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US 10,771,662 · App. 16/383,727 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Electronic device with flexible display

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Shishido (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
H04N5/22525G03B15/05G06F1/1652G09F9/301H04N5/2256G03B2215/05G09G2380/02
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Patent No.
US 10,771,662
App. No.
16/383,727
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
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 (38)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a camera; and

a flexible display,

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

wherein the first region surrounds the camera,

wherein the first region is configured to emit white light to illuminate a photographic

subject while the camera is shooting an image of the photographic subject, and

wherein the second region is configured to display the image shot by the camera.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region emits light in a first direction,

wherein the second region emits light in a second direction, and

wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flexible display is configured to freely change a size of the first region by a user.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the entirety of the first region emits white light.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a part of the first region emits white light.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a camera; and

a flexible display,

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

wherein the first region surrounds the camera,

wherein the first region emits white light to illuminate a photographic subject while the camera is shooting an image of the photographic subject, and

wherein the flexible display is configured to change a size of a flexible display portion emitting white light to the photographic subject.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein the second region is configured to display an image shot by the camera while the first region emits white light to the photographic subject.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first region emits light in a first direction,

wherein the second region emits light in a second direction, and

wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

9. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the entirety of the first region emits white light.

10. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a part of the first region emits white light.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a light emitted in a shooting direction by the electronic device comprises a single color.

12. The electronic device according to claim 6 ,

wherein a light emitted in a shooting direction by the electronic device comprises a single color.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2019
From: YAMAZAKI, SHUNPEI; SHISHIDO, HIDEAKI
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048890/0387 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-024647 · Feb 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15408642 · Jan 18, 2017
Continuation 14616827 · Feb 9, 2015
Related Publication 20190281222A1 · Sep 12, 2019
Cited By (1)
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