US 11,816,288 B2
Dynamic noise sampling for unspecified display noise
MooKyung Kang, Seoul (KR); and Sang Hoon Jeon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,617.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333691 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0418 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0446 (2019.05)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display of the electronic device, an image by sequentially displaying a plurality of frames of the image, the plurality of frames comprising a first frame and second frame;
performing, on the display, a first noise sampling scan at a first time location within a first frame of the plurality of frames, the first noise sampling scan being performed at a plurality of frequencies, wherein performing the first noise sampling scan comprises sampling capacitances of pixels of a portion of the display, wherein sub-portions of the portion of the display are each sampled at a different sampling frequency, and determining a noise level for each sampling frequency based on the capacitances sampled in each corresponding sub-portion;
determining a first frequency from the plurality of frequencies with the lowest noise based on the first noise sampling scan;
performing, on a touchscreen of the electronic device, a first mutual sensing scan at the first frequency;
performing, on the display, a second noise sampling scan at a second time location within a second frame of the plurality of frames, the second noise sampling scan being performed at the plurality of frequencies, the second time location being a different frame location than the first time location;
determining a second frequency from the plurality of frequencies with the lowest noise based on the second noise sampling scan, the second frequency being different from the first frequency; and
performing, on the touchscreen, a second mutual sensing scan at the second frequency.