# US 10,771,662 B2 · Electronic device with flexible display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,662 B2 - Document ID: US10771662B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/383,727 - Filed: 2019-04-15 - Published: 2019-09-12 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-12 - Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki; Hideaki Shishido - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771662B2 ## CPC - G03B 15/05: Combinations of cameras with electronic flash apparatus; Electronic flash units - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - H04N 23/53: of electronic viewfinders, e.g. rotatable or detachable - H04N 23/56: provided with illuminating means - H04N 23/632: {for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters} - H04N 23/633: {for displaying additional information relating to control or operation of the camera} - G02F 1/133391: {Constructional arrangement for sub-divided displays} - G03B 2215/05: Combinations of cameras with electronic flash units - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract Provided is an electronic device with high portability, a highly browsable electronic device, or an electronic device having a novel light source that can be used in shooting photographs and video. The electronic device includes a camera and a flexible display portion. The display portion has a first region and a second region. The first region has a function of emitting light to a photographic subject. The second region has a function of displaying an image of the photographic subject shot by the camera. The display portion can be bent so that the first region and the second region face in different directions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a camera; and a flexible display, wherein the flexible display comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the first region surrounds the camera, wherein the first region is configured to emit white light to illuminate a photographic subject while the camera is shooting an image of the photographic subject, and wherein the second region is configured to display the image shot by the camera. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first region emits light in a first direction, wherein the second region emits light in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is different from the second direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the flexible display is configured to freely change a size of the first region by a user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the entirety of the first region emits white light. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a part of the first region emits white light. ### Claim 6 An electronic device comprising: a camera; and a flexible display, wherein the flexible display comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the first region surrounds the camera, wherein the first region emits white light to illuminate a photographic subject while the camera is shooting an image of the photographic subject, and wherein the flexible display is configured to change a size of a flexible display portion emitting white light to the photographic subject. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the second region is configured to display an image shot by the camera while the first region emits white light to the photographic subject. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the first region emits light in a first direction, wherein the second region emits light in a second direction, and wherein the first direction is different from the second direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the entirety of the first region emits white light. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein a part of the first region emits white light. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a light emitted in a shooting direction by the electronic device comprises a single color. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein a light emitted in a shooting direction by the electronic device comprises a single color.