Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a touch panel and a touch display device capable of simultaneously implementing a touch recognition function and a fingerprint recognition function.
A touch panel, comprising:
the touch control film layer, and the fingerprint identification area and the non-fingerprint identification area which are distributed on the touch control film layer;
wherein, fingerprint identification district and non-fingerprint identification district all are provided with touch electrode, and the touch electrode density in the fingerprint identification district is greater than the touch electrode density in non-fingerprint identification district, and the touch electrode in the fingerprint identification district passes through signal connection line and change over switch to be connected with touch-control sensing element and fingerprint sensing element electricity respectively to sensing touch-control signal or fingerprint signal respectively.
Above-mentioned touch panel, through setting up the fingerprint identification district that distributes on the touch-control rete into the region that touch-control electrode density is bigger, and pass through signal connection line and change over switch with touch-control sensing element and fingerprint sensing element electricity respectively with the touch-control sensing element in the fingerprint identification district, the touch-control electrode that makes in the fingerprint identification district has touch-control identification function and fingerprint identification function concurrently, reached the purpose of fingerprint identification function integration on the touch-control rete, simultaneously, set up fingerprint identification district and touch-control rete with the layer, and only set up the touch-control electrode that density is bigger in the local area of touch-control rete, the technology preparation step in fingerprint identification district has been practiced thrift, the technology preparation degree of difficulty that has fingerprint identification function touch panel has been reduced.
In one embodiment, the touch electrode of the non-fingerprint identification area is electrically connected to the touch sensing element through a signal connection line to sense a touch signal.
In one embodiment, the touch electrodes in the fingerprint identification area extend to the non-fingerprint identification area, and the touch electrodes in the fingerprint identification area and the portion of the touch electrodes extending to the non-fingerprint identification area share the same set of signal connection lines and touch sensing elements.
In one embodiment, the signal connection lines include signal input lines and signal output lines; the signal input line is used for sending touch-control drive signal or fingerprint identification drive signal to the touch-control electrode, and the signal output line is used for sending touch-control signal and/or sending fingerprint signal to fingerprint sensing element to touch-control sensing element.
In one embodiment, the touch panel further includes a touch integrated circuit, the switch, the touch sensing element and the fingerprint sensing element are integrated in the touch integrated circuit, and the touch integrated circuit further includes a touch chip for transmitting the touch driving signal or the fingerprint driving signal and identifying the touch signal or the fingerprint signal.
In one embodiment, the number of fingerprint identification areas is at least one; wherein the area of the single fingerprint identification area is 4-36mm 2 。
A touch display device includes the touch panel according to any one of the above embodiments.
Above-mentioned touch-control display device has touch-control identification function and fingerprint identification function's touch-control display panel concurrently through the installation, has effectually promoted touch-control display device's intelligent degree, has reduced the area of non-display area on the touch-control display device, makes display device have more the development potential of full screen.
A driving control method of a touch panel, applied to the touch panel of any of the above embodiments, includes:
detecting whether the touch panel generates an operation meeting a preset condition;
when detecting that the touch panel generates an operation meeting a preset condition, controlling the touch panel to display the position of the fingerprint identification area and sending a fingerprint driving signal to a touch electrode in the fingerprint identification area;
receiving a fingerprint signal returned by a touch electrode in a fingerprint identification area to determine target fingerprint information;
and determining an authentication result of the target fingerprint information according to the target fingerprint information and the preset fingerprint information.
In one embodiment, before controlling the touch panel to display the position of the fingerprint identification area, the method further includes: determining the number of fingerprint identification areas to be displayed according to the operation meeting the preset condition; determining the display position of the fingerprint identification area to be displayed according to the number of the fingerprint identification areas to be displayed; wherein the number of fingerprint identification areas to be displayed is at least one.
In one embodiment, the method further includes: when the touch panel is not detected to be operated to meet the preset condition, touch driving signals are sent to all touch electrodes on the touch panel; receiving a touch signal returned by the touch electrode to determine touch information; and determining an execution result of the touch information according to the touch information and the preset touch information.
