Control method and touch display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10891002-B2
Application number	US-201816628003-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2018
Priority date	Apr 26, 2018
Publication date	Jan 12, 2021
Grant date	Jan 12, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a control method and a touch display apparatus. The control method includes: dividing one frame into multiple sub-frames, wherein each sub-frame includes a display time period and a touch control time period; performing display scanning on a touch display apparatus in the display time period to display a picture; performing touch scanning on the touch display apparatus in the touch control time period to obtain a touch sensing signal; and obtaining touch sensing data according to the touch sensing signal and detecting touch according to the touch sensing data, wherein performing touch control scanning on the touch display apparatus includes: if no touch is detected in a preset time period, entering a first mode in which the multiple touch sensing channels are short-circuited and one of the multiple touch sensing channels is scanned in the touch control time period of one of the multiple sub-frames.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control method for a touch display apparatus, the touch display apparatus comprising multiple touch sensing channels, and the control method comprising: dividing one frame into multiple sub-frames, wherein each sub-frame comprises a display time period and a touch control time period; performing display scanning on the touch display apparatus in the display time period to display a picture; performing touch control scanning on the touch display apparatus in the touch control time period to obtain a touch sensing signal; and obtaining touch sensing data according to the touch sensing signal and detecting touch according to the touch sensing data,
wherein performing touch control scanning on the touch display apparatus comprises:
if no touch is detected in a preset time period, entering a first mode in which the multiple touch sensing channels are short-circuited and one of the multiple touch sensing channels is scanned in the touch control time period of one of the multiple sub-frames; and
if touch is detected in the preset time period, entering a second mode in which the multiple touch sensing channels are respectively scanned in the touch control time periods of the multiple sub-frames,
wherein the frequency for the touch control scanning in the first mode is smaller than that for the touch control scanning in the second mode.

2. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
if touch is detected in the first mode, switching to the second mode.

3. The control method according to claim 2 , wherein that one of the multiple touch sensing channels is scanned in the touch control time period of one of the multiple sub-frames comprises:
scanning one of the multiple touch sensing channels in the touch control time period of a second sub-frame of the frame.

4. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting touch according to the touch sensing data comprises:
calculating a difference between the touch sensing data and reference data; and
comparing the difference with a preset value, and when the difference is greater than the preset value, determining that the touch occurs,
wherein the reference data used in the first mode is a first-frame touch sensing data obtained after the first mode is entered.

5. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency for the touch control scanning in the first mode is 1/N of the frequency for the touch control scanning in the second mode, and N is an integer greater than 1.

6. A touch display system, comprising a touch display apparatus and a control apparatus, wherein the touch display apparatus comprises multiple touch sensing channels, and the control apparatus is configured to perform the method according to claim 1 .

7. The touch display system according to claim 6 , wherein the control apparatus comprises:
a display control module, configured to perform display scanning on the touch display apparatus in a display time period to display a picture; and
a touch control module, configured to perform touch control scanning on the touch display apparatus in a touch control time period to obtain a touch sensing signal, obtain touch sensing data according to the touch sensing signal and detect touch according to the touch sensing data.

8. The touch display system according to claim 7 , wherein the control apparatus further comprises a switch module being coupled between the touch control module and the multiple touch sensing channels and configured to short-circuit the multiple touch sensing channels and then couple the multiple touch sensing channels to the touch control module, or independently couple the multiple touch sensing channels to the touch control module, under the control of the touch control module.

9. The touch display system according to claim 7 , comprising a Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) system.

10. A control method for a touch display apparatus, the touch display apparatus comprising multiple touch sensing channels, and the control method comprising: dividing one frame into multiple sub-frames, wherein each sub-frame comprises a display time period and a touch control time period; performing display scanning on the touch display apparatus in the display time period to display a picture; performing touch control scanning on the touch display apparatus in the touch control time period to obtain a touch sensing signal; and obtaining touch sensing data according to the touch sensing signal and detecting touch according to the touch sensing data,
wherein performing touch control scanning on the touch display apparatus comprises:
if no touch is detected in a preset time period, entering a first mode in which the multiple touch sensing channels are short-circuited and one of the multiple touch sensing channels is scanned in the touch control time period of one of the multiple sub-frames; and
if touch is detected in the preset time period, entering a second mode in which the multiple touch sensing channels are respectively scanned in the touch control time periods of the multiple sub-frames,
wherein detecting touch according to the touch sensing data comprises:
calculating a difference between the touch sensing data and reference data; and
comparing the difference with a preset value, and when the difference is greater than the preset value, determining that the touch occurs,
wherein the reference data used in the first mode is a first-frame touch sensing data obtained after the first mode is entered.

11. The control method according to claim 10 , wherein that one of the multiple touch sensing channels is scanned in the touch control time period of one of the multiple sub-frames comprises:
scanning one of the multiple touch sensing channels in the touch control time period of a second sub-frame of the frame.

Assignees

• Chipone Technology Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feng Pengfei

Classifications

• G06F3/04166 Primary

  Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184) · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title