Display device with touch detection function, drive method thereof, and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285937-B2
Application number	US-201314098157-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2013
Priority date	Dec 5, 2012
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a scan drive unit that supplies a touch drive signal to a touch detection element in a touch detection operation period different from a display operation period in which a pixel signal and a display drive signal are sequentially supplied to display elements to perform display scanning; and a noise detector that detects noise included in a frequency component sampled by a touch detection unit. When the noise detector detects the noise, the scan drive unit changes a frequency of the touch drive signal in the touch detection operation period and supplies the changed frequency to the touch detection element.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A display device with a touch detection function comprising:
a plurality of display elements that perform a display operation based on a pixel signal and a display drive signal;
a touch detection element that detects an external proximity object in accordance with a touch drive signal;
a scan drive unit that supplies the touch drive signal to the touch detection element in a touch detection operation period different from a display operation period in which the pixel signal and the display drive signal are sequentially supplied to the display elements to perform display scanning;
a touch detection unit that performs touch detection by sampling a detection result of the touch detection element at a timing synchronized with the touch drive signal; and
a noise detector that detects noise included in a frequency component sampled by the touch detection unit, wherein
the scan drive unit changes a frequency of the touch drive signal in the touch detection operation period and supplies the changed frequency to the touch detection element, when the noise detector detects the noise,
when the noise detector does not detect the noise, the scan drive unit supplies the touch drive signal to the touch detection element such that a sequence of a first display operation period, a first touch detection operation period, a second touch detection operation period, and a second display operation period is repeated, and
when the noise detector detects the noise, the scan drive unit sets the first touch detection operation period and the second touch detection operation period as one touch detection operation period, and changes the frequency of the touch drive signal.

2. The display device with a touch detection function according to claim 1 , wherein, when the noise detector detects the noise, the scan drive unit changes a ratio of one touch report period, in which touch detection for one screen is performed, to one frame period in which the display scanning for the one screen is performed.

3. The display device with a touch detection function according to claim 1 , wherein the touch detection element uses a change in a capacitance in accordance with proximity or contact of the external proximity object to detect the external proximity object.

4. The display device with a touch detection function according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of common drive electrodes forming a capacitance with a plurality of touch detection elements, wherein
the scan drive unit applies the display drive signal to the common drive electrodes in the display operation period and applies the touch drive signal to the common drive electrodes in the touch detection operation period.

5. A drive method of a display device with a touch detection function including
a plurality of display elements that perform a display operation based on a pixel signal and a display drive signal, and
a touch detection element that detects an external proximity object in accordance with a touch drive signal, the drive method comprising:
sequentially supplying the pixel signal and the display drive signal to the display elements in a time division manner to perform display scanning, in a display operation period;
supplying the touch drive signal to the touch detection element, in a touch detection operation period different from the display operation period;
performing touch detection by sampling a detection result of the touch detection element at a timing synchronized with the touch drive signal;
detecting noise included in a frequency component sampled in the performing touch detection;
changing a frequency of the touch drive signal to be supplied to the touch detection element in the touch detection operation period, when the noise is detected in the detecting;
when the noise is not detected, supplying the touch drive signal to the touch detection element such that a sequence of a first display operation period, a first touch detection operation period, a second touch detection operation period, and a second display operation period is repeated; and
when the noise is detected, setting the first touch detection operation period and the second touch detection operation period as one touch detection operation period, and changing the frequency of the touch drive sig.

6. An electronic apparatus including a display device with a touch detection function, the display device with a touch detection function comprising:
a plurality of display elements that perform a display operation based on a pixel signal and a display drive signal;
a touch detection element that detects an external proximity object in accordance with a touch drive signal;
a scan drive unit that supplies the touch drive signal to the touch detection element in a touch detection operation period different from a display operation period in which the pixel signal and the display drive signal are sequentially supplied to the display elements in a time division manner to perform display scanning;
a touch detection unit that performs touch detection by sampling a detection result of the touch detection element at a timing synchronized with the touch drive signal; and
a noise detector that detects noise included in a frequency component sampled by the touch detection unit, wherein
the scan drive unit changes a frequency of the touch drive signal in the touch detection operation period and supplies the changed frequency to the touch detection element, when the noise detector detects the noise,
when the noise detector does not detect the noise, the scan drive unit supplies the touch drive signal to the touch detection element such that a sequence of a first display operation period, a first touch detection operation period, a second touch detection operation period, and a second display operation period is repeated, and
when the noise detector detects the noise, the scan drive unit sets the first touch detection operation period and the second touch detection operation period as one touch detection operation period, and changes the frequency of the touch drive signal.

Assignees

• Japan Display Inc

Inventors

• Kida Yoshitoshi
• Noguchi Koji
• Teranishi Yasuyuki
• Mizuhashi Hiroshi
• Azumi kohei

Classifications

• G06F3/0418

  for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment · CPC title

• G06F3/044 Primary

  by capacitive means · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• 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

• G06F3/04184

  Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally · CPC title