According to the drive control method of the touch panel, the touch panel can realize mutual conversion between the touch mode and the fingerprint identification mode through preset touch operation, so that the touch panel has the touch identification function and the fingerprint identification function.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
As described in the background art, in the display apparatus in the prior art, the fingerprint identification module is usually disposed in a non-display area of the display device, such as under a key of the non-display area or on the back of the display device, but the manner of disposing under the key limits the display device to be developed towards the full-screen direction, and disposing on the back of the display device is inconvenient for the user to use. Based on this, this application provides a touch panel, this touch panel includes the touch-control rete and distributes fingerprint identification district and non-fingerprint identification district on the touch-control rete, wherein, fingerprint identification district and non-fingerprint identification district on the touch-control rete all are provided with touch-control electrode, and, touch-control electrode density in the fingerprint identification district is greater than the touch-control electrode density in non-fingerprint identification district, additionally, touch-control electrode in the fingerprint identification district can be connected with touch-control sensing element and fingerprint sensing element electricity among the touch-control integrated circuit respectively through signal connection line and change over switch, and sensing touch-control signal or fingerprint signal respectively under different modes. Above-mentioned touch panel makes touch panel have touch-control identification function and fingerprint identification function concurrently through with fingerprint identification function integration on the touch-control rete, has increased display device's display area, makes display device more intelligent.
Based on the above scheme, the following detailed description is provided for specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, fig. 1 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a touch panel in the present embodiment; fig. 2 is a schematic circuit diagram of a touch film layer on a touch panel according to the present embodiment. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the touch panel 100 includes a touch film layer 110, and a fingerprint identification area 120 and a non-fingerprint identification area distributed on the touch film layer 110, wherein the non-fingerprint identification area refers to an area other than the fingerprint identification area 120. Specifically, the fingerprint identification area 120 and the non-fingerprint identification area on the touch film layer 110 are both provided with a plurality of criss-cross touch driving electrodes 112 and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes 114, wherein the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 arranged in the fingerprint identification area 120 are more dense than the electrodes arranged in the non-fingerprint identification area, and correspondingly, the grid density formed by the intersection of the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 in the fingerprint identification area 120 is also higher. It should be noted that the positions of the touch driving electrode 112 and the touch sensing electrode 114 can be interchanged, and the touch driving electrode 112 and the touch sensing electrode 114 can be made of ITO (Indium Tin Oxide) thin film.
Further, as shown in fig. 2, the touch driving electrode 112 and the touch sensing electrode 114 in the fingerprint identification area 120 may be electrically connected to the fingerprint sensing element 143 and the touch sensing element 144 through the signal connection line 132 and the switch 142, respectively, so as to sense the touch signal and the fingerprint signal in different modes, respectively. Specifically, the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 disposed in the fingerprint identification area 120 have a narrow line width and a small distance between the electrodes, so that the sensing capacitances formed by overlapping the electrodes in this area are very dense, and the touch signals and the fingerprint signals can be accurately sensed in different modes. As shown in fig. 2, in the fingerprint identification mode, the switch 142 may connect the channel to the fingerprint sensing element 143 through a switching signal of the touch chip 141, and then the touch chip 141 may send a fingerprint driving signal to the touch driving electrode 112 in the fingerprint identification area 120 through a signal connection line, and then a change of a sensing capacitance sensing signal generated at an electrode overlapping portion is detected, and the sensed fingerprint signal is transmitted back to the fingerprint sensing element 143 through the touch sensing electrode 114 and the signal connection line connected to the touch sensing electrode 114, and then the fingerprint sensing element 143 may amplify and buffer the touch signal and re-input the touch signal to the touch chip 141, and at this time, the touch chip 141 may identify the fingerprint information on the fingerprint identification area according to a plurality of fingerprint signals returned in the fingerprint identification area 120 and make a corresponding feedback.
