A control circuit configured to control a display panel includes a display driver circuit, a touch sensing circuit and a fingerprint sensing circuit. The touch sensing circuit, coupled to the display driver circuit and the fingerprint sensing circuit, is configured to detect a finger touch on the display panel, determine a position of the display panel on which the finger touch is detected, and send information associated with the position to the fingerprint sensing circuit. The fingerprint sensing circuit is configured to perform fingerprint sensing on at least one zone corresponding to the position and receive fingerprint image signals from the at least one zone correspondingly.

A touch detection method, suitable for a touch display panel including multiple sensing pads, is disclosed. The sensing pads are divided into groups and each of the groups includes at least two columns of the sensing pads. The touch detection method includes following steps. In a first mode, the sensing pads are scanned group-by-group for detecting whether a touch event occurs on a touch identified group. In a second mode, the sensing pads are scanned column-by-column to identify a touch position of the touch event.

A display device including: a pixel part including pixels; a sensor part overlapping the pixel part and including sensors; and a sensor driver that transmits a sensing signal to p sensors in a first area of the sensor part in a first mode, transmits the sensing signal to q sensors in the first area in a second mode, and transmits the sensing signal to r sensors in the first area in a third mode, wherein p is an integer greater than 0, q and r are integers greater than p, and the sensor driver sets a sensing frequency, the first area, the number of sensing times per sensing frame period, whether or not the sensor driver is synchronized with a timing signal of the pixel part, or a voltage level of the sensing signal, to be different in the second mode and the third mode.

An asynchronous capacitance-to-digital converter (CDC) is described that allows for very low-power operation when during inactive periods (when no conductive object is in contact or proximity to the sensing electrodes). Asynchronous operation of the CDC provides for capacitance-to-digital conversion without the use of system resources and more power intensive circuit elements.

A method for operating an input device, the method involving obtaining a number of non-sinusoidal transmitter signals with unique base frequencies, and selecting a sampling frequency of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) such that a number of aliasing artifacts associated with higher harmonics of the non-sinusoidal transmitter signals is located at frequencies different from the base frequencies.

A touch screen display includes a display configured to display images in a display area. Touch sensitive row electrodes and touch sensitive column electrodes are integrated into the display, and are spaced apart to support a highest touch resolution. Also included are drive-sense circuits, a first switch network coupling a first group of drive-sense circuits to the touch sensitive row electrodes, and a second switch network coupling a second group of drive-sense circuits to the touch sensitive column electrodes. A switch controller is coupled to the first switch network and to the second switch network, and is configured to control the first and second switch networks to control touch resolution of at least a portion of the display area between the highest touch resolution and lesser touch resolutions.

The present disclosure describes systems and methods for rapidly capturing user input. Some embodiments of the present disclosure may rapidly capture user input for psychometric analysis applications. For example, a Likert scale may be used to capture the intensity of feelings of a respondent for a given item or question, and therefore can be applied to multiple domains including psychology and social sciences, business and marketing, etc. According to techniques described herein, a visual display screen may prompt respondent input (e.g., via an input prompt, question, statement, etc.). A touch-sensitive input area of the visual display screen may capture respondent input. The touch-sensitive input area may include an input bar and an input position (e.g., a slider). A respondent may control the input position along the input bar (e.g., using a finger), such that the input capture system may efficiently capture, determine, and record the input.

A display device, comprising a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel comprises a plurality of scan lines. The plurality of scan lines are respectively classified into a plurality of scan areas, and the display panel is configured to sequentially scan the plurality of scan areas through the plurality of scanning lines. The touch panel is electrically connected to the display panel, and is configured to receive a touch signal. During a first frame period, when a position of the touch signal corresponds to one of plurality of the scan areas, the display panel is configured to start scanning the plurality of scan areas from the one of the plurality of the scan areas to display an image of the plurality of scan areas.

There is provided a capacitive touch device including a touch panel and a control chip. The touch panel includes detection electrodes configured to form self-capacitance and mutual-capacitance. The control chip includes an emulation circuit and a subtraction circuit. The emulation circuit is configured to output a reference signal. The subtraction circuit is coupled to the emulation circuit and the detection electrode, subtracts the reference signal outputted by the emulation circuit from a detected signal outputted by the detection electrodes to output a differential detected signal, and identifies a touch event according to the differential detected signal to reduce the power consumption for touch detection.

One variation of a system for detecting inputs at a computing device includes: a substrate including a top layer, a bottom layer defining an array of support locations, and electrode pairs proximal the support locations; a touch sensor surface arranged over the top layer of the substrate; a set of spacers, each arranged over an electrode pair at a support location on the bottom layer of the substrate and including a force-sensitive material exhibiting variations in local bulk resistance responsive to variations in applied force; an array of spring elements coupled to the set of spacers, configured to support the substrate on a chassis, and configured to yield to displacement of the substrate downward toward the chassis responsive to forces applied to the touch sensor surface; and a controller configured to interpret forces of inputs on the touch sensor surface based on resistance values of the electrode pairs.