US 10,613,586 B2Granted

Display device, electronic device, and system

AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

InventorShunpei Yamazaki

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Abstract

A display region of an electronic device is enlarged. Alternatively, a display region of an electronic device is protected. Alternatively, a display device for extending a display region is provided. A system includes an electronic device including a first display portion positioned on a first surface including an upper surface of a housing and a second display portion positioned on a second surface including a first side surface of the housing, and a display device including a third display portion positioned on a third surface of a support portion and a connection portion having a function of connecting with the housing and a function of reversibly changing the relative positions of the support portion and the housing between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first configuration is a configuration in which the support portion covers the first display portion such that the second display portion is visible. The second configuration is a configuration in which the support portion and the housing are opened such that the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion are visible.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A display device attachable to an electronic device,

wherein the electronic device includes a housing,
wherein the housing includes a first display portion and a second display portion,
wherein the first display portion is positioned on an upper surface of the housing,
wherein the second display portion is positioned on a first side surface of the housing,
wherein the display device includes a support portion, a connection portion, and a third display portion,
wherein the third display portion is positioned on a first region of the support portion,
wherein the connection portion is positioned on a first end portion of the display device,
wherein the connection portion is configured to connect to a region of the housing and reversibly change relative positions of the support portion and the housing between a first configuration and a second configuration,
wherein the support portion has a second region which transmits visible light and is positioned adjacent to a second end portion opposite to the first end portion of the display device,
wherein, in the first configuration, the second region of the support portion covers the first side surface of the housing such that the second display portion is visible through the second region of the support portion,
wherein, in the first configuration, the third display portion is positioned between the first display portion and the first region of the support portion, and
wherein, in the second configuration, the support portion does not cover the first display portion and the second display portion such that the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion are visible.

9 more elements

An electronic device to which a display device is attachable,

wherein the electronic device includes a housing,
wherein the housing includes a first display portion and a second display portion,
wherein the first display portion is positioned on an upper surface of the housing,
wherein the second display portion is positioned on a first side surface of the housing,
wherein the display device includes a support portion, a connection portion, and a third display portion,
wherein the third display portion is positioned on a first region of the support portion,
wherein the connection portion is positioned on a first end portion of the display device,
wherein the connection portion is configured to connect to a region of the housing and reversibly change relative positions of the support portion and the housing between a first configuration and a second configuration,
wherein the support portion has a second region which transmits visible light and is positioned adjacent to a second end portion opposite to the first end portion of the display device,
wherein, in the first configuration, the second region of the support portion covers the first side surface of the housing such that the second display portion is visible through the second region of the support portion,
wherein, in the first configuration, the third display portion is positioned between the first display portion and the first region of the support portion, and
wherein, in the second configuration, the support portion does not cover the first display portion and the second display portion such that the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion are visible.

9 more elements

A system comprising an electronic device and a display device attachable to the electronic device,

wherein the electronic device includes a housing,
wherein the housing includes a first display portion and a second display portion,
wherein the first display portion is positioned on an upper surface of the housing,
wherein the second display portion is positioned on a first side surface of the housing,
wherein the display device includes a support portion, a connection portion, and a third display portion,
wherein the third display portion is positioned on a first region of the support portion,
wherein the connection portion is positioned on a first end portion of the display device,
wherein the connection portion is configured to connect to a region of the housing and reversibly change relative positions of the support portion and the housing between a first configuration and a second configuration,
wherein the support portion has a second region which transmits visible light and is positioned adjacent to a second end portion opposite to the first end portion of the display device,
wherein, in the first configuration, the second region of the support portion covers the first side surface of the housing such that the second display portion is visible through the second region of the support portion,
wherein, in the first configuration, the third display portion is positioned between the first display portion and the first region of the support portion, and
wherein, in the second configuration, the support portion does not cover the first display portion and the second display portion such that the first display portion, the second display portion, and the third display portion are visible.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/559,075Filed 11 Mar 2016
Priority: JP 2015-05950523 Mar 2015
Published: US 2018/0074553 A115 Mar 2018
Granted: 7 Apr 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification39 codes

G06F 1/1652
Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing: the display being flexible,…
G06F 1/1616
With several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function: with folding flat displays,…
G06F 1/1618
With folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position…:…
G06F 1/162
With folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position…:…