Piezoelectric touch sensing in interactive
displays gains increasing attentions due to its high force detection
sensitivity and intrinsic mechanical-to-electrical conversion ability. However,
the instable force-voltage responsivity induced by preload effect of
piezoelectric materials reduces the force detection accuracy of secondary force
touches, which is important to touch and haptic applications such as peek-pop. To address this issue,
in this article, we present a preload effect elimination technique, in which
the relationship between the piezoelectric coefficients and static preload is
studied first, and then the detected secondary force touch is calibrated by
using the previously applied static force information. Experimental results
demonstrate that the force detection accuracy is boosted by 15.17% after applying
the developed technique to secondary force touches with different preload
values, potentially allowing the system to precisely interpret secondary force
touch amplitude and hence enhancing the development of touch sensing in
interactive displays.