Display device and method to correct touch data of stretchable touch panel

1. A display device comprising:

a stretchable touch panel having a plurality of touch electrodes;

a stretchable display panel configured to display an image; and

a touch driver configured to operate the stretchable touch panel,

wherein the touch driver recognizes a stretchable area of the stretchable touch panel and corrects a touch data value of the stretchable area of the stretchable touch panel,

wherein the touch driver comprises:

at least one capacitor connected to the plurality of touch electrodes through a routing line;

at least one switch configured to switch the at least one capacitor;

a preamplifier configured to store electric charges applied to the plurality of touch electrodes;

an integrator configured to integrate a touch voltage that is an output value of the preamplifier;

a sample-and-hold circuit configured to sample an integral value of the touch voltage; and

an analog-digital converter ADC configured to convert the integral value of the touch voltage into touch data, and

wherein the at least one capacitor is connected to the routing line in parallel through the at least one switch.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one switch is disposed between the routing line and the at least one capacitor.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one switch selectively connects or does not connect the routing line and the at least one capacitor by a switching operation.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the touch driver turns off the at least one switch connected to a touch electrode having a level of the touch data that is outside of a standard range.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the touch driver turns on the at least one switch connected to a touch electrode having a level of the touch data that is outside of a standard range.

6. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an actuator configured to deform the stretchable display panel and the stretchable touch panel,

wherein the stretchable display panel and the stretchable touch panel each comprise:

a first area configured to be allowed to protrude by the actuator;

a second area configured to not be allowed to protrude by the actuator; and

a third area disposed between the first area and the second area, and

wherein the third area is the stretchable area.

7. The display device of claim 6 ,

wherein a switching state of the at least one switch is set to a first state in a state in which the actuator does not protrude, and

wherein the switching state of the at least one switch is set to a second state different from the first state when the actuator protrudes.

8. The display device of claim 6 ,

wherein a plurality of pixels and a connection line are disposed in the first area and the second area of the stretchable display panel, and

wherein a plurality of connection lines are disposed in the third area of the stretchable display panel and connects the plurality of pixels disposed in the first area and the plurality of pixels disposed in the second area, and a pixel is not disposed in the third area of the stretchable display panel.

9. A method of driving a display device comprising a stretchable touch panel having a plurality of touch electrodes, a stretchable display panel configured to display an image, an actuator configured to deform the stretchable display panel and the stretchable touch panel, and a touch driver having at least one electric charge removing capacitor configured to be switched by at least one switch, the method comprising:

operating the actuator;

calculating first touch data in all areas of the stretchable touch panel;

calculating a uniformity of the first touch data;

setting a number of electric charge capacitors connected to the plurality of touch electrodes based on the uniformity of the first touch data;

calculating second touch data in all the areas of the stretchable touch panel; and

calculating a touch coordinate based on the second touch data.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the number of the electric charge capacitors connected to a touch electrode disposed in a stretchable area of the stretchable touch panel is adjusted based on the first touch data.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, when the first touch data is lower than an average, increasing decreasing the number of the electric charge capacitors connected to the touch electrode.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, when the first touch data is higher than an average, increasing the number of the electric charge capacitors connected to the touch electrode having a level of the first touch data.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the touch coordinate is calculated by setting the number of the electric charge capacitors respectively connected to the plurality of touch electrodes to a first setting value when the stretchable touch panel is not stretched, and the touch coordinate is calculated by setting the number of the electric charge capacitors respectively connected to the plurality of touch electrodes to a second setting value when the stretchable touch panel is stretched.