Rollable display device

1. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

having a touch sensitive display with a first side of the touch sensitive display mounted in a first retainment structure that is disposed within a first housing, the touch sensitive display configured to be rolled into or unrolled out of the first retainment structure along a first direction, wherein the first retainment structure includes a conductive material disposed within the first retainment structure, and wherein the touch sensitive display comprises a first plurality of capacitive electrodes arranged in rows across the touch sensitive display and a second plurality of capacitive electrodes arranged in columns across the touch sensitive display;

unrolling or rolling the touch sensitive display to an unrolled position along the first direction;

determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at a plurality of mutual sensing locations using a mutual sensing process;

determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at a plurality self-sensing locations using a self-sensing process;

determining a plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations based on multi-mutual sensing values obtained from a multi-mutual sensing process; and

determining the unrolled position along the first direction based on the plurality of mutual sensing locations, the plurality of self-sensing locations, and the plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations comprises:

driving each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes simultaneously; and

scanning each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and measuring the change in capacitance at each intersection between each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes to obtain multi-mutual sensing values; and

determining the plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations based on the multi-mutual sensing values.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at the plurality of mutual sensing locations comprises:

driving each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes sequentially;

scanning each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and measuring the change in capacitance at each intersection between each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and each respective driven row of the first plurality of capacitive electrodes to obtain mutual sensing touch values; and

determining the plurality of mutual sensing locations based on the mutual sensing touch values.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at the plurality of self-sensing locations comprises:

driving and scanning each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes;

measuring a self-capacitance of each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes with respect to ground to obtain self-sensing touch values; and

determining the plurality of self-sensing locations based on the self-sensing touch values.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at the plurality of self-sensing locations comprises:

driving and scanning each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes and each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes;

measuring a self-capacitance of each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes and each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes with respect to ground to obtain self-sensing touch values; and

determining the plurality of self-sensing locations based on the self-sensing touch values.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting the conductive material at a first multi-mutual sensing location of the plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations based on a determination that the first multi-mutual sensing location is not located in any of the same locations as any of the plurality of mutual sensing locations and the plurality of self-sensing locations.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining an exact location on the touch sensitive display that is detecting the conductive material using a centroid method.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining the unrolled position of the touch sensitive display along the first direction based on a difference between a fully unrolled length of the touch sensitive display and the exact location on the touch sensitive display that is detecting the conductive material.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact of a floating metal based on a determination that a first mutual sensing location of the plurality of mutual sensing locations is different from each of the plurality of self-sensing locations.

10. A method for operating an electronic device comprising:

having a rollable display configured to be rolled into or unrolled out of a housing, an unrolled portion of the rollable display at an unrolled position extending away from the housing in a first direction, the housing comprising a conductive material configured to be capacitively sensed by a capacitive touch screen on the rollable display; and

determining that the rollable display is detecting the conductive material at a location on the capacitive touch screen using a multi-mutual sensing process; and

determining the unrolled position of the rollable display along the first direction based on the location on the capacitive touch screen.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the capacitive touch screen comprises a first plurality of capacitive electrodes arranged in rows across the capacitive touch screen and a second plurality of capacitive electrodes arranged in columns across the capacitive touch screen; and wherein determining that the rollable display is detecting the conductive material comprises

driving each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes simultaneously; and

scanning each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and measuring the change in capacitance at each intersection between each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes to obtain multi-mutual sensing values; and

determining the location on the capacitive touch screen based on the multi-mutual sensing values.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining that the rollable display is detecting the conductive material comprises

based on a plurality of self-sensing touch values sensed on the capacitive touch screen, determining that the capacitive touch screen is not detecting contact at the location; and

based on a plurality of multi-mutual sensing values sensed on the capacitive touch screen, determining that the capacitive touch screen is not detecting contact at the location.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining that the rollable display is detecting the conductive material at a location comprises determining an exact location on the capacitive touch screen that is detecting the conductive material using a centroid method.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a first retainment structure disposed within the first housing;

a conductive material disposed within the first retainment structure;

a touch sensitive display having a first side mounted within the first retainment structure, wherein the touch sensitive display is configured to be rolled into or unrolled out of the first retainment structure to an unrolled position along a first direction, and wherein the touch sensitive display comprises a first plurality of capacitive electrodes arranged in rows across the touch sensitive display and a second plurality of capacitive electrodes arranged in columns across the touch sensitive display;

a processor;

a memory for storing a program to be executed in the processor, the program comprising instructions when executed cause the processor to:

determine that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at a plurality of mutual sensing locations;

determine that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at a plurality of self-sensing locations;

determine that the touch sensitive display is detecting a plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations; and

determine the unrolled position of the touch sensitive display based on the plurality of mutual sensing locations, the plurality of self-sensing locations, and the plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the conductive material is disposed within the first retainment structure in a manner such that there is a distance between the touch sensitive display and the conductive material within the first retainment structure.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein instructions for determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting a plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations further comprise instructions that cause the processor to:

drive each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes simultaneously; and

scan each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and measuring the change in capacitance at each intersection between each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes to obtain multi-mutual sensing values; and

determine the plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations based on the multi-mutual sensing values.

17. The device of claim 14 , wherein instructions for determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting the plurality of mutual sensing locations further comprise instructions that cause the processor to:

drive each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes sequentially;

scan each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and measuring the change in capacitance at each intersection between each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes and each respective driven row of the first plurality of capacitive electrodes to obtain mutual sensing touch values; and

determine the plurality of mutual sensing locations based on the mutual sensing touch values.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein instructions for determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at the plurality of self-sensing locations further comprise instructions that cause the processor to:

drive and scan each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes;

measure the capacitance of each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes with respect to ground to obtain self-sensing touch values; and

determine the self-sensing location based on the self-sensing touch values.

19. The device of claim 14 , wherein instructions for determining that the touch sensitive display is detecting contact at the plurality of self-sensing locations further comprise instructions that cause the processor to:

drive and scan each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes and each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes;

measure the capacitance of each of the rows comprising the first plurality of capacitive electrodes and each of the columns comprising the second plurality of capacitive electrodes with respect to ground to obtain self-sensing touch values; and

determine the plurality of self-sensing locations based on the self-sensing touch values.

20. The device of claim 14 , wherein the program comprises further instructions that when executed cause the processor to:

determine that the touch sensitive display is detecting the conductive material at a first multi-mutual sensing location of the plurality of multi-mutual sensing locations based on a determination that the first multi-mutual sensing location is not located in any of the same locations as any of the plurality of mutual sensing locations and the plurality of self-sensing locations;

determine an exact location on the touch sensitive display that is detecting the conductive material using a centroid method; and

determine the unrolled position of the touch sensitive display along the first direction based on a difference between a fully unrolled length of the touch sensitive display and the exact location on the touch sensitive display that is detecting the conductive material.

21. The device of claim 14 , wherein a second side of the touch sensitive display is mounted with a second retainment structure disposed within a second housing.

22. The device of claim 21 , wherein the conductive material is disposed within the second retainment structure.