IP Library Granted Patent US 10,254,896
Granted Patent B2
US 10,254,896 · App. 15/586,644 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Display with case electrically connected to ground

Inventors: Seiichiro Mori (Tokyo, JP); Yusuke Shimasaki (Tokyo, JP); Kageyasu Miyahara (Tokyo, JP); Yuichi Okano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
G06F3/0418G02F1/13338G06F3/044
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Patent No.
US 10,254,896
App. No.
15/586,644
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display includes a touch sensor panel, a panel controller, a case, and a signal generation circuit. The touch sensor panel includes a touch sensor. The panel controller measures a capacitance of the touch sensor. The case accommodates the display, in which at least the touch sensor panel and the panel controller are disposed. The signal generation circuit is capable of applying an AC signal to a ground of the panel controller. The case is electrically connected to the ground of the panel controller. When the signal generation circuit applies the AD signal to the ground, the panel controller measures the capacitance of the touch sensor.

Claims (25)

1. A display comprising:

a touch sensor panel including a touch sensor;

a panel controller that measures a capacitance of said touch sensor;

a case that accommodates said display, in which at least said touch sensor panel and said panel controller are disposed; and

a signal generation circuit capable of applying an AC signal to a ground of said panel controller, wherein

said case is electrically connected to the ground of said panel controller, and

when said signal generation circuit applies the AC signal to the ground, said panel controller measures the capacitance of said touch sensor.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

said signal generation circuit is capable of applying a rectangular wave signal.

3. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

said signal generation circuit is capable of applying a sinusoidal signal.

4. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

said signal generation circuit applies the AC signal to the ground of said panel controller according to a control signal for controlling an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter circuit of said panel controller.

5. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a liquid crystal module disposed so as to overlap said touch sensor panel in a plan view, wherein

the ground of said panel controller is electrically connected with a ground of said liquid crystal module.

6. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a signal isolation circuit electrically connected to said panel controller; and

a host device electrically connected to said signal isolation circuit.

7. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

said panel controller is connected to the ground generated by a power supply circuit that supplies power to said panel controller.

8. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

said signal generation circuit is capable of receiving a control timing signal from said panel controller and applying the AC signal to the ground of said panel controller.

9. The display according to claim 8 , wherein

said signal generation circuit applies the AC signal to the ground of said panel controller according to the control timing signal from said panel controller, the control timing signal being for controlling an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter circuit of said panel controller.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: TRIVALE TECHNOLOGIES
Reel/Frame 057651/0234 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2017
From: MORI, SEIICHIRO; SHIMASAKI, YUSUKE; MIYAHARA, KAGEYASU; OKANO, YUICHI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042400/0112 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-115914 · Jun 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170357375A1 · Dec 14, 2017
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