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Granted Patent B2
US 10,228,729 · App. 15/124,910 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiko Takemura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,228,729
App. No.
15/124,910
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes a flexible display substrate including a transmission-type display region and a non-transmission-type display region, and the flexible display substrate is fixed on one or more of housings. Portion of the housing is transparent, and the transmission-type display region overlaps with this transparent portion. In addition, the non-transmission-type display region overlaps with opaque components such as an arithmetic processing unit, a battery, or the like stored in the housing. Display contents and display modes are used properly for the transmission-type display region and the non-transmission-type display region, thereby making it possible to display various images. Other embodiments are also claimed.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a flexible display substrate comprising a first display region and a second display region;

an arithmetic processing unit; and

a housing,

wherein the first display region comprises a first region which is transmission type,

wherein the second display region is a non-transmission-type display region,

wherein the arithmetic processing unit is configured to supply an image signal to the flexible display substrate, and

wherein the arithmetic processing unit is stored in the housing.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the arithmetic processing unit and the first display region do not overlap with each other and a background behind the first display region is visible when display is performed in the flexible display substrate.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second display region is fixed to the housing.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second display region and the arithmetic processing unit are fixed to overlap.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein part of the housing is transparent.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first display region and the second display region are coextensive with each other when the flexible display substrate is bent.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a flexible display substrate comprising a first display region, a second display region and a third display region;

an arithmetic processing unit fixed to the flexible display substrate; and

a housing,

wherein the second display region is provided between the first display region and the third display region,

wherein the third display region is provided between the second display region and the arithmetic processing unit,

wherein a part of the flexible display substrate is fixed to the housing,

wherein the second display region comprises a first region which is transmission-type,

wherein the first display region is a non-transmission-type display region,

wherein the third display region is a non-transmission-type display region, and

wherein the arithmetic processing unit is configured to supply an image signal to the flexible display substrate.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the arithmetic processing unit and the second display region do not overlap with each other and a background behind the second display region is visible when display is performed in the flexible display substrate when the third display region is not bent, and

wherein the arithmetic processing unit and the second display region do not overlap with each other and the background behind the second display region is visible when display is performed in the flexible display substrate when the third display region is bent.

9. The electronic device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the second display region is fixed to the housing.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE CITY NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 039688 FRAME: 0765. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 23, 2016
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; TAKEMURA, YASUHIKO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 040127/0090 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2016
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; TAKEMURA, YASUHIKO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039688/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-048380 · Mar 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170023979A1 · Jan 26, 2017
Cited By (1)
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