# US 2018/0024670 A1 · Touch panel

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- Number: US 2018/0024670 A1
- Document ID: US20180024670A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/550,011
- Filed: 2016-02-03
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-09
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: ATSUSHI OKADA; DAIJI KITAGAWA; MASASHI MAYUMI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024670A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0418: {for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment}
- G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A touch panel with improved accuracy for detecting a touched position is provided. A touch panel 10 includes a substrate 18; a plurality of electrodes 24A, 24B provided on the substrate 18; a control unit (controller 16) that detects a touched position on the substrate 18; and a plurality of lead-out lines 22A, 22B that electrically connect the control unit and the electrodes 24A, 24B. At least a part of the lead-out lines 22A, 22B is arranged in an area on the substrate 18 where a touched position can be detected. The control unit performs self-capacitance sensing for transmitting a signal to each of the electrodes 24A, 24B thereby detecting a touched position, and mutual capacitance sensing for transmitting a signal to a plurality of pairs of electrodes 24A, 24B, each pair being composed of two of the electrodes, thereby detecting a touched position, so as to detect a touched position based on the touched position detected by the self-capacitance sensing and the touched position detected by the mutual capacitance sensing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A touch panel comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of electrodes provided on the substrate;
a control unit that detects a touched position on the substrate; and
a plurality of lead-out lines that electrically connect the control unit and the electrodes,
wherein at least a part of the lead-out lines is arranged in an area on the substrate where a touched position can be detected, and
the control unit performs self-capacitance sensing for transmitting a signal to each of the electrodes thereby detecting a touched position, and mutual capacitance sensing for transmitting a signal to a plurality of pairs of electrodes, each pair being composed of two of the electrodes, thereby detecting a touched position, so as to detect a touched position based on the touched position detected by the self-capacitance sensing and the touched position detected by the mutual capacitance sensing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The touch panel according to claim 1,
wherein the control unit detects the touched position, by removing, among the touched positions detected by the mutual capacitance sensing, a touched position that does not coincide with the touched position detected by the self-capacitance sensing.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The touch panel according to claim 1, further comprising:
a terminal unit that is electrically connected with the lead-out lines and the control unit, and is arranged closer to one of ends in the predetermined direction on the substrate than the electrodes are,
wherein, regarding the widths of the lead-out lines, the lead-out line connected with the electrode arranged at a position farther from the terminal unit has a greater width.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The touch panel according to claim 1,
wherein the control unit includes a circuit for performing the self-capacitance sensing, and performs the mutual capacitance sensing by using the circuit.