Patent ID: 8878808

Claim:
A display capable of touch and proximity sensing, comprising: a display module for displaying images; a sensing module, stacked with the display module, the sensing module comprising: a proximity sensing electrode; a first set of sensing electrodes, comprising a plurality of first sensing electrodes configured at a side of the proximity sensing electrode for sensing a touch input during a first period to provide an analog touch signal for indicating a location of the touch input in two dimensions, and sensing a first proximity input with four first electrodes and the proximity sensing electrode during a second period to provide an analog proximity signal for indicating a location of the proximity input in three dimensions, wherein the four first electrodes are selected from the first sensing electrodes, and the four first electrodes determine a first area on the sensing module; a touch circuit coupled to the first sensing electrodes of the first set of sensing electrodes for controlling the first sensing electrodes to sense the touch input during the first period, receiving the analog touch signal, and converting the analog touch signal to a digital touch signal; a proximity circuit coupled to the first sensing electrodes of the first set of the sensing electrodes and the proximity sensing electrode for controlling the four first electrodes and the proximity sensing electrode to sense the first proximity input, receiving the analog proximity signal, and converting the analog proximity signal to a digital proximity signal; and a processor coupled to the touch circuit and the proximity circuit for generating corresponding commands according to the digital touch signal and the digital proximity signal.