In this embodiment, the identification process of the touch signal in the fingerprint identification area is similar to the identification process of the fingerprint signal in the fingerprint identification area, and is not repeated herein. It should be noted that, in the touch mode, the plurality of signal connection lines and the touch sensing element may be electrically connected through the transfer switch, so that the touch sensing element may process the touch signals returned by the plurality of touch sensing electrodes and input the processed touch signals into the touch chip for identification, and through such an arrangement, the difficulty of circuit arrangement may be reduced and the cost may be saved.
Above-mentioned touch panel, through setting up the fingerprint identification district that distributes on the touch-control rete into the region that touch-control electrode density is bigger, and pass through signal connection line and change over switch with touch-control sensing element and fingerprint sensing element electricity respectively with the touch-control sensing element in the fingerprint identification district, the touch-control electrode that makes in the fingerprint identification district has touch-control identification function and fingerprint identification function concurrently, reached the purpose of fingerprint identification function integration on the touch-control rete, simultaneously, set up fingerprint identification district and touch-control rete with the layer, and only set up the touch-control electrode that density is bigger in the local area of touch-control rete, the technology preparation step in fingerprint identification district has been practiced thrift, the technology preparation degree of difficulty that has fingerprint identification function touch panel has been reduced.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 in the non-fingerprint identification area may be electrically connected to the touch sensing element through signal connection lines to sense a touch signal. In the present embodiment, the touch driving electrode 112 and the touch sensing electrode 114 in the non-fingerprint identification area have a wider line width and a larger distance, and in this area, the sensing capacitor formed at the overlapping position of the two electrodes can be used for sensing the touch signal. Specifically, in the touch mode, the touch chip 141 may send a touch driving signal to the touch driving electrode 112 in the non-fingerprint identification region through the signal connection line, and then the change of the sensing capacitance sensing signal generated at the electrode overlapping portion is used, and the sensed touch signal is input into the touch sensing element 144 through the touch sensing electrode 114 and the signal connection line connected to the touch sensing electrode 114, and then the touch sensing element 144 may amplify and buffer the touch signal and input the touch signal back into the touch chip 141, and at this time, the touch chip 141 may identify the touch information in the non-fingerprint identification region according to the returned multiple touch signals and make corresponding feedback.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 in the fingerprint identification area 120 respectively extend from four directions to the non-fingerprint identification area, and the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 in the fingerprint identification area 120 share the same set of signal connection lines and the touch sensing elements 144 with the portions thereof extending to the non-fingerprint identification area. It should be noted that the portion of the fingerprint identification area 120 where the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 extend to the non-fingerprint identification area is also used as touch electrodes, and does not affect the touch identification function of the extended area. Specifically, in the touch mode, all touch driving electrodes 112 and all touch sensing electrodes 114 on the touch panel operate simultaneously, and sense touch signals generated at all positions on the touch panel; in the fingerprint identification mode, only the touch driving electrodes 112 and the touch sensing electrodes 114 in the fingerprint identification area operate, and only the fingerprint signal in the fingerprint identification area is sensed, so that the simpler the switching mode between the two modes is, the faster the response speed of the touch panel is. In this embodiment, the touch electrodes in the fingerprint identification area and the touch electrodes extending to the non-fingerprint identification area share the same signal connection line and the same touch sensing element, so that other settings for the circuit are not needed, and the conversion between the two modes can be realized only by inputting the conversion signal to the conversion switch 142 through the touch chip 141, and the conversion process is very convenient and fast.