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Granted Patent B2
US 10,264,184 · App. 15/408,642 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Electronic device

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Shishido (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,264,184
App. No.
15/408,642
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic device with high portability, a highly browsable electronic device, or an electronic device having a novel light source that can be used in shooting photographs and video. The electronic device includes a camera and a flexible display portion. The display portion has a first region and a second region. The first region has a function of emitting light to a photographic subject. The second region has a function of displaying an image of the photographic subject shot by the camera. The display portion can be bent so that the first region and the second region face in different directions.

Claims (73)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a camera; and

a display portion being flexible,

wherein the display portion comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein the first region includes a first portion and a second portion,

wherein the display portion bends so that the first portion of the first region and the second region face in different directions,

wherein the camera overlaps with the display portion,

wherein the second portion of the first region includes an opening,

wherein the camera is provided so as to overlap the opening,

wherein the first region is configured to emit white light to a photographic subject while an image is displayed on the second region,

wherein an entirety of the first region is configured to emit white light to the photographic subject, and

wherein the second region is a display region displaying an image of the photographic subject shot by the camera.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display portion comprises a first pixel and a second pixel,

wherein the first pixel comprises a first light-emitting element,

wherein the second pixel comprises a second light-emitting element, and

wherein a third light-emitting element is between the first pixel and the second pixel.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 ,

wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel is controlled by a first driving,

wherein the third light-emitting element is controlled by a second driving, and

wherein the first driving and a second driving are different from each other.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the first driving is active matrix driving.

5. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the second driving is passive matrix driving.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a camera; and

a light-emitting panel being flexible,

wherein the light-emitting panel comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein each of the first region and the second region includes a first portion and a second portion,

wherein the second portion of the second region is provided on a first face of the housing,

wherein each of the camera and the second portion of the first region is provided on a second face of the housing,

wherein the first face is opposite to the second face,

wherein the light-emitting panel bends so that the first portion of the first region and the first portion of the second region face in different directions,

wherein the second portion of the first region overlaps with the second portion of the second region,

wherein the second portion of the first region includes an opening,

wherein the camera is provided so as to overlap the opening,

wherein the first region is configured to emit white light to a photographic subject while an image is displayed on the second region,

wherein an entirety of the first region is configured to emit white light to the photographic subject, and

wherein the second region is a display region displaying an image of the photographic subject shot by the camera.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the housing comprises a third face between the first face and the second face, and

wherein a part of the light-emitting panel is provided on the third face.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the housing has a concave portion, and

wherein the light-emitting panel is folded to fit in the concave portion.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the light-emitting panel comprises a first pixel and a second pixel,

wherein the first pixel comprises a first light-emitting element,

wherein the second pixel comprises a second light-emitting element, and

wherein a third light-emitting element is between the first pixel and the second pixel.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 ,

wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel is controlled by a first driving,

wherein the third light-emitting element is controlled by a second driving, and

wherein the first driving and a second driving are different from each other.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the first driving is active matrix driving.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the second driving is passive matrix driving.

13. An electronic device comprising:

a camera; and

a display portion being flexible,

wherein the display portion comprises a first region and a second region,

wherein the display portion bends so that the first region and the second region face in different directions,

wherein the camera overlaps with the display portion,

wherein the first region includes an opening,

wherein the camera is provided so as to overlap the opening,

wherein the first region is configured to emit white light to a photographic subject while an image is displayed on the second region,

wherein an entirety of the first region is configured to emit white light to the photographic subject, and

wherein the second region is a display region displaying an image of the photographic subject shot by the camera.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the display portion is seamless.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the opening is positioned in the center of the first region.

16. The electronic device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the camera is configured to detect light emitted by the first region and reflected from the photographic subject.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2017
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; SHISHIDO, HIDEAKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041185/0831 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-024647 · Feb 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14616827 · Feb 9, 2015
Related Publication 20170126983A1 · May 4, 2017
Cited By (1)
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