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Granted Patent B2
US 11,762,502 · App. 17/895,018 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Electronic device

Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu (Miao-Li County, TW); Kuan-Feng Lee (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,762,502
App. No.
17/895,018
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device having a foldable region capable of being folded along a folding axis includes a substrate, wherein at least a part of the substrate is located in the foldable region, a sensing unit overlapped with the substrate and including a first sub-unit and a second sub-unit, a first signal input electrically connected to the first sub-unit, a second signal input electrically connected to the second sub-unit, and a driving unit. The first sub-unit is driven by the driving unit through the first signal input, and the second sub-unit is driven by the driving unit through the second signal input. The first sub-unit is located at a side of the folding axis, the second sub-unit is located at another side of the folding axis, and the first sub-unit and the second sub-unit are separated from each other by a spacing at the foldable region.

Claims (24)

1. An electronic device having a foldable region capable of being folded along a folding axis, comprising:

a substrate, wherein at least a part of the substrate is located in the foldable region;

a sensing unit overlapped with the substrate and comprising a first sub-unit and a second sub-unit;

a first signal input electrically connected to the first sub-unit;

a second signal input electrically connected to the second sub-unit; and

a driving unit;

wherein the first sub-unit is driven by the driving unit through the first signal input, and the second sub-unit is driven by the driving unit through the second signal input,

wherein the first sub-unit is located at a side of the folding axis and has a first edge, the second sub-unit is located at another side of the folding axis and has a second edge, the first sub-unit and the second sub-unit are separated from each other by a spacing at the foldable region, and the spacing is located between the first edge and the second edge.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a length of the spacing is a distance between the first edge and the second edge in a direction perpendicular to the folding axis.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first signal input is located at the side of the folding axis, and the second signal input is located at the another side of the folding axis.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first signal input and the second signal input are asymmetrical to the folding axis.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first signal input and the second signal input are not overlapped with the foldable region.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first signal input and the second signal input are respectively overlapped with the first sub-unit and the second sub-unit.

7. An electronic device having a foldable region capable of being folded along a folding axis, comprising:

a substrate, wherein at least a part of the substrate is located in the foldable region; and

a sensing unit overlapped with the substrate and comprising a first sub-unit and a second sub-unit,

wherein the first sub-unit is located at a side of the folding axis and has a first edge, the second sub-unit is located at another side of the folding axis and has a second edge, the first sub-unit and the second sub-unit are separated from each other by a spacing at the foldable region, and the spacing is located between the first edge and the second edge.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein a length of the spacing is a distance between the first edge and the second edge in a direction perpendicular to the folding axis.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising a first signal input and a second signal input, wherein the first signal input is electrically connected to the first sub-unit and located at the side of the folding axis, and the second signal input is electrically connected to the second sub-unit and located at the another side of the folding axis.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first signal input and the second signal input are asymmetrical to the folding axis.

11. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first signal input and the second signal input are not overlapped with the foldable region.

12. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first signal input and the second signal input are respectively overlapped with the first sub-unit and the second sub-unit.

13. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the length of the spacing is lower than π multiplied by a radius of curvature of the electronic device.

14. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the length of the spacing is lower than π multiplied by a radius of curvature of the electronic device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: WU, YUAN-LIN; LEE, KUAN-FENG
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060893/0214 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911299638.9 · Dec 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17107970 · Dec 1, 2020
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