Patent ID: 8942937
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of estimating a linear device value, to detect a distribution of values of a plurality of linear devices that are each formed on intersections of a plurality of first signal lines with a plurality of second signal lines, the method comprising the steps of: driving, in drive sections, the first signal lines in a first timing, to output from the second signal lines to the estimation sections outputs that correspond to the linear devices, wherein the first signal lines are connected to the drive sections and the second signal lines are connected to estimation sections; controlling, with use of a multiplexer, in a second timing subsequent to the first timing, a switching of connections of the first signal lines with that of the second signal lines so that the first signal lines are connected to the estimation sections and the second signal lines are connected to the drive sections; and driving, in the drive sections, the second signal lines in a third timing subsequent to the second timing, to output from the first signal lines to the estimation sections the outputs that correspond to the linear devices, the step of driving the first signal lines comprising: the step of driving the second signal lines comprising: