# US 12,008,197 B2 · Touch detection module and display device including the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,008,197 B2 - Document ID: US12008197B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/102,069 - Filed: 2023-01-26 - Published: 2023-10-05 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-03-31 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyung Bae Kim; Sang Kook Kim; Tae Joon Kim; Jae Hyun Park; Ji Yeong Lee; Hyun Wook Cho - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008197B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04166: {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)} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A touch detection module includes driving electrodes extending parallel to each other, sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, and a touch driver circuit for supplying touch driving signals to the driving electrodes and for detecting touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes to determine touch position coordinates. The touch driver circuit selects between a group driving scheme and a sequential driving scheme for at least one frame. According to the group driving scheme, the touch driver circuit sorts the driving electrodes into groups, simultaneously drives driving electrodes in a same group among the groups, and drives the groups at different times. According to the sequential driving scheme, the touch driving circuit sequentially drives the driving electrodes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A touch detection module comprising: driving electrodes extending parallel to each other; sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes; and a touch driver circuit configured to supply touch driving signals to the driving electrodes and to detect touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes to determine touch position coordinates, wherein the touch driver circuit selects between a group driving scheme and a sequential driving scheme for at least one frame among consecutive frames, wherein the touch driver circuit sorts the driving electrodes into groups, simultaneously drives at least two driving electrodes in a same group among the groups, and drives the groups at different times according to the group driving scheme, the at least two driving electrodes in the same group have a same length as one side of a touch sensing area of the touch detection module, and wherein the touch driver circuit sequentially drives the driving electrodes according to the sequential driving scheme. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The touch detection module of claims 1, wherein the touch driver circuit selects the group driving scheme for some frames among four consecutive frames and selects the sequential driving scheme for one or more other frames among the four consecutive frames. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The touch detection module of claims 1, wherein the touch driver circuit selects the group driving scheme and sets a first number of driving electrodes in each group for a first frame, wherein the touch driver circuit selects the group driving scheme and sets a second number of driving electrodes in each group for a second frame, and wherein the first number is unequal to the second number. ### Claim 4 A touch detection module comprising: driving electrodes extending parallel to each other; sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes; and a touch driver circuit configured to supply touch driving signals to the driving electrodes and to detect touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes to determine touch position coordinates, wherein the touch driver circuit selects between a group driving scheme and a sequential driving scheme for at least one frame among consecutive frames, wherein the touch driver circuit sorts the driving electrodes into groups, simultaneously drives driving electrodes in a same group among the groups, and drives the groups at different times according to the group driving scheme, wherein the touch driver circuit sequentially drives the driving electrodes according to the sequential driving scheme, wherein the touch driver circuit supplies code signals to at least one driving electrode in a first group sequentially or simultaneously when the touch driver circuit supplies first touch driving signals simultaneously to driving electrodes in the first group, and wherein the touch driver circuit detects the code signals through the sensing electrodes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The touch detection module of claim 1, wherein the touch driver circuit comprises: a driving signal output for supplying the touch driving signals to the driving electrodes; a sensing circuit for detecting the touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes; a touch driving controller for controlling the driving signal output so that the touch driving signals are supplied to the driving electrodes; and a driving mode setter for selecting one of the group driving scheme and the sequential driving scheme as a selected driving scheme and for supplying one or more driving setting signals corresponding to the selected driving scheme to the touch driving controller. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The touch detection module of claim 5, wherein the driving mode setter sets a number of driving electrodes to be simultaneously driven in each group to generate a first driving setting signal, and supplies the first driving setting signal to the touch driving controller so that the driving signal output supplies first touch driving signals simultaneously to driving electrodes in a first group for a first frame. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The touch detection module of claim 6, wherein the driving mode setter supplies a second driving setting signal to the touch driving controller so that the driving signal output supplies second touch driving signals sequentially to the driving electrodes for a second frame different from the first frame. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The touch detection module of claim 6, wherein the driving mode setter, in the group driving scheme, sets two different numbers of driving electrodes in each group for two consecutive frames, respectively, and sets two different numbers of codes according to the two different numbers of the driving electrodes in each group. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The touch detection module of claim 8, wherein the driving mode setter generates a third driving setting signal and supplies the third driving setting signal to the touch driving controller so that the driving signal output supplies predetermined code signals sequentially or simultaneously to at least one driving electrode among the driving electrodes in the first group. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The touch detection module of claim 9, wherein the driving mode setter sets two different numbers and two different orders of code signals for two third driving setting signals for two different frames, respectively. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The touch detection module of claim 10, wherein the driving mode setter supplies the third driving setting signal the touch driving controller for at least one of the first frame, the second frame, and a third frame different from each of the first frame and the second frame. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The touch detection module of claim 10, wherein the driving mode setter sets two different sums of phases for the two third driving setting signals or two other third driving setting signals for the two different frames or two other different frames. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The touch detection module of claim 10, wherein the driving mode setter sets two different numbers of codes for two first driving setting signals and sets two different sums of phases for the two third driving setting signals or two other third driving setting signals for the two different frames or two other different frames. ### Claim 14 A display device comprising: a display panel comprising a display area including sub-pixels; and a touch detection module overlapping the display panel, wherein the touch detection module comprises: driving electrodes extending parallel to each other; sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes; and a touch driver circuit configured to supply touch driving signals to the driving electrodes and to detect touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes to determine touch position coordinates, wherein the touch driver circuit selects between a group driving scheme and a sequential driving scheme for at least one frame among consecutive frames, wherein the touch driver circuit sorts the driving electrodes into groups, simultaneously drives at least two driving electrodes in a same group among the groups, and drives the groups at different times according to the group driving scheme, the at least two driving electrodes in the same group have a same length as one side of a touch sensing area of the touch detection module, and wherein the touch driver circuit sequentially drives the driving electrodes according to the sequential driving scheme. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the touch driver circuit comprises: a driving signal output for supplying the touch driving signals to the driving electrodes; a sensing circuit for detecting the touch sensing signals through the sensing electrodes; a touch driving controller for controlling driving of the driving signal output so that the touch driving signals are supplied to the driving electrodes; and a driving mode setter for selecting between the group driving scheme and the sequential driving scheme as a selected driving scheme and for supplying one or more driving setting signals corresponding to the selected driving scheme to the touch driving controller. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display device of claim 15, wherein the driving mode setter sets a number of driving electrodes to be simultaneously driven in each group to generate a first driving signal, and supplies the first driving setting signal to the touch driving controller so that the driving signal output supplies first touch driving signals simultaneously to the driving electrodes in a first group for a first frame. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the driving mode setter, in the group driving scheme, sets two different numbers of driving electrodes in each group for two consecutive frame, respectively, and sets two numbers of codes according to the two different numbers of the driving electrodes in each group for the two consecutive frames, respectively. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device of claim 17, wherein the driving mode setter generates a third driving setting signal and supplies the third driving setting signal to the touch driving controller so that the driving signal output supplies predetermined code signals sequentially or simultaneously to at least one driving electrode among the driving electrodes in the first group. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display device of claim 18, wherein the driving mode setter sets two different numbers and two different orders of code signals for two third driving setting signals for two different frames, respectively. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The display device of claim 18, wherein the driving mode setter supplies the third driving setting signal the touch driving controller for at least one of the first frame, a second frame different from the first frame, and a third frame different from each of the first frame and the second frame.