This application claims priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201810367124.1, filed on Apr. 23, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of touch display technologies, and particularly to a touch display panel, a method for driving the same, and a touch display device.
The finger recognition technologies are advancing rapidly, and evolving into products, and they include ultrasonic recognition, optical recognition, capacitive recognition, etc.
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a touch display panel including:
a base substrate; and
a touch structure arranged above the base substrate, wherein the touch structure includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer arranged at different layers, and transparent piezoelectric elements arranged in an array between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer;
wherein at least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer includes electrode elements arranged in an array, and the transparent piezoelectric elements are configured to filter light.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the touch display panel further includes:
light-emitting elements and an encapsulation film layer arranged between the base substrate and the touch structure successively; and
the transparent piezoelectric elements are arranged corresponding to the light-emitting elements in a one-to-one manner.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the light-emitting elements include red light-emitting elements, green light-emitting elements, and blue light-emitting elements; and
the transparent piezoelectric elements include first transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter red light, second transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter green light, and third transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter blue light;
wherein projections of the first transparent piezoelectric elements and the red light-emitting elements onto the base substrate overlap, projections of the second transparent piezoelectric elements and the green light-emitting elements onto the base substrate overlap, and projections of the third transparent piezoelectric elements and the blue light-emitting elements onto the base substrate overlap.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the first electrode layer includes the electrode elements arranged in an array, and the second electrode layer is an integral electrode structure; and
the first electrode layer is arranged between the transparent piezoelectric elements and the encapsulation film layer.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the electrode elements are arranged corresponding to the light-emitting elements in a one-to-one manner.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, orthographic projections of the light-emitting elements onto the base substrate lie into orthographic projections of the electrode elements onto the base substrate.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the touch display panel further includes:
black matrixes arranged between the transparent piezoelectric elements; and
orthographic projections of the black matrixes onto the base substrate do not overlap with orthographic projections of the light-emitting elements onto the base substrate.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the touch display panel further includes:
a glass cover plate arranged above the touch structure.
In a possible implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the material of the transparent piezoelectric elements is organic polyvinylidene fluoride and pigment materials.
Correspondingly an embodiment of the disclosure further provides a touch display device including the touch display panel according to any one of the embodiments of the disclosure.
Correspondingly an embodiment of the disclosure further provides a method for driving a touch display panel, the method including:
supplying the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer respectively with a touch detection driving signal and a voltage signal;
receiving a sensed touch signal fed back by the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer after a user touches the touch display panel; and
determining the position of the touch by the user according to the sensed touch signal, or determining fingerprint information of the user at the position of the touch according to a variation of the sensed touch signal.
In order to make the objects, features, and advantages above of the disclosure more apparent and readily understood, the disclosure will be described below in further details with reference to the drawings and the embodiments thereof. However the exemplary embodiments can be implemented in a number of forms, but shall not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described here; and on the contrary, these embodiments are provided to make the disclosure of the disclosure more full and complete, and to completely convey the idea of the embodiments to those skilled in the art. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote identical or like structures, so a repeated description thereof will be omitted. All the terms as described in the disclosure to represent positions and directions will be described by way of an example with reference to the drawings, but can also be varied as needed without departing from the scope of the disclosure as claimed. The drawings of the disclosure are merely intended to illustrate relative positional relationships, and the thicknesses of some components may be exaggerated in the drawings for the sake of convenient understanding, but the thicknesses in the drawings may not suggest any proportional relationship between the real thicknesses.
It shall be noted that particular details will be set forth in the following description to facilitate full understanding of the disclosure. However the disclosure can be embodied in a number of other embodiments than those described here, and those skilled in the art can generalize them without departing from the spirit of the disclosure. Accordingly the disclosure will not be limited to the particular embodiments to be disclosed below. For example, some words may be used in the description and the claims to refer to specific components. Those skilled in the art shall appreciate that hardware manufacturers may denominate the same component using different names. In the description and the claims, the components will not be distinguished using their different names, but will be distinguished using their different functions. For example, “include” or “comprise” or a variant thereof as referred to throughout the description and the claims is an open term, and thus shall be construed as “include but will not be limited to”. Preferred embodiments of the disclosure will be described below merely for the purpose of setting forth the general principle of the disclosure, but not for limiting the scope of the disclosure thereto. The scope of the disclosure as claimed shall be as defined in the appended claims. It shall be appreciated that if one element, e.g., a layer, a film, an area, or a substrate, is referred to as being “on” another element, then the element may be directly on the other element, or there may be one or more elements arranged between them.
