公开(公告)号：US11983371B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17653231

申请日：2022-03-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/0446 ,  G06F3/04164 ,  G06F3/04166 ,  G06F3/0443 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  Y10T29/43

Abstract: A touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors fabricated on a single side of a substrate is disclosed. The drive and sense lines can be fabricated as column-like patterns in a first orientation and patches in a second orientation, where each column-like pattern in the first orientation is connected to a separate metal trace in the border area of the touch sensor panel, and all patches in each of multiple rows in the second orientation are connected together using a separate metal trace in the border area of the touch sensor panel. The metal traces in the border areas can be formed on the same side of the substrate as the patches and columns, but separated from the patches and column-like patterns by a dielectric layer.

公开(公告)号：US10725587B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US16367024

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Brian Richards Land

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A touch surface device having improved sensitivity and dynamic range is disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch surface device includes a touch-sensitive panel having at least one sense node for providing an output signal indicative of a touch or no-touch condition on the panel; a compensation circuit, coupled to the at least one sense node, for generating a compensation signal that when summed with the output signal removes an undesired portion of the output signal so as to generated a compensated output signal; and an amplifier having an inverting input coupled to the output of the compensation circuit and a non-inverting input coupled to a known reference voltage.

公开(公告)号：US09268429B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-23

申请号：US14047960

申请日：2013-10-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Wei Chen ,  Christoph Horst Krah ,  John Greer Elias ,  Wei Hsin Yao ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Andrew Bert Hodge ,  Brian Land ,  Willem den Boer

IPC: G09G3/36 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G02F1/1333

CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0439 ,  G09G2300/0478 ,  Y10T29/49826

Abstract: Liquid crystal display (LCD) touch screens integrate touch sensing elements with display circuitry and may include in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. A method of operating the integrated touch sensing elements with the display circuitry includes dividing touch-sensing circuitry of the touch screen into a plurality of drive segments, each drive segment overlapping one or more display rows; updating the display at a predetermined refresh rate; stimulating the plurality of drive segments at a predetermined scan rate; and changing the sequence of stimulating the plurality of drive segments as required to prevent simultaneously stimulating a drive segment that overlaps a display row currently being updated.

Abstract translation: 液晶显示器（LCD）触摸屏将触摸感应元件与显示电路集成，并可能包括平面内切换（IPS）LCD。 使用显示电路操作集成触摸感测元件的方法包括将触摸屏的触摸感测电路划分为多个驱动段，每个驱动段与一个或多个显示行重叠; 以预定的刷新率更新显示; 以预定的扫描速率刺激所述多个驱动段; 以及根据需要改变刺激所述多个驱动段的顺序以防止同时刺激与当前正被更新的显示行重叠的驱动段。

公开(公告)号：US20140196933A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-17

申请号：US14211396

申请日：2014-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Casey J. Feinstein ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: H05K1/02 ,  C03C19/00 ,  B24B7/24 ,  C03C15/00

CPC classification number: H05K1/0274 ,  B24B7/241 ,  B24B7/242 ,  C03C15/00 ,  C03C19/00 ,  Y10T428/24926 ,  Y10T428/266

Abstract: Fabrication of thin sheets of glass or other substrate material for use in devices such as touch sensor panels is disclosed. A pair of thick glass sheets, typically with thicknesses of 0.5 mm or greater each, may each be patterned with thin film on a surface, sealed together to form a sandwich with the patterned surfaces facing each other and spaced apart by removable spacers, either or both thinned on their outside surfaces to thicknesses of less than 0.5 mm each, and separated into two thin glass sheets. A single thick glass sheet, typically with a thickness of 0.5 mm or greater, may be patterned, covered with a protective layer over the pattern, thinned on its outside surface to a thickness of less than 0.5 mm, and the protective layer removed. This thinness of less than 0.5 mm may be accomplished using standard LCD equipment, despite the equipment having a sheet minimum thickness requirement of 0.5 mm.

