IP Library Granted Patent US 11,113,995
Granted Patent B2
US 11,113,995 · App. 16/340,227 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Information processing device, display device, and electronic device

Inventors: Toshiyuki Isa (Kanagawa, JP); Akio Endo (Kanagawa, JP); Yosuke Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G09F9/301G06F1/1626G06F1/1643G06F1/1652
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Patent No.
US 11,113,995
App. No.
16/340,227
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device including a large display region and with improved portability is provided. An electronic device with improved reliability is provided. An information processing device includes a first film, a panel substrate, and at least a first housing. The panel substrate has flexibility and a display region, and the first film has a visible-light-transmitting property and flexibility. The first housing includes a first slit, the panel substrate includes a region positioned between the first film and a second film, the first slit has a function of storing the region, and one or both of the panel substrate and the first film can slide along the first slit.

Claims (121)

1. An information processing device comprising:

a hinge;

a first housing;

a second housing;

a panel substrate; and

a first film,

wherein the hinge comprises a rotation axis,

wherein the first housing is connected to the second housing through the hinge so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis,

wherein the first housing comprises a first slit,

wherein the second housing comprises a second slit,

wherein the panel substrate comprises a region overlapping with the first film,

wherein the region is stored in one or both of the first slit and the second slit,

wherein one or both of the panel substrate and the first film is configured to slide along the second slit, and

wherein, in a folded state, the first film extends beyond the panel substrate.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second film,

wherein the panel substrate comprises a region positioned between the first film and the second film,

wherein, in the folded state, the panel substrate extends beyond the second film in the first slit, and

wherein, in an opened state, end portions of the first film, the second film, and the panel substrate are aligned.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first film has flexibility and a visible-light-transmitting property,

wherein the panel substrate has flexibility and comprises a display region,

wherein the first housing comprises a first part and a second part,

wherein the first part overlaps with the display region,

wherein the second part overlaps with a peripheral portion of the first part,

wherein the second film is positioned between the display region and the first part, and

wherein the second film has flexibility.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first film is fixed to part of the first housing, and

wherein the first film, the second film, and the panel substrate are capable of sliding along the second slit when the second housing rotates around the rotation axis with respect to the first housing.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second housing comprises an end portion parallel to the rotation axis,

wherein the first film and the panel substrate slide in the second slit,

wherein the first film is apart from the end portion, and

wherein the panel substrate is apart from the end portion.

6. The information processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the first film is fixed to the first housing,

wherein the first film is capable of sliding along the second slit when the second housing rotates around the rotation axis with respect to the first housing, and

wherein the second film is fixed to the first housing and the second housing.

7. The information processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the second housing comprises an end portion parallel to the rotation axis,

wherein the first film and the panel substrate slide in the second slit,

wherein the first film is apart from the end portion, and

wherein the panel substrate is apart from the end portion.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first film has a planar shape or a convex shape on the panel substrate when the second housing rotates around the rotation axis with respect to the first housing, and

wherein, in the folded state, a side surface of the second film faces a bend surface of the panel substrate.

9. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit board,

wherein the circuit board is electrically connected to the panel substrate, and

wherein the circuit board is stored in the first housing.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one driver circuit,

wherein the driver circuit is provided over the panel substrate, and

wherein the panel substrate comprises a curved portion between the driver circuit and a display region.

11. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the panel substrate comprises an image signal line driver circuit, and

wherein the panel substrate comprises a curved portion between the image signal line driver circuit and a display region.

12. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising an input portion,

wherein the input portion comprises a touch sensor, and

wherein the touch sensor comprises a region overlapping with a display region.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12 , further comprising a first flexible printed board and a second flexible printed board,

wherein the first flexible printed board and the second flexible printed board are stored in the first housing,

wherein the first flexible printed board supplies a control signal to the display region, and

wherein the second flexible printed board supplies a control signal to the touch sensor.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more of a keyboard, a hardware button, a pointing device, an illuminance sensor, an imaging device, an audio input device, an eye-gaze input device, and a pose detection device.

15. An information processing device comprising:

a hinge;

a first housing;

a second housing;

a panel substrate; and

a first film,

wherein the hinge comprises a rotation axis,

wherein the first housing is connected to the second housing through the hinge so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis,

wherein the first housing comprises a first slit,

wherein the second housing comprises a second slit,

wherein the panel substrate comprises a region overlapping with the first film,

wherein the region is stored in one or both of the first slit and the second slit,

wherein one or both of the panel substrate and the first film is configured to slide along the second slit,

wherein a part of the panel substrate is provided in the first housing, and

wherein, in a folded state, the panel substrate extends beyond the second film in the first slit.

16. The information processing device according to claim 15 , further comprising a second film,

wherein the panel substrate comprises a region positioned between the first film and the second film, and

wherein, in an opened state, end portions of the first film, the second film, and the panel substrate are aligned.

17. The information processing device according to claim 15 ,

wherein the first film has flexibility and a visible-light-transmitting property,

wherein the panel substrate has flexibility and comprises a display region,

wherein the first housing comprises a first part and a second part,

wherein the first part overlaps with the display region,

wherein the second part overlaps with a peripheral portion of the first part,

wherein the second film is positioned between the display region and the first part,

wherein the second film has flexibility,

wherein, in a folded state, a side surface of the second film faces a bend surface of the panel substrate,

wherein the first film is fixed to part of the first housing, and

wherein the first film, the second film, and the panel substrate are capable of sliding along the second slit when the second housing rotates around the rotation axis with respect to the first housing.

18. An information processing device comprising:

a hinge;

a first housing;

a second housing;

a panel substrate; and

a first film,

wherein the hinge comprises a rotation axis,

wherein the first housing is connected to the second housing through the hinge so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis,

wherein the first housing comprises a first slit,

wherein the second housing comprises a second slit,

wherein the panel substrate comprises a region overlapping with the first film,

wherein the region is stored in one or both of the first slit and the second slit,

wherein, in an opened state, end portions of the first film, the second film, and the panel substrate are aligned,

wherein one or both of the panel substrate and the first film is configured to slide along the second slit, and

wherein a space is present between the hinge and the panel substrate when the information processing device is folded.

19. The information processing device according to claim 18 , further comprising a second film,

wherein the panel substrate comprises a region positioned between the first film and the second film, and

wherein, in a folded state, the panel substrate extends beyond the second film in the first slit.

20. The information processing device according to claim 18 ,

wherein the first film has flexibility and a visible-light-transmitting property,

wherein the panel substrate has flexibility and comprises a display region,

wherein the first housing comprises a first part and a second part,

wherein the first part overlaps with the display region,

wherein the second part overlaps with a peripheral portion of the first part,

wherein the second film is positioned between the display region and the first part,

wherein the second film has flexibility,

wherein, in a folded state, a side surface of the second film faces a bend surface of the panel substrate,

wherein the first film is fixed to part of the first housing, and

wherein the first film, the second film, and the panel substrate are capable of sliding along the second slit when the second housing rotates around the rotation axis with respect to the first housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2019
From: ISA, TOSHIYUKI; ENDO, AKIO; TSUKAMOTO, YOSUKE; KOYAMA, JUN
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048821/0978 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-210222 · Oct 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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