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Granted Patent B2
US 11,475,532 · App. 16/450,049 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Foldable display device comprising a plurality of regions

Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata (Ebina, JP); Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
G06T1/20
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Patent No.
US 11,475,532
App. No.
16/450,049
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel human interface with excellent operability is provided. A novel data processing device with excellent operability is provided. A novel data processing device, a novel display device, or the like is provided. An input and output device is supplied with image data and supplies sensing data, and an arithmetic device supplies the image data and is supplied with the sensing data. The input and output device includes a plurality of display portions that display display data and a sensing portion that senses an object obscuring one of the display portions, and includes one region provided with the one of the display portions and the sensing portion, another region provided with the other display portions, and a curved portion between the one region and the other region. The arithmetic device includes an arithmetic portion and a memory portion that stores a program to be executed by the arithmetic portion.

Claims (28)

1. A data processing device comprising:

an input and output device,

wherein the input and output device comprises a flexible display portion and a terminal portion,

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

wherein the input and output device is configured to be foldable in the first display region,

wherein, when the input and output device is folded, part of the first display region is curved and exposed from a housing, a display surface of the first display region faces inward, part of a back surface of the first display region faces a back surface of the third display region, and an image is displayed on the second display region,

wherein the input and output device further comprises a sensing portion configured to sense an object obscuring the first display region,

wherein a driving of part of the first display region is stopped based on sensing data from the sensing portion, and

wherein the sensing portion comprises at least one of a photoelectric conversion element, an imaging element, and a magnetic sensor.

2. The data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein an image is not displayed on the first display region and the third display region with the input and output device folded.

3. The data processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the flexible display portion further comprises a first curved portion adjacent to the first display region, and

wherein a curvature radius of the first curved portion is less than or equal to 10 mm.

4. A data processing device comprising:

an input and output device,

wherein the input and output device comprises a flexible display portion and a terminal portion,

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

wherein the input and output device is configured to be foldable in the first display region,

wherein, when the input and output device is folded, part of the first display region is curved and exposed from a housing, a display surface of the first display region faces outward, an image is displayed on each of the first display region and the second display region, and part of the display surface of the first display region is opposite to a display surface of the second display region,

wherein the input and output device further comprises a sensing portion configured to sense an object obscuring with the first display region,

wherein a driving of part of the first display region is stopped based on sensing data from the sensing portion, and

wherein the sensing portion comprises at least one of a photoelectric conversion element, an imaging element, and a magnetic sensor.

5. The data processing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the flexible display portion further comprises a first curved portion adjacent to the first display region, and

wherein a curvature radius of the first curved portion is less than or equal to 10 mm.

6. The data processing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the first display region displays the image in three directions, and

wherein the second display region displays the image in a different direction from the three directions.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2013-249677 · Dec 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14553288 · Nov 25, 2014
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