# US 10,771,705 B2 · Electronic device and driving method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,705 B2 - Document ID: US10771705B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/175,047 - Filed: 2018-10-30 - Published: 2019-03-07 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-28 - Assignees: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki; Hajime Kimura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771705B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1641: {the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 1/1647: {including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence)} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/53: of electronic viewfinders, e.g. rotatable or detachable - H04N 23/56: provided with illuminating means - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - H04N 23/632: {for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract To provide an electronic device capable of a variety of display. To provide an electronic device capable of being operated in a variety of ways. An electronic device includes a display device and first to third surfaces. The first surface includes a region in contact with the second surface, the second surface includes a region in contact with the third surface, and the first surface includes a region opposite to the third surface. The display device includes first to third display regions. The first display region includes a region overlapping with the first surface, the second display region includes a region overlapping with the second surface, and the third display region includes a region overlapping with the third surface. The first display region has a larger area than the third display region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a housing comprising a front surface, a first side surface, and a rear surface; a display panel comprising: a first display region defining an area of the front surface; a second display region defining an area of the first side surface, the second display region being contiguous to the first display region; and a third display region defining an area of the rear surface, the third display region being contiguous to the second display region; and an image sensor in the rear surface, wherein the first side surface is in contact with the front surface and the rear surface, wherein the front surface overlaps with the rear surface, wherein the first side surface is curved, wherein a first region is provided on the rear surface, wherein a display region of the display panel is not provided in the first region, wherein a first image of an object obtained by the image sensor is displayed in the first display region, and wherein a second image for lighting is displayed in the third display region to increase illuminance of the object while the first image is captured. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein an area of the third display region is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 90% of an area of the first display region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein an area of the third display region is greater than or equal to 30% and less than or equal to 70% of an area of the first display region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a touch sensor function in the first to third display regions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an input device, wherein the electronic device has an input function in the first to third display regions. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a fourth display region, wherein the housing further comprises a second side surface, wherein the second side surface is in contact with the first side surface, the front surface, and the rear surface, and wherein the fourth display region defines an area of the second side surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the second side surface is longer than the first side surface. ### Claim 8 An electronic device comprising: a housing comprising a front surface, a first side surface, and a rear surface; a display panel comprising: a first display region defining an area of the front surface; a second display region defining an area of the first side surface, the second display region being contiguous to the first display region; and a third display region defining an area of the rear surface, the third display region being contiguous to the second display region; and an image sensor in the rear surface, wherein the first side surface is in contact with the front surface and the rear surface, wherein the front surface overlaps with the rear surface, wherein the second display region is curved, wherein a first region is provided on the rear surface, wherein a display region of the display panel is not provided in the first region, wherein a first image of an object obtained by the image sensor is displayed in the first display region and in the third display region, and wherein a second image for lighting is displayed in the third display region to increase illuminance of the object while the first image is captured. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein an area of the third display region is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 90% of an area of the first display region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein an area of the third display region is greater than or equal to 30% and less than or equal to 70% of an area of the first display region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a touch sensor function in the first to third display regions. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a fourth display region, wherein the housing further comprises a second side surface, wherein the second side surface is in contact with the first side surface, the front surface, and the rear surface, and wherein the fourth display region defines an area of the second side surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the second side surface is longer than the first side surface. ### Claim 14 A method for driving an electronic device comprising a display panel, an image sensor, and a housing, the display panel comprising: a first display region defining an area of a front surface of the housing, a second display region defining an area of a first side surface of the housing and being contiguous to the first display region, and a third display region defining an area of a rear surface of the housing and being contiguous to the second display region, wherein a first region is provided on the rear surface, wherein a display region of the display panel is not provided in the first region, wherein the image sensor is provided in the first region, wherein the first side surface is in contact with the front surface and the rear surface, and wherein the front surface overlaps with the rear surface, the method comprising: displaying a first image of an object obtained by the image sensor in the first display region and in the third display region; and displaying a second image for lighting in the third display region to increase illuminance of the object while the first image is captured. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method for driving an electronic device according to claim 14, wherein an area of the third display region is greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 90% of an area of the first display region. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method for driving an electronic device according to claim 14, wherein an area of the third display region is greater than or equal to 30% and less than or equal to 70% of an area of the first display region. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method for driving an electronic device according to claim 14, wherein the electronic device further comprises a fourth display region, wherein the housing further comprises a second side surface, wherein the second side surface is in contact with the first side surface, the front surface, and the rear surface, and wherein the fourth display region defines an area of the second side surface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a lighting element in the first region. ### Claim 19 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a lighting element in the first region. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method for driving an electronic device according to claim 14, further comprising a lighting element in the first region.