# US 2014/0191952 A1 · Electronic device with wrap around display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191952 A1 - Document ID: US20140191952A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/160,477 - Filed: 2014-01-21 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-09-26 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Scott A. MYERS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191952A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 1/1613: {for portable computers (cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202)} - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1633: {Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626} - G06F 3/013: {Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence)} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - H04M 1/0269: {mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing} - H05K 7/06: on insulating boards {, e.g. wiring harnesses (for printed circuits H05K1/18, H05K3/30)} - H05K 13/00: Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components - Y10T 29/49002: Electrical device making - Y10T 29/5313: Means to assemble electrical device - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -21. (canceled) ### Claim 22 A consumer electronic product, comprising: a transparent housing; a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing, the flexible display assembly configured to present visual content through the transparent housing; and a second flexible display assembly disposed within the flexible display assembly, wherein the flexible display assembly and the second flexible display assembly cooperatively present visual content. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 22, further comprising: a sensor coupled to the display assembly and configured to identify a portion of the housing through which the display panel presents the visual content. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 23, wherein the sensor is an accelerometer configured to determine a spatial orientation of the consumer electronic product. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 23, wherein the sensor is an image senor configured to capture a facial image that is used to determine the portion of the housing through which the visual content is presented by the display panel. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 22, wherein the transparent housing comprises a shape comprising an elliptical cross section. ### Claim 27 (depends on 22) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 22, wherein the transparent housing comprises a shape comprising an circular cross section. ### Claim 28 (depends on 22) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 22, wherein the transparent housing comprises a shape comprising rectilinear cross section. ### Claim 29 A consumer electronic product, comprising: a housing having an inside surface that defines a central volume; and a flexible display assembly disposed within the central volume and comprising a display panel configured as a loop that engages the inside surface and is configured to present a visual content that is viewable through the housing. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 29, wherein the housing comprises a shape comprising an rectangular cross section. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 30, wherein the housing comprising a first lateral face comprising a first edge and a second lateral face opposite the first lateral face and comprising a second edge. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 30, the housing further comprising a third lateral face defined by the first edge and the second edge. ### Claim 33 (depends on 31) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 31, wherein at least one of the first edge and the second edge are chamfered. ### Claim 34 A consumer electronic product, comprising: a housing all of which is formed of a transparent material and having an inside surface that defines a central volume; and a flexible display assembly disposed within the central volume and comprising a visual display panel configured as a loop comprising an overlapped portion comprising a first end that overlaps a second end, the loop visual display panel being configured to present visual content that transitions across the overlapped portion in a manner that appears continuous and that is viewable through the housing. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 34, wherein corresponding portions of the looped visual content are viewable concurrently through a front surface of the housing and a rear surface of the housing. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 35, the housing comprising a lateral surface disposed between the front surface and the rear surface. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 36 wherein the lateral surface comprises a control element. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 37, wherein a portion of the housing corresponding to the control element comprises a touch sensitive surface configured to receive a tactile input. ### Claim 39 (depends on 38) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 38, wherein the control element is a graphical icon. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 39, wherein the graphical icon is movable. ### Claim 41 (depends on 40) The consumer electronic product as recited in claim 40, wