

6. A display device, comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image;

a capacitive touch panel overlapping a surface of the display panel;

a temperature distribution obtaining circuit configured to obtain a temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel on a basis of a capacitance value signal to be output from the capacitive touch panel; and

a correcting circuit configured to correct an input image signal corresponding to the image, and supply the input image signal to the display panel, the input image signal being corrected on a basis of the temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel obtained by the temperature distribution obtaining circuit, wherein

the display panel includes a plurality of liquid-crystal display elements, and

the correcting circuit adjusts an overdrive for increasing a response speed of the liquid-crystal display elements, the overdrive being adjusted on a basis of the temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel obtained by the temperature distribution obtaining circuit.

7. A display device, comprising:

a display panel configured to display an image;

a capacitive touch panel overlapping a surface of the display panel;

a temperature distribution obtaining circuit configured to obtain a temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel on a basis of a capacitance value signal to be output from the capacitive touch panel; and

a correcting circuit configured to correct an input image signal corresponding to the image, and supply the input image signal to the display panel, the input image signal being corrected on a basis of the temperature distribution on the surface of the display panel obtained by the temperature distribution obtaining circuit, wherein

the temperature distribution obtaining circuit includes:

a high-pass filter configured to allow a high-frequency component of the capacitance value signal to pass through;

an amplitude amount calculating circuit configured to calculate an amount of amplitude of the high-frequency component passing through the high-pass filter; and

a temperature converting circuit configured to convert, to a temperature, the amount of the amplitude of the high-frequency component calculated by the amplitude amount calculating circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: FURUKAWA, HIROYUKI; TORIDONO, CHIE; UENO, MASAFUMI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059334/0539 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-058429 · Mar 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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