Portable electronic device including flexible display
View Patent ↗A portable electronic device includes a first flexible display. The first flexible display includes a display area, a non-display area, and a first fold such that at least part of the non-display area is non-coplanar with the display area. Information is displayable near the first fold.
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a first flexible display comprising a first display area and a first non-display area and including a first fold, such that a first panel comprising at least part of the first non-display area is non-coplanar with the first display area;
a first housing comprising a plurality of sidewalls and including a first edge that is absent a sidewall, wherein the flexible display is disposed in the first housing such that the first fold is disposed along the first edge of the first housing that is absent the sidewall, wherein the first panel is folded under the first display area, wherein information is displayable on the first flexible display up to the first edge;
wherein the first fold is maintained while the information is displayed in the first display area;
a second flexible display comprising a second display area and a second non-display area and including a second fold, such that a second panel comprising at least part of the second non-display area is non-coplanar with the second display area;
a second housing coupled to the first housing, the second housing comprising a plurality of sidewalls and including a second edge that is absent a sidewall, wherein the flexible display is disposed in the second housing such that the second fold is disposed along the second edge of the second housing that is absent the sidewall, wherein the second panel is folded under the second display area, wherein information is displayable on the second flexible display up to the second edge;
wherein the second fold is maintained while the information is displayed in the second display area; and
wherein the second housing is adjacent the first housing and the first fold of the first flexible display is adjacent to the second fold of the second flexible display such that the first display area of the first flexible display is adjacent the second display area of the second flexible display without the first non-display area, the second non-display area and any intervening sidewall disposed between the first display area and the second display area.
2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display area extends up to the first fold and the second display area extends up to the second fold.
3. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first fold and the second fold are permanent folds.
4. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible display includes:
additional folds, such that additional panels comprising at least part of additional non-display areas are non-coplanar with the second display area.
5. The portable electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the flexible display includes cut-outs in the additional non-display areas to facilitate the first fold, the second fold, the third fold, and the fourth fold.
6. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible display comprises a touch-sensitive display.
7. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , comprising at least one touch-sensing layer deposited on the first flexible display.
8. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first flexible display comprises a first touch-sensitive display and the second flexible display comprises a second touch-sensitive display.
9. The portable electronic device according to claim 1 , comprising at least one touch-sensing layer deposited on the first flexible display and comprising at least one touch-sensing layer deposited on the second flexible display.