When a common ultrasonic fingerprint recognition device is arranged in a display panel, it is generally attached thereto, and as illustrated in
Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display panel includes: an array substrate 01, a light-emitting structure 02 and a fingerprint recognition structure 03 arranged on two sides of the array substrate 01, and a touch screen 04, a polarizing sheet 05, and a cover plate 06 arranged on the side of the light-emitting structure 02 away from the array substrate 01 successively, where the polarizing sheet 05 shall be adhered to the cover plate 06 using an Optically Clear Adhesive (OCA), and the touch screen 04 shall be adhered to the light-emitting structure 02 using the optically clear adhesive, thus increasing the thickness of the touch display panel, and thus the bending radius of the touch display panel fabricated.
In view of this, in order to address the problem above, embodiments of the disclosure provide a touch display panel, a method for driving the same, and a touch display device so as to dispense with a polarizing sheet in the touch display panel so as to reduce the thickness of the touch display panel, and the bending radius of the touch display panel.
Implementations of the touch display panel, the method for driving the same, and the touch display device according to the embodiments of the disclosure will be described below in details with reference to the drawings.
The thicknesses and shapes of respective layers in the drawings are not intended to reflect any real proportion, but only intended to illustrate the disclosure of the disclosure.
Referring to
It shall be noted that both the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer in the embodiment of the disclosure are transparent electrodes, and different voltage is applied to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer so that the transparent piezoelectric element vibrate and generate an ultrasonic signal, and then the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer detects the ultrasonic signal fed back by a user to detect a touch and to recognize a fingerprint.
Optionally, in the embodiment of the disclosure, the transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter light are arranged in the touch structure, so that the touch structure capable of detecting a touch and recognizing a fingerprint can also act as a polarizing sheet to filter light, thus dispensing with a polarizing sheet in the touch display panel, and reducing the thickness and the bending radius of the touch display panel.
In an optional implementation, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, as illustrated in
It shall be noted that
In an optional implementation, as illustrated in
In order to drive the light-emitting elements in the touch display panel to emit light for displaying an image, the touch display panel further includes a driving layer, configured to drive the light-emitting elements, between the base substrate and the light-emitting elements, where the driving layer includes a driving circuit including a plurality of thin film transistors. Since the driving circuit is structured as in the related art, a repeated description thereof will be omitted here.
In an optional embodiment, the cathodes or the anodes in the light-emitting elements can be reflecting electrodes, and in order to avoid the reflecting electrodes in the light-emitting elements from hindering an image from being displayed normally on the display panel, an upper polarizing sheet shall be arranged to deflect or filter and thus eliminate natural light reflected by the light-emitting elements. In the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the light-emitting elements include red light-emitting elements, green light-emitting elements, and blue light-emitting elements; and the transparent piezoelectric elements include first transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter red light, second transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter green light, and third transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter blue light, where projections of the first transparent piezoelectric elements and the red light-emitting elements onto the base substrate overlap, projections of the second transparent piezoelectric elements and the green light-emitting elements onto the base substrate overlap, and projections of the third transparent piezoelectric elements and the blue light-emitting elements onto the base substrate overlap. Referring to
The transparent piezoelectric elements in the embodiment of the disclosure can filter light similarly to a color filter layer in a color filter layer; and as illustrated in
In an optional embodiment, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the material of the transparent piezoelectric elements includes organic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and pigment materials. The transparent piezoelectric elements in the embodiment of the disclosure generate an ultrasonic signal under the action of voltage between two upper and lower electrode layers of the transparent piezoelectric elements, and feed the ultrasonic signal back to the electrode elements, and the electrode elements detect the position of a touch, and a fingerprint of a touching user. Optionally, the transparent piezoelectric elements can be made of organic polyvinylidene fluoride, and in order to act as a color filter sheet, the transparent piezoelectric elements can further include a red pigment material, a green pigment material, and a blue pigment material. Of course, another transparent material(s) can be further added to the transparent piezoelectric elements, although the embodiment of the disclosure will not be limited thereto. Optionally, the transparent piezoelectric elements can be formed by coating an organic polyvinylidene fluoride layer, and adding the pigment materials to the respective transparent piezoelectric elements.
In an optional embodiment, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, in order to perform a touch detection function and a fingerprint recognition function, the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer includes electrode elements arranged in an array, and as illustrated in
In order to detect a touch, the ultrasonic signal is reflected back to the touch structure after the user touches the touch display panel, so in order to detect the ultrasonic signal which is fed back, generally the first electrode layer in the embodiment of the disclosure is a detecting electrode, and the second electrode layer is a driving electrode; or the first electrode layer is a detection driving electrode, and the second electrode layer is a common electrode, although the embodiment of the disclosure will not be limited thereto.
