# US 10,503,314 B2 · Intelligent sensing touch display device

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- Number: US 10,503,314 B2
- Document ID: US10503314B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/261,294
- Filed: 2019-01-29
- Published: 2019-05-23
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-01-04
- Assignees: Ic Array (Guang Zhou) Science & Technology Co., Ltd; Rich IP Technology Inc.
- Applicants: IC array (Guang Zhou) Science & Technology Co., LTD; Rich IP Technology Inc.
- Inventors: Chung-Lin Chia; Han-Chang Chen; Jen-Chieh Chang; Yen-Hung Tu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503314B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/044: by capacitive means
- G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers}
- G06F 3/041661: {using detection at multiple resolutions, e.g. coarse and fine scanning; using detection within a limited area, e.g. object tracking window}
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
- G06V 40/1306: {non-optical, e.g. ultrasonic or capacitive sensing}
- G09G 3/3208: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G06F 3/0414: {using force sensing means to determine a position}
- G06F 3/042: by opto-electronic means
- G06F 3/043: using propagating acoustic waves
- G06F 3/046: by electromagnetic means
- G06F 2203/04102: 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
- G06F 2203/04105: Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
- G06F 2203/04106: Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection
- G09G 2380/02: Flexible displays
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

An intelligent sensing touch display device capable of being responsive to an application program to selectively perform a touch detection procedure on a first electrode group and/or on an active array unit, where a controller is coupled with a touch and display driving unit, the controller has a wireless communication port and/or a switching circuit for controlling at least one external device, and is used for performing a switching control procedure, the switching control procedure including steps of: receiving information of at least one touched button icon provided by the touch and display driving unit; generating at least one switching command according to the information of at least one touched button icon; and transmitting the at least one switching command via the wireless communication port and/or the switching circuit to control the at least one external device.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An intelligent sensing touch display device, comprising:
a first electrode group having N first electrodes on a first plane, N being a positive integer;
an interface layer, which is a display material layer or a display and touch sensing material layer, located below the first electrode group for providing a display area on the display material layer, or providing a display area and at least one touch sensing area on the display and touch sensing material layer;
an active array unit having N second electrode units on a second plane located below the display material layer, each of the second electrode units having M second electrodes, each of the M second electrodes being controlled by at least one active switch and opposite to one said first electrode, M being a positive integer greater than 1, wherein when the interface layer is the display material layer, each of the second electrodes is used as a display electrode or a touch sensing electrode, and when the interface layer is the display and sensing material layer, a part of the second electrodes are used as display electrodes or touch sensing electrodes, and another part of the second electrodes are used as the touch sensing electrodes, the touch sensing electrode being a capacitive electrode, a photosensitive electrode, or a thermal sensing electrode; and
a touch and display driving unit coupled with the first electrode group and the active array unit for generating voltage signals or current signals to drive the interface layer to provide a display image, and/or for being responsive to an application program to selectively perform a first touch detection procedure on the first electrode group, or performing a second touch detection procedure on the active array unit, or performing the first touch detection procedure on the first electrode group, and then performing the second touch detection procedure on at least one area of the active array unit, wherein the at least one area is determined according to a detection result of the first touch detection procedure;
wherein a controller is coupled with the touch and display driving unit, the controller has a wireless communication port and/or a switching circuit for controlling at least one external device, and is used for performing a switching control procedure, the switching control procedure including steps of: receiving information of at least one touched button icon provided by the touch and display driving unit; generating at least one switching command according to the information of at least one touched button icon; and transmitting the at least one switching command via the wireless communication port and/or the switching circuit to control the at least one external device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The intelligent sensing touch display device as disclosed in claim 1, wherein the controller is integrated with the touch and display driving unit in a chip selected from a group consisting of COG chip, COF chip and COB chip.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The intelligent sensing touch display device as disclosed in claim 1, wherein the controller is integrated with a main controller in a chip selected from a group consisting of COG chip, COF chip and COB chip, and the main controller is a CPU or GPU.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The intelligent sensing touch display device as disclosed in claim 1, wherein the controller is integrated with the touch and display driving unit and a main controller in a chip selected from a group consisting of COG chip, COF chip and COB chip, and the main controller is a CPU or GPU.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An intelligent sensing touch display system, comprising:
a plurality of the intelligent sensing touch display devices as disclosed in claim 1, wherein each of the intelligent sensing touch display devices has a master interface and a slave interface, and the plurality of the intelligent sensing touch display devices are connected in a chain by connecting the master interface of one said intelligent sensing touch display device with the salve interface of another said intelligent sensing touch display device; and
a main controller, coupled with a first intelligent sensing touch display device of the plurality of the intelligent sensing touch display devices for receiving at least one said switching command, and driving at least one external apparatus accordingly.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The intelligent sensing touch display system as disclosed in claim 5, wherein the controller is integrated with the touch and display driving unit in a chip selected from a group consisting of COG chip, COF chip and COB chip.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The intelligent sensing touch display system as disclosed in claim 5, wherein the main controller is a CPU or GPU.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

An electronic apparatus comprising the intelligent sensing touch display device as disclosed in claim 1, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a group consisting of a portable computer, a vehicle electronic system, an intelligent watch, a remote controller, a button with display, an IOT, and a fingerprint display.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

An electronic apparatus comprising the intelligent sensing touch display device as disclosed in claim 2, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a group consisting of a portable computer, a vehicle electronic system, an intelligent watch, a remote controller, a button with display, an IOT, and a fingerprint display.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

An electronic apparatus comprising the intelligent sensing touch display device as disclosed in claim 3, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a group consisting of a portable computer, a vehicle electronic system, an intelligent watch, a remote controller, a button with display, an IOT, and a fingerprint display.

### Claim 11 (depends on 4)

An electronic apparatus comprising the intelligent sensing touch display device as disclosed in claim 4, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a group consisting of a portable computer, a vehicle electronic system, an intelligent watch, a remote controller, a button with display, an IOT, and a fingerprint display.

### Claim 12 (depends on 5)

An electronic apparatus comprising the intelligent sensing touch display system as disclosed in claim 5, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a group consisting of a portable computer, a vehicle electronic system, an intelligent watch, a remote controller, a button with display, an IOT, and a fingerprint display.

### Claim 13 (depends on 6)

An electronic apparatus comprising the intelligent sensing touch display system as disclosed in claim 6, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a group consisting of a portable computer, a vehicle electronic system, an intelligent watch, a remote controller, a button with display, an IOT, and a fingerprint display.

### Claim 14 (depends on 7)

An electronic apparatus comprising the intelligent sensing touch display system as disclosed in claim 7, wherein the electronic apparatus is selected from a group consisting of a portable computer, a vehicle electronic system, an intelligent watch, a remote controller, a button with display, an IOT, and a fingerprint display.