Abstract translation: 公开了用于诸如触摸传感器面板的装置中的薄片玻璃或其它基底材料的制造。 通常厚度为0.5mm或更大的一对厚玻璃板每个都可以在表面上用薄膜图案化，密封在一起以形成三明治，其中图案化表面彼此面对并且通过可移除的间隔物间隔开，或者或 两者都在其外表面上变薄，每个厚度小于0.5mm，并分成两个薄玻璃板。 典型地具有0.5mm或更大厚度的单个厚玻璃板可以被图案化，覆盖在图案上方的保护层，在其外表面上变薄至小于0.5mm的厚度，并且去除了保护层。 使用标准LCD设备可以实现小于0.5mm的这种薄度，尽管设备的薄片最小厚度要求为0.5mm。

公开(公告)号：US08723830B2

公开(公告)日：2014-05-13

申请号：US13745654

申请日：2013-01-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Kenneth Lawrence Staton

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/043

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/047

Abstract: A multi-touch capacitive touch sensor panel can be created using a substrate with column and row traces formed on separate layers of the substrate. The column and row traces can include sections extending from a central trace and forming a rectilinear trace pattern with sections of the columns and rows interdigitated with one another. The trace pattern can comprise a plurality of pixels arranged continuously across the sensor panel. In this manner, the sensor panel can provide a linear or near linear response to touches across the touch sensor panel.

Abstract translation: 可以使用形成在衬底的不同层上的列和行迹线的衬底来创建多点触摸电容式触摸传感器面板。 列和行轨迹可以包括从中心轨迹延伸的部分，并形成直线轨迹图案，其中列和行的部分彼此交错。 迹线图案可以包括连续地布置在传感器面板上的多个像素。 以这种方式，传感器面板可以对触摸传感器面板上的触摸提供线性或近似线性的响应。

公开(公告)号：US20130093710A1

公开(公告)日：2013-04-18

申请号：US13708675

申请日：2012-12-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian Richards Land ,  Wayne Carl Westerman ,  Steve Porter Hotelling

IPC: G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0418 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04108

Abstract: Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations.

Abstract translation: 传感器面板子系统首次启动时，最初可以使用预先存储的无触摸或无悬停（无事件）传感器输出值，以建立传感器输出值的初始基线，不受手指或其他触摸或悬停的物体的影响 启动期间的传感器面板。 然后可以对该初始基线进行归一化，使得每个传感器为给定量的触摸或悬停生成相同的输出值，从而在传感器面板上提供均匀的响应，并使得能够更容易地检测到随后的触摸或悬停事件。 在初始归一化过程完成之后，可以丢弃预先存储的基线，以利于新捕获的无事件基线，由于温度或其他变化，可能比预先存储的基线更准确。

公开(公告)号：US11379078B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16993144

申请日：2020-08-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian Richards Land ,  Wayne Carl Westerman ,  Steve Porter Hotelling

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations.

公开(公告)号：US11353989B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16937446

申请日：2020-07-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Brian Richards Land

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A touch surface device having improved sensitivity and dynamic range is disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch surface device includes a touch-sensitive panel having at least one sense node for providing an output signal indicative of a touch or no-touch condition on the panel; a compensation circuit, coupled to the at least one sense node, for generating a compensation signal that when summed with the output signal removes an undesired portion of the output signal so as to generated a compensated output signal; and an amplifier having an inverting input coupled to the output of the compensation circuit and a non-inverting input coupled to a known reference voltage.

公开(公告)号：US10191576B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15424712

申请日：2017-02-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Wei Chen ,  Christoph H. Krah ,  John Greer Elias ,  Wei Hsin Yao ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Andrew Bert Hodge ,  Brian R. Land ,  Willem den Boer

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US09575610B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US14985283

申请日：2015-12-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Wei Chen ,  Christoph Horst Krah ,  John Greer Elias ,  Wei Hsin Yao ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Andrew Bert Hodge ,  Brian Richards Land ,  Willem Den Boer

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362

CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/134309 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04111 ,  G06F2203/04112 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0439 ,  G09G2300/0456 ,  G09G2300/0478

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

Abstract translation: 这里公开了将触摸感测元件与显示电路集成的液晶显示（LCD）触摸屏。 整合可能采取各种形式。 触摸感应元件可以在LCD叠层中完全实现，但不在滤色器板和阵列板之间。 或者，一些触摸感测元件可以在滤色器和阵列板之间，而其它触摸感测元件不在印版之间。 在另一替代方案中，所有触摸感测元件可以在滤色器和阵列板之间。 后一种替代方案可以包括常规和平面内切换（IPS）LCD。 在一些形式中，一个或多个显示结构也可以具有触摸感测功能。 还公开了用于制造和操作这种显示器的技术以及体现这种显示器的各种装置。