Optionally, in the embodiment of the disclosure, in order for the transparent piezoelectric elements to detect a touch, and to recognize a fingerprint, an Integrated Circuit (IC) arranged in a bezel area of the touch display panel provides the electrode elements at the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer respectively with a touch detection driving signal and a voltage signal in a touch detection stage so that the transparent piezoelectric elements vibrate and generate an ultrasonic signal under the action of the difference in voltage between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and when the user touches the display panel, the ultrasonic signal is reflected to a part of the electrode elements at the first electrode layer; and the IC determines the position of the touch by the user according to a received sensed touch signal fed back by an electrode element. The Integrated Circuit (IC) arranged in the bezel area of the touch display panel provides the electrode elements at the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer respectively with a touch detection driving signal and a voltage signal in a fingerprint recognition stage so that the transparent piezoelectric elements vibrate and generate an ultrasonic signal under the action of the difference in voltage between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and when the user touches the display panel, the ultrasonic signal is reflected to a part of the electrode elements at the first electrode layer; and the IC determines a variation of a received sensed fingerprint recognition signal fed back by an electrode element according to the sensed fingerprint recognition signal to thereby determine the positions of valleys and ridges of a finger of the user. Particularly the touch detection driving signal and the fingerprint recognition driving signal may or may not be the same signal, although the embodiment of the disclosure will not be limited thereto.
Optionally, the touch display panel includes a display area and a bezel area, both the light-emitting elements and the touch structure in the embodiment of the disclosure are located in the display area, the IC is located in the bezel area of the touch display panel, and the bezel area further includes first touch leads for electrically connecting the electrode elements with the IC, and second touch leads for electrically connecting the second electrode layer with the IC. Since the second electrode layer is an integral electrode, the number of second touch leads is at least one, and the number of first touch leads is the same as the number of electrode elements. It shall be noted that if the second electrode layer includes a plurality of electrode elements, then the number of second touch leads will be the same as the number of electrode elements at the second electrode layer. Optionally, in order to illustrate a scheme diagram of the touch detection and fingerprint recognition circuit in further details, as illustrated in
In an optional embodiment, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, both the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are transparent electrodes, and the transparent piezoelectric elements are arranged corresponding to the light-emitting elements in a one-to-one manner; and in order to drive the transparent piezoelectric elements respectively, the electrode elements 130 at the first electrode layer 131 are arranged corresponding to the light-emitting elements 11 in a one-to-one manner as illustrated in
Optionally, an orthographic projection of each electrode element onto the base substrate overlaps with an orthographic projection of a light-emitting element corresponding to the electrode element onto the base substrate, or an orthographic projection of a light-emitting element onto the base substrate lies into an orthographic projection of an electrode element corresponding to the light-emitting element onto the base substrate.
In an optional embodiment, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, as illustrated in
In an optional embodiment, in the touch display panel above according to the embodiment of the disclosure, as illustrated in
Based upon the same inventive idea, an embodiment of the disclosure further provides a touch display device including the touch display panel according to any one of the embodiments above of the disclosure. Particular implementations and advantageous effects of the touch display device according to the embodiment of the disclosure are the same as the touch display panel above, so a repeated description thereof will be omitted here.
Based upon the same inventive idea, referring to
The step S901 is to supply the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer respectively with a touch detection driving signal and a voltage signal.
The step S902 is to receive a sensed touch signal fed back by the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer after a user touches the touch display panel.
The step S903 is to determine the position of the touch by the user according to the sensed touch signal, or to determine fingerprint information of the user at the position of the touch according to a variation of the sensed touch signal.
Optionally, determining the fingerprint information of the user at the position of the touch includes determining the positions of valleys and ridges in a fingerprint of the user at the touch position according to the variation of the sensed touch signal to determine the fingerprint information of the user.
Optionally, a touch can be detected, and a fingerprint can be recognized in the method for driving the touch display panel according to the embodiment of the disclosure in the same way as the operating principle of detecting a touch and recognizing a fingerprint as described in the touch display panel according to the embodiment of the disclosure, so a repeated description thereof will be omitted here.
In summary, the touch display panel according to the embodiment of the disclosure includes: an base substrate, and a touch structure arranged above the base substrate; and the touch structure includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer arranged at different layers, and transparent piezoelectric elements arranged in an array between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, where the first electrode layer and/or the second electrode layer includes electrode elements arranged in an array, and the transparent piezoelectric elements can filter light. Accordingly in the touch display panel according to the embodiment of the disclosure, the transparent piezoelectric elements which can filter light are arranged in the touch structure, so that the touch structure is capable of detecting a touch, recognizing a fingerprint, and filtering light, thus further dispensing with a polarizing sheet in the touch display panel, and further reducing the thickness of the touch display panel, and the bending radius of the touch display panel.
Evidently those skilled in the art can make various modifications and variations to the disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Thus the disclosure is also intended to encompass these modifications and variations thereto so long as the modifications and variations come into the scope of the claims appended to the disclosure and their equivalents.
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201810367124.1 | Apr 2018 | CN | national |