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the signal connection lines include a signal input line 131 and a signal output line 132. Specifically, in the touch mode, the transfer switch is connected to the touch sensing element 144, the driving chip 141 sends a touch driving signal to the touch driving electrode 112 through the signal input line 131, the change of the sensing capacitance sensing signal generated at the electrode overlapping position, and then the collected touch signal is sent back to the touch sensing element 144 and the touch chip 141 through the touch sensing electrode 114 and the signal output line 132, so as to identify accurate touch information; in the fingerprint recognition mode, the change-over switch is connected with the fingerprint sensing element 143, the driving chip 141 sends a fingerprint driving signal to the touch driving electrode 112 in the fingerprint recognition area through the signal input line 131, the change of the sensing capacitance sensing signal generated at the electrode overlapping position is further sent to the fingerprint sensing element 143 and the touch chip 141 through the touch sensing electrode 114 and the signal output line 132, and therefore accurate fingerprint information is recognized.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the touch panel 100 further includes a touch integrated circuit 140, wherein the touch chip 141, the switch 142, the fingerprint sensing element 143, and the touch sensing element 144 are integrated in the touch integrated circuit 140. In the present embodiment, the touch chip 141 is the most important component of the touch integrated circuit 140, and can be used for transmitting a touch driving signal, transmitting a fingerprint driving signal, receiving a touch signal, receiving a fingerprint signal, and analyzing information carried in the touch signal and the fingerprint signal. It is understood that the touch chip 141 may be changed to two or more chips according to the functional division, and other peripheral components related to touch recognition and fingerprint recognition may also be integrated in the touch integrated circuit 140, which is not limited herein.
In one embodiment, the fingerprint identification area can be set to be one or more, and the area of each fingerprint identification area should be set to be 4mm 2 To 36mm 2 Preferably, an area of the fingerprint identification area is set to be 9mm 2 To 25mm 2 In the meantime. If the area of a fingerprint identification area is too large, the mutual capacitance between electrodes in a local area is easy to be larger, so thatThe touch sensitivity of the touch panel is influenced; if the area of one fingerprint identification area is too small, a complete fingerprint image cannot be accurately identified, so that the accuracy of fingerprint identification is reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to set the area of the fingerprint identification section within a suitable range.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides a touch display device, including: the touch display panel according to any one of the above embodiments. Specifically, the touch display device can be any product or component with a display function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator, an intelligent wearable device, and the like. The touch display device integrates three functions of display, touch control and fingerprint identification on the same display panel, so that the display device is more intelligent. Other essential components of the display device are all understood by those skilled in the art, and are not described herein.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the present application further provides a driving control method of a touch panel, which can be applied in the touch chip 141 shown in fig. 2, and the method includes the following steps:
step S102: whether the touch panel generates operation meeting preset conditions is detected.
The operation of the preset condition refers to an operation that can start a fingerprint identification mode, for example, the operation of the preset condition may be to open an application program that needs to perform fingerprint identification, start fingerprint authentication unlocking, perform fingerprint payment, or the like. In this embodiment, all operations that can start the fingerprint recognition mode are stored in the touch chip to wait for being compared and verified.
Specifically, in the normal use process of the touch panel, the touch panel is generally always in the touch mode, and in the touch mode, the touch chip compares the operation occurring on the touch panel with the operation of the preset condition at regular time to detect whether the operation meeting the preset condition occurs on the touch panel.
Step S104: when detecting that the touch panel generates the operation meeting the preset conditions, controlling the touch panel to display the position of the fingerprint identification area and sending a fingerprint driving signal to a touch electrode in the fingerprint identification area.
Specifically, when the touch chip detects that an operation meeting a preset condition is generated on the touch panel, the touch panel can be controlled to switch from the touch mode to the fingerprint identification mode, and the touch panel is controlled to display the position of the fingerprint identification area at the corresponding position, and further, the touch chip can send a fingerprint driving signal to the touch driving electrode in the fingerprint identification area through the signal connection line.
Step S106: and receiving a fingerprint signal returned by the touch electrode in the fingerprint identification area to determine target fingerprint information.
