Liquid crystal display panel and mobile terminal

A mobile terminal, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a liquid crystal display panel electrically coupled with the processor,
• wherein
• the liquid crystal display panel comprises:
• a glass substrate;
• a color filter;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer between the glass substrate and the color filter,
• the liquid crystal layer further comprises:
• an array of supporting members at a first side of the liquid crystal layer, the first side of the liquid crystal layer being adjacent to the color filter;
• one or more transparent electrodes at a second side of the liquid crystal layer, the second side of the liquid crystal layer being adjacent to the glass substrate;
• and
• liquid crystals between the array of supporting members and the one or more transparent electrodes,
• the processor is configured to:
• obtain a capacitance value between the array of supporting members and at least one of the one or more transparent electrodes, and
• determine a pressure value of a user operation applied on the liquid crystal display panel based on the detected capacitance value,
• the color filter comprises:
• a plurality of sub-pixel areas;
• and
• a black matrix separating individual sub-pixel areas of the plurality of sub-pixel areas,
• each supporting member of the array of supporting members overlaps a respective portion of the black matrix of the color filter in a normal direction that is perpendicular to a horizontal direction with respect to pixels of the liquid crystal display panel and perpendicular to a vertical direction with respect to the pixels of the liquid crystal display panel, and
• each one of the one or more transparent electrodes overlaps a respective supporting member of the array of supporting members in the normal direction.

A method of determining a pressure value of a user operation applied on a liquid crystal display panel that includes:

• a glass substrate;
• a color filter;
• and
• a liquid crystal layer between the glass substrate and the color filter, the liquid crystal layer including:
• an array of supporting members at a first side of the liquid crystal layer, the first side of the liquid crystal layer being adjacent to the color filter;
• one or more transparent electrodes at a second side of the liquid crystal layer, the second side of the liquid crystal layer being adjacent to the glass substrate;
• and
• liquid crystals between the array of supporting members and the one or more transparent electrodes,
• wherein
• the color filter comprises:
• a plurality of sub-pixel areas;
• and
• a black matrix separating individual sub-pixel areas of the plurality of sub-pixel areas,
• each supporting member of the array of supporting members overlaps a respective portion of the black matrix of the color filter in a normal direction that is perpendicular to a horizontal direction with respect to pixels of the liquid crystal display panel and perpendicular to a vertical direction with respect to the pixels of the liquid crystal display panel,
• each one of the one or more transparent electrodes overlaps a respective supporting member of the array of supporting members in the normal direction, and
• the method comprises:
• detecting one or more voltage levels on one or more corresponding transparent electrodes;
• determining one or more capacitance values between the one or more transparent electrodes and the array of supporting members based on the one or more voltage levels;
• and
• determining the pressure value based on the one or more capacitance values.