Tactile-feedback module and driving method thereof, and tactile-feedback device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12572209-B2
Application number	US-202318699967-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2023
Priority date	Jul 24, 2023
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A tactile-feedback module, a driving method thereof and a tactile-feedback device are provided, which relate to the technical field of electronics. The tactile-feedback module includes: a touch display panel, including a display surface; a cover plate disposed at one side of the touch display panel and adjacent to the display surface; and a plurality of actuators disposed at a same side of the cover plate as the touch display panel, wherein the actuators are configured to, in response to a driving signal, drive the cover plate to vibrate, to generate tactile feedback at a surface of the cover plate away from the touch display panel; wherein the actuators are adjacent to an edge of the touch display panel.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A tactile-feedback module, comprising:
a touch display panel, comprising a display surface; a cover plate disposed at one side of the touch display panel and adjacent to the display surface; and a plurality of actuators disposed at a same side of the cover plate as the touch display panel, wherein; the actuators are configured to, in response to a driving signal, drive the cover plate to vibrate, to generate tactile feedback at a surface of the cover plate away from the touch display panel; the actuators are adjacent to an edge of the touch display pane; the touch display panel comprises a flexible display panel, and a display surface of the flexible display panel is a curved surface, and the curved surface has a curved arc line with a curving radius of R; and a dimension in a direction of the curved arc line of each of the actuators is greater than or equal to R/60, and less than or equal to R/20.

2 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of actuators is located at one side of the touch display panel away from the cover plate, and an orthographic projection on the cover plate of the at least one of the plurality of actuators is located within an area of an orthographic projection on the cover plate of the touch display panel.

3 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of actuators is located at one side of the cover plate close to the touch display panel, and an orthographic projection on the cover plate of the at least one of the plurality of actuators is located outside an area of an orthographic projection on the cover plate of the touch display panel and inside an edge of the cover plate.

4 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of actuators are adjacent to a second edge of the touch display panel, and the plurality of actuators adjacent to the second edge are arranged in a direction parallel to the second edge.

5 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of actuators are divided into at least one actuator group, each actuator group is divided into two actuator units, and each of the actuator units comprises at least one of the plurality of actuators; and
the two actuator units located in a same actuator group are close to two different edges that are opposite to each other of the touch display panel, respectively.

6 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 5 , wherein the two actuator units located in the same actuator group are arranged symmetrically, and comprise actuators of equal quantities.

7 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one actuator group comprises:
a first actuator group being configured to generate a vibration at a first frequency, wherein the actuator units located in the first actuator group are first actuator units, two first actuator units located in a same first actuator group are adjacent to two third edges of the touch display panel, and the two third edges are opposite to each other in a first direction; and/or a second actuator group being configured to generate a vibration at a second frequency, wherein the actuator units located in the second actuator group are second actuator units, two second actuator units located in a same second actuator group are adjacent to two fourth edges of the touch display panel, and the two fourth edges are opposite to each other in a second direction; wherein the first frequency is greater than the second frequency, and the second direction and the first direction are parallel to each other or intersected with each other.

8 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 7 , wherein the second direction and the first direction are parallel to each other, and the first actuator units are located at one side of the second actuator units close to an edge of the cover plate.

9 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of actuators located in each of the first actuator units are arranged equidistantly with a first spacing in a direction parallel to the third edges; and
the plurality of actuators located in each of the second actuator units are arranged equidistantly with a second spacing in a direction parallel to the fourth edges; wherein the first spacing is less than or equal to the second spacing.

10 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 9 , wherein the first spacing is less than or equal to a first wavelength, wherein the first wavelength refers to a wavelength of a mechanical wave formed by vibration that the actuators located in the first actuator units drive the cover plate to perform.

11 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 7 , wherein a dimension in the first direction of each of the actuators is greater than or equal to one eighth of a first wavelength, and less than or equal to a half of the first wavelength, wherein the first wavelength refers to a wavelength of a mechanical wave formed by vibration that the actuators located in the first actuator units drive the cover plate to perform.

12 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 7 , wherein the actuators are located at positions of wave peaks or wave troughs of a first mechanical wave, wherein the first mechanical wave refers to a mechanical wave formed by vibration that the actuators located in the first actuator units drive the cover plate to perform.

13 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 7 , wherein the cover plate comprises two fifth edges adjacent to the two third edges, and two sixth edges adjacent to the two fourth edges; and
the two fifth edges are parallel to each other, and the two sixth edges are parallel to each other or intersected with each other.

14 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 7 , wherein the touch display panel comprises a flexible display panel, and a display surface of the flexible display panel is a curved surface, and the third edges are perpendicular to a curved arc line of the curved surface.

15 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 7 , wherein the touch display panel comprises a pair of longer sides and a pair of shorter sides, and the two fourth edges are the pair of longer sides of the touch display panel.

16 . The tactile-feedback module according to claim 1 , wherein the actuators comprise at least one of a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoelectric thin film, a monolithic piezoelectric ceramic, a stacked piezoelectric ceramic, a cymbal piezoelectric ceramic, a monolithic polyvinylidene fluoride film, a stacked polyvinylidene fluoride film, a cymbal polyvinylidene fluoride film and a linear motor.

17 . A tactile-feedback device, wherein the tactile-feedback device comprises:
the tactile-feedback module according to claim 1 ; and a driving component, wherein the driving component is connected to the touch display panel and the actuators, and is configured to drive the touch display panel to display a frame, and according to touch information on the touch display panel of a touch body, output the driving signal to the actuators, so that the actuators, in response to the driving signal, drive the cover plate to vibrate, to generate the tactile feedback at the surface of the cover plate away from the touch display panel, wherein the touch information comprises at least one of a touch position, a touch time and a touch action.

18 . A driving method of a tactile-feedback module, applied to the tactile-feedback module acc

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Technology Dev Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Shuai
• Qi Dexing
• Tao Yongchun
• Huang Jijing
• Wang Yingzi
• Huang Dongsheng
• Zhou Li
• Xu Xiaoguang

Classifications

• G06F2203/04102

  Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper · CPC title

• G06F3/041 Primary

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F3/016 Primary

  Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user · CPC title