Specifically, after receiving fingerprint drive signal, touch-control drive electrode in the fingerprint identification district can produce induction capacitance in touch-control drive electrode and touch-control response electrode's overlap department, induction capacitance can produce corresponding fingerprint signal according to the unsmooth line of fingerprint that covers on the electrode, then, touch-control response electrode can pass through in the signal connection line passes back the touch-control chip with fingerprint signal through certain amplification processing, the touch-control chip just can determine the fingerprint image according to the fingerprint signal that each position produced in the fingerprint identification district, and then discern fingerprint information.
Step S108: and determining an authentication result of the target fingerprint information according to the target fingerprint information and the preset fingerprint information.
Specifically, the touch chip can compare according to the fingerprint information of discerning and the interior fingerprint information that predetermines that stores of touch chip, if the fingerprint information of discerning has the contact ratio that exceeds certain ratio with the interior fingerprint information that predetermines that stores of touch chip, can regard fingerprint authentication to succeed. Specifically, the contact ratio exceeding a certain ratio may be more than 50% contact ratio or other ratios, and the value of the contact ratio may be set in the touch chip.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, before controlling the touch panel to display the position of the fingerprint identification area, the method for driving and controlling the touch panel further includes:
step S202: and determining the number of the fingerprint identification areas to be displayed according to the operation meeting the preset condition.
Specifically, when the touch chip detects that the touch panel performs an operation satisfying a preset condition, the content of the operation is verified, and then the number of the fingerprint identification areas to be displayed is determined according to the content of the operation. In this embodiment, there may be a plurality of fingerprint identification areas, but all the fingerprint identification areas are not necessarily displayed, and when fingerprint verification is performed, only the same number of fingerprint identification areas as the number of fingerprints to be verified need to be displayed. For example, when single fingerprint verification is performed, only one fingerprint identification area is displayed on the touch panel; when double fingerprint verification is performed, two fingerprint identification areas are displayed on the touch panel, as shown in fig. 5.
Step S204: and determining the display position of the fingerprint identification area to be displayed according to the number of the fingerprint identification areas to be displayed.
Specifically, the number of the fingerprint identification areas and the display positions of the fingerprint identification areas correspond to each other, for example, when single fingerprint verification is performed, one fingerprint identification area on the touch panel is displayed at a specific position; when double fingerprint verification is carried out, two fingerprint identification areas on the touch panel can be displayed at specific positions. The specific position is selected and stored in the touch chip in advance, and can be manually selected and set according to the use habit.
In one embodiment, the driving control method of the touch panel further includes:
step S302: and when the touch panel is not detected to be operated to meet the preset condition, sending a touch driving signal to all touch electrodes on the touch panel.
Specifically, when the touch chip does not detect that an operation satisfying a preset condition occurs on the touch panel, that is, when an operation capable of starting fingerprint identification does not occur on the touch panel, the touch panel is always in the touch mode, and in the touch mode, the touch chip sends a touch driving signal to all touch electrodes on the touch panel through the signal connection line.
Step S304: and receiving a touch signal returned by the touch electrode to determine touch information.
Specifically, after receiving a touch driving signal, a touch driving electrode on the touch panel generates a sensing capacitance at an overlapping position of the touch driving electrode and a touch sensing electrode, the sensing capacitance generates a corresponding touch signal according to a touch operation occurring on the electrode, the touch sensing electrode transmits the touch signal back to the touch chip through a signal connection line after certain amplification processing, and the touch chip can determine a specific touch operation and a position where the touch operation occurs according to the touch signal generated at each point position on the touch panel, so as to identify touch information.
Step S306: and determining an execution result of the touch information according to the touch information and the preset touch information.
Specifically, the touch chip may compare the identified touch information with preset touch information stored in the touch chip, and determine an execution result of the touch information according to a position where the touch information occurs, where the execution result may refer to opening an application program, sliding left and right of a display screen, switching the display screen, or the like.
According to the drive control method of the touch panel, the touch panel can realize mutual conversion between the touch mode and the fingerprint identification mode through preset touch operation, so that the touch panel has the touch identification function and the fingerprint identification function.
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.