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Display device and detection method

US7855779B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 2008
Grant dateDec 21, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0412
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device includes display pixels that display an image on a display screen. First and second optical sensors correspond to one or more of the display pixels and detect the amount of incident light. An optical member allows light coming from a first direction to enter the first optical sensors and light coming from a second direction to enter the second optical sensors. A memory circuit stores a first detection result that is detected in a first time period by means of the first optical sensors and stores a second detection result that is detected in the first time period by means of the second optical sensors. A comparison circuit compares sequential detection results to permit a judgment circuit to determine whether the display screen has been touched with a detection target medium.

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