Patent ID: 8134535

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising: a display panel including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines; a gate driver configured to apply a gate signal to the plurality of pixels via the plurality of gate lines; a data driver configured to apply a data signal to the plurality of pixels via the plurality of data lines; a plurality of first and second sensing units arranged in a matrix, each sensing unit configured to generate a detection signal according to a physical contact, the plurality of first sensing units being arranged in a first direction, the plurality of second sensing units being arranged in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; a plurality of first sensing signal lines, each first sensing signal line configured to transfer the detection signal of one of the first sensing units in the first direction; a plurality of second sensing signal lines, each second sensing signal lines configured to transfer the detection signal of one of the second sensing units in the second direction; a first output unit including a plurality of switching elements, each of the plurality of switching elements including a control terminal connected to the gate driver via the plurality of gate lines, an input terminal connected to each of the first sensing signal lines, and an output terminal connected to a first sensing output line; a sensing signal processor connected to the first sensing output line, and configured to determine whether contact is being made or not by processing the detection signals of the first sensing signal lines and the second sensing signal lines; a plurality of second output units each configured to sequentially output detection signals of at least two of the second sensing signal lines; and a plurality of second sensing output lines configured to transfer the detection signals from the second output units to the sensing signal processor.