A display device includes a display panel and an input sensing part disposed on the display panel. The input sensing part includes first sensing electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, first lines connected to the first sensing electrodes, second sensing electrodes extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction, and second lines connected to the second sensing electrodes. The second lines include second-first lines defined as j-th to k-th second lines, and the first lines are connected to the second-first lines.

A display device includes a display panel including pixels, an active area on which an image is configured to be displayed, and a black matrix area on which an image is not configured to be displayed, touch sensor electrodes configured to detect a touch of an external object, the touch sensor electrodes disposed in the active area, and detection input electrodes configured to generate mutual capacitance with the touch sensor electrodes, the detection input electrodes disposed in an edge area of the display panel that overlaps the black matrix area.

Disclosed are a display panel and display device. The display panel includes: a sensor setting area and a display area around the sensor setting area, where the sensor setting area includes at least one photosensitive element setting area and each of the at least one photosensitive element setting area is the same.

A display device includes a display panel that includes a plurality of pixels, a touch panel that includes a plurality of driving lines and a plurality of sensing lines, a display driver that drives the display panel at a first display frame rate in a normal driving mode, and that drives the display panel at a second display frame rate lower than the first display frame rate in a low power driving mode, and a touch controller that drives the touch panel with a mutual capacitance sensing method in the normal driving mode, and that drive the touch panel with a self capacitance sensing method in the low power driving mode.

An electronic device includes a display panel, an input sensor disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of sensing electrodes and a plurality of sensing lines connected to the sensing electrodes, and a driving circuit that drives the input sensor and generates a control signal based on a type of input applied to the input sensor. The sensing lines include a first sensing line electrically connecting first ends of the sensing electrodes adjacent to each other among the sensing electrodes, and a second sensing line connecting at least one of second ends, which are opposite to the first ends, of the adjacent sensing electrodes to the driving circuit and selectively connecting other sensing electrodes to the driving circuit or a reference electric potential in response to the control signal.

A touch sensor panel is disclosed. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of touch node electrodes. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a touch controller configured to drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a fully bootstrapped configuration to obtain a fully bootstrapped touch image, drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a second configuration, different from the fully bootstrapped configuration, to obtain a second touch image, the second touch image including an effect of water on the touch sensor panel, and determine a final touch image based on the fully bootstrapped touch image and the second touch image, the final touch image not including the effect of the water on the touch sensor panel. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a mutual capacitance configuration. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a partially bootstrapped configuration.

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.

In some examples, a touch screen can include touch electrodes that can function as drive (Tx) electrodes and sense (Rx) electrodes during a touch sensing operation of the electronic device. The drive electrodes can include +Tx electrodes and -Tx electrodes that can receive drive signals that can have the same amplitude and frequency and opposite phases, for example. In some examples, the surface areas of the +Tx electrodes and the -Tx electrodes can be the same and the distances of the +Tx electrodes and -Tx electrodes from the Rx electrodes can be different. In some examples, the total charge coupled to a proximate or touching object can be zero, which can mitigate problems associated with ungrounded or poorly grounded objects in contact with the touch screen.

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel and a ring-shaped electrode. The display panel includes a display area for displaying an image, a plurality of first electrodes arranged to surround the display area, and at least one second electrode arranged to surround the plurality of first electrodes. The ring-shaped electrode is arranged on the display panel and is arranged at a position overlapping with the second electrode in planar view. The ring-shaped electrode includes a protruding portion overlapping with at least one of the plurality of first electrodes in planar view.

A touch electrode structure and a manufacture method thereof, a touch panel, and an electronic device are provided. The touch electrode structure includes a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode, the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode intersect with each other to form a mutual capacitance for touch detection; the first touch electrode is longer than the second touch electrode; the first touch electrode includes a first hollow region, the second touch electrode includes a second hollow region, and a hollow area of the first touch electrode is greater than a hollow area of the second touch electrode; and the touch electrode structure further includes at least one first dummy electrode, the at least one first dummy electrode is within the first hollow region and is arranged in a same layer as at least part of the first touch electrode, and the at least one first dummy electrode and the at least part of the first touch electrode are insulated from each other. By means of the touch electrode structure, the touch sensitivity can be effectively improved.