Display device
A display device includes a first foldable panel including a first flat panel-type display panel having a circular shape or a polygonal shape in a plan view and a second flat panel-type display panel disposed in a folded or unfolded structure with the first flat panel-type display panel and having a plate shape. The first flat panel-type display panel is foldable into a first inner hole area defined in the second flat panel-type display panel. A second foldable panel includes a third flat panel-type display panel having a circular shape or a polygonal shape in the plan view and a fourth flat panel-type display panel disposed in a folded or unfolded structure with the third flat panel-type display panel and having a plate shape. The third flat panel-type display panel is foldable into a second inner hole area defined in the fourth flat panel-type display panel.
1 . A display device comprising:
a first foldable panel including a first flat panel-type display panel having a circular shape or a polygonal shape in a plan view and a second flat panel-type display panel disposed in a folded or unfolded structure with the first flat panel-type display panel and having a plate shape in the plan view, wherein the first flat panel-type display panel is foldable into a first inner hole area defined in the second flat panel-type display panel; and
a second foldable panel including a third flat panel-type display panel having a circular shape or a polygonal shape in the plan view and a fourth flat panel-type display panel disposed in a folded or unfolded structure with the third flat panel-type display panel and having a plate shape in the plan view, wherein the third flat panel-type display panel is foldable into a second inner hole area defined in the fourth flat panel-type display panel,
wherein the first and third flat panel-type display panels have a same shape as each other.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein:
one end of the first flat panel-type display panel is secured to a first folding module disposed at one end of the second flat panel-type display panel; and
a rear surface of the first flat panel-type display panel is foldable into and unfoldable from the first inner hole area.
3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first flat panel-type display panel has a circular shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape, or a hexagonal shape in the plan view.
4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first flat panel-type display panel is foldable into the first inner hole area, wherein the first flat panel-type display panel is coupled to the second flat panel-type display panel in a plate shape in the plan view when folded into the first inner hole area;
first and second image display surfaces of the first and second flat panel-type display panels are disposed towards a same direction in the plate shape in the plan view when the first flat panel-type display panel is folded into the first inner hole area; and
the first flat panel-type display panel is unfoldable towards the one end by the first folding module.
5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein:
the second flat panel-type display panel has a circular shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape or a hexagonal shape in the plan view; and
the first inner hole area has a shape corresponding to an outline shape and a size in the plan view of the first flat panel-type display panel and is positioned at a center portion of a front surface of the second flat panel-type display panel and includes at least one end of the second flat panel-type display panel.
6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein:
at least one second image display surface is disposed in at least one side surface direction of the first inner hole area in the second flat panel-type display panel and surrounds at least one side surface of the first inner hole area; and
the second image display surface has a semicircular shape, a columnar shape, a cylindrical shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape or a polygonal shape having a curved line and a straight line combined with each other in the plan view based on a shape of the second flat panel-type display panel in the plan view and a shape of the first inner hole area in the plan view.
7 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein:
one end of the third flat panel-type display panel is secured to a second folding module disposed at one end of the fourth flat panel-type display panel; and
a rear surface of the third flat panel-type display panel is foldable into and unfoldable from the second inner hole area.
8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein:
the third flat panel-type display panel has a circular shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape or a hexagonal shape in the plan view; and
the first flat panel-type display panel and the third flat panel-type display panel have a same shape as each other.
9 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein:
the third flat panel-type display panel is foldable into the second inner hole area, wherein the third flat panel-type display panel is coupled to the fourth flat panel-type display panel in a plate shape in the plan view when folded into the second inner hole area; and
third and fourth image display surfaces of the third and fourth flat panel-type display panels are disposed towards a same direction in the plate shape in the plan view when the third flat panel-type display panel is folded into the second inner hole area; and
the third flat panel-type display panel is unfoldable towards the one end by the second folding module.
10 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein:
the fourth flat panel-type display panel has a circular shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape or a hexagonal shape in the plan view;
the second flat panel-type display panel and the fourth flat panel-type display panel have a same shape as each other; and
the second inner hole area has a shape corresponding to an outline shape and a size in the plan view of the third flat panel-type display panel and is positioned at a center portion of a front surface of the fourth flat panel-type display panel and includes at least one end of the fourth flat panel-type display panel.
