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US 9,753,495 · App. 14/311,842 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Data processing device

Inventor: Hiroshi Matsumoto (Aiko, JP)

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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Patent No.: US 9,753,495
App. No.: 14/311,842
Granted: Sep 5, 2017
Kind: B2

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Abstract

To provide a highly browsable data processing device or a highly portable data processing device, a data processing device including the following is devised: an input/output unit provided with a display portion which can be folded and unfolded and a sensor portion that can sense the folded and unfolded states of the display portion and can supply data on fold, and an arithmetic unit that stores a program for executing different processing depending on the data on fold.

Claims (65)

1. A data processing device comprising:

a connection housing;

a first housing connected to the connection housing;

a second housing connected to the connection housing; and

a display portion having flexibility on the connection housing, the first housing, and the second housing, the display portion comprising a display surface,

wherein the display surface continuously extends over the first housing, the connection housing, and the second housing without a disconnection between the connection housing and the first housing and a disconnection between the connection housing and the second housing,

wherein the first housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the first housing,

wherein the connection housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the connection housing, and

wherein the first housing is movable from a position at which the first surface of the first housing faces the first surface of the connection housing to a position at which the second surface of the first housing faces the second surface of the connection housing without making disconnection between the connection housing and the first housing on the display surface.

2. The data processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the second housing, and

wherein the second housing is movable from a position at which the first surface of the second housing faces the first surface of the connection housing to a position at which the second surface of the second housing faces the second surface of the connection housing without making disconnection between the connection housing and the second housing on the display surface.

3. The data processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a first sensor portion on the connection housing;

a first sign on the first surface of the first housing;

a second sign on the first surface of the second housing;

a third sign on the second surface of the first housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the first sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

4. The data processing device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a first sensor portion on the connection housing;

a first sign on the first surface of the first housing;

a second sign on the first surface of the second housing;

a second sensor portion on the first housing;

a third sign on the first surface of the second housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the second sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

5. The data processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a touch panel overlapping with the display portion.

6. The data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the display portion is configured to have folded and unfolded states.

7. The data processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first housing is configured to be folded over the first surface of the connection housing, and

wherein the second housing is configured to be folded over the first surface of the connection housing.

8. The data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the display portion comprises a light-emitting element comprising a light-emitting organic compound.

9. A data processing device comprising:

a connection housing;

a first sensor portion on the connection housing;

a first housing movably connected to the connection housing;

a second housing movably connected to the connection housing;

a first sign on a first surface of the first housing;

a second sign on a first surface of the second housing; and

a display portion having flexibility on the connection housing, the first housing, and the second housing, the display portion comprising a display surface,

wherein the first sensor portion and the first sign are overlapped with each other when the first housing is folded so that the first sensor portion senses the first sign,

wherein the first sensor portion and the second sign are overlapped with each other when the second housing is folded so that the first sensor portion senses the second sign,

wherein the display surface extends over the first housing, the connection housing, and the second housing without a separation between the connection housing and the first housing and a separation between the connection housing and the second housing,

wherein the first housing comprises the first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the first housing,

wherein the connection housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the connection housing, and

10. The data processing device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the second housing comprises the first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the second housing, and

11. The data processing device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a third sign on the second surface of the first housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the first sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

12. The data processing device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a second sensor portion on the first housing;

a third sign on the first surface of the second housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the second sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

13. The data processing device according to claim 9 , further comprising a touch panel overlapping with the display portion.

14. The data processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the display portion is configured to have folded and unfolded states.

15. The data processing device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first housing is configured to be folded over the first surface of the connection housing, and

wherein the second housing is configured to be folded over the first surface of the connection housing.

16. The data processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the display portion comprises a light-emitting element comprising a light-emitting organic compound.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2014

From: MATSUMOTO, HIROSHI

To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.

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Priority Claims (1)

JP 2013-138895 · Jul 2, 2013 · national

Continuity (1)

Related Publication 20150009128A1 · Jan 8, 2015