Touch Display Driving Apparatus Fast Scan Mode Doze Latency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional touch display driving chips experience high first tap latency in doze mode due to limited touch scan rate, which negatively impacts user experience by prolonging the time from a touch event to coordinate reporting.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a touch display driving apparatus with a touch sensing circuit that transitions from a doze mode to a fast touch scanning mode upon detecting a touch event, using a higher scan rate (e.g., 180 Hz) immediately preceding the normal touch scanning mode (e.g., 120 Hz), thereby reducing latency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If the touch scan rate is limited in doze mode to save power, then power consumption is reduced, but the first tap latency increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoidfirst tap latency
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic scan rate adjustment by transitioning between doze mode (lower scan rate) and normal touch scanning mode (higher scan rate) based on touch event detection. When a touch event is detected in doze mode, the system dynamically switches to normal scanning mode to reduce latency, then can return to doze mode afterward, optimizing both power consumption and responsiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the scan rate parameter from a fixed low value in doze mode to a higher value in normal mode. This parameter change is triggered by touch event detection, allowing the system to adapt the scanning performance to actual usage conditions, thereby reducing first tap latency while maintaining power efficiency during idle periods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of time

If the touch scan rate is increased to reduce first tap latency, then responsiveness is improved, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefirst tap latencyVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses periodic scanning at different rates depending on the operational mode. In doze mode, scanning occurs at a lower periodic rate to save power, while in normal mode, scanning occurs at a higher periodic rate to reduce latency. This periodic action with variable frequency allows the system to balance power consumption and responsiveness based on actual needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The scan rate is made dynamic rather than static, allowing the system to switch between low-power and high-performance states. This dynamic adjustment ensures that high scan rates are only used when necessary (upon touch event detection), minimizing overall power consumption while reducing latency when needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11442575B2Touch display driving apparatus and operation method thereof
Publication Date: 2022.09.13 NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP
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AI summary

The disclosure provides a touch display driving apparatus and an operation method thereof. The touch display driving apparatus is configured to drive a touch display panel. The touch display driving apparatus includes a touch sensing circuit configured to output a touch driving signal to a touch sensor array of the touch display panel, and receive touch sensing signals from the touch sensor array. The touch driving signal is configured to scan the touch sensor array at a normal scan rate in a normal touch scanning mode, and scan, in response to a touch event which is determined as occurring in a doze mode, the touch sensor array at a first scan rate in a fast touch scanning mode immediately preceding to the normal touch scanning mode, wherein the first scan rate is greater than the normal scan rate.