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Granted Patent B2
US 9,996,115 · App. 15/168,674 · Granted Jun 12, 2018

Electronic book

Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Jun Koyama (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuyuki Arai (Kanagawa, JP); Ikuko Kawamata (Kanagawa, JP); Atsushi Miyaguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshitaka Moriya (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,996,115
App. No.
15/168,674
Granted
Jun 12, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An e-book reader in which destruction of a driver circuit at the time when a flexible panel is handled is inhibited. In addition, an e-book reader having a simplified structure. A plurality of flexible display panels each including a display portion in which display control is performed by a scan line driver circuit and a signal line driver circuit, and a binding portion fastening the plurality of display panels together are included. The signal line driver circuit is provided inside the binding portion, and the scan line driver circuit is provided at the edge of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the binding portion.

Claims (39)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first display panel comprising a first display portion comprising a first display element;

a second display panel comprising a second display portion comprising a second display element;

a binding portion connecting the first display panel and the second display panel;

an image signal generation circuit operationally connected with the first display panel and the second display panel;

a memory portion operationally connected with the image signal generation circuit; and

a CPU operationally connected with the image signal generation circuit,

wherein the first display panel and the second display panel are touch displays,

wherein the CPU, the memory portion, and the image signal generation circuit are included in the binding portion,

wherein the first display panel and the second display panel are flexible display panels,

wherein a bending portion of the first display panel or the second display panel is provided on a side near the binding portion,

wherein a non-bending portion of the first display panel or the second display panel is provided on a side away from the binding portion, and

wherein the first display element or the second display element overlaps with the non-bending portion.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display element and the second display element include electroluminescent materials.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a first signal line driver circuit and a second signal line driver circuit operationally connected with the first display panel and the second display panel, respectively,

wherein the first signal line driver circuit and the second signal line driver circuit are included in the binding portion.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a secondary battery in the binding portion.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the CPU, the memory portion, and the image signal generation circuit are operationally connected to each other through an interface.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the memory portion is configured to store information to be displayed on the first display portion or the second display portion, and

wherein the memory portion comprises a random access memory.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a power feeding portion in the binding portion,

wherein the power feeding portion is configured to perform a wireless power feeding.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a first flexible display panel comprising a first display portion;

a second flexible display panel comprising a second display portion, wherein the first flexible display panel and the second flexible display panel are fastened with each other;

an image signal generation circuit operationally connected with the first flexible display panel and the second flexible display panel;

a memory portion operationally connected with the image signal generation circuit;

a CPU operationally connected with the image signal generation circuit;

a first reinforcing plate which prevents at least a portion of the first flexible display panel from bending; and

a second reinforcing plate which prevents at least a portion of the second flexible display panel from bending.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the first flexible display panel and the second flexible display panel are touch displays.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the CPU, the memory portion, and the image signal generation circuit are located between the first flexible display panel and the second flexible display panel.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , further comprising a binding portion at which the first flexible display panel and the second flexible display panel are fastened.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , further comprising a first signal line driver circuit and a second signal line driver circuit operationally connected with the first flexible display panel and the second flexible display panel, respectively,

wherein the first signal line driver circuit and the second signal line driver circuit are included in the binding portion.

13. The electronic device according to claim 11 , further comprising a secondary battery in the binding portion.

14. The electronic device according to claim 11 , further comprising a power feeding portion in the binding portion,

wherein the power feeding portion is configured to perform a wireless power feeding.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-112375 · May 2, 2009 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14727113 · Jun 1, 2015
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