11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein:
at least one fourth image display surface is disposed in at least one side surface direction of the second inner hole area in the fourth flat panel-type display panel and surrounds at least one side surface of the second inner hole area; and
the fourth image display surface has a semicircular shape, a columnar or cylindrical shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape or a polygonal shape having a curved line and a straight line combined with each other in the plan view based on a shape of the fourth flat panel-type display panel in the plan view and a shape of the second inner hole area in the plan view.
12 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first flat panel-type display panel is unfoldable by the first folding module arranged in a direction of the one end of the second flat panel-type display panel, wherein the first flat panel-type display panel and the second flat panel-type display panel are disposed at an angle of 90° with respect to each other when the first flat panel-type display panel is unfolded.
13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein the third flat panel-type display panel is unfoldable along a disposition direction of the second folding module disposed in a direction of the one end of the fourth flat panel-type display panel, wherein the third flat panel-type display panel and the fourth flat panel-type display panel are disposed at an angle of 90° with respect to each other when the third flat panel-type display panel is unfolded.
14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein:
a second end of the first flat panel-type display panel disposed and maintained at the angle of 90° is secured to the a second end of the third flat panel-type display panel disposed and maintained at the angle of 90°; and
a second end of the second flat panel-type display panel disposed at the angle of 90° is secured to a second end of the fourth flat panel-type display panel disposed and maintained at the angle of 90°.
15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein:
the first flat panel-type display panel and the fourth flat panel-type display panel are disposed in parallel with each other in any one direction;
the second flat panel-type display panel and the third flat panel-type display panel are disposed in parallel with each other in any one direction;
a first image display surface of the first flat panel-type display panel and a fourth image display surface of the fourth flat panel-type display panel are disposed towards a same first direction; and
a second image display surface of the second flat panel-type display panel and a third image display surface of the third flat panel-type display panel are disposed towards a same second direction different from the first direction by 90°.
16 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein:
the second flat panel-type display panel and the third flat panel-type display panel are disposed at a first interval corresponding to a length of each of the first flat panel-type display panel and the fourth flat panel-type display panel in a short side direction; and
the first flat panel-type display panel and the fourth flat panel-type display panel are maintained and disposed at a second interval corresponding to a length of each of the second flat panel-type display panel and the third flat panel-type display panel in the short side direction.
17 . A display device comprising:
a first foldable panel including a first flat panel-type display panel having a circular shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape or a hexagonal shape in a plan view and a second flat panel-type display panel having a plate shape in the plan view, wherein the first flat panel-type display panel is foldable into or unfoldable from a first inner hole area defined in the second flat panel-type display panel; and
a second foldable panel including a third flat panel-type display panel having a circular shape, a triangular shape, a quadrangular shape, a pentagonal shape or a hexagonal shape in the plan view and a fourth flat panel-type display panel having a plate shape in the plan view, wherein the third flat panel-type display panel is foldable into or unfoldable from a second inner hole area defined in the fourth panel-type display panel,
wherein the first and third flat panel-type display panels have a same shape as each other; and
the first inner hole area has a shape corresponding to an outline shape and a size in the plan view of the first flat panel-type display panel at a center portion of a front surface including one end of the second flat panel-type display panel.
18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein:
the first flat panel-type display panel and the third flat panel-type display panel have a circular shape; and
the second flat panel-type display panel and the fourth flat panel-type display panel have a polygonal shape having a curved line and a straight line combined with each other in the plan view.
19 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein:
one end of the first flat panel-type display panel is secured to a first folding module disposed at one end of the second flat panel-type display panel; and
a rear surface of the first flat panel-type display panel is foldable into and unfoldable from the first inner hole area.
20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the first flat panel-type display panel is foldable into the first inner hole area, wherein the first flat panel-type display panel is coupled to the second flat panel-type display panel in a plate shape in the plan view when folded into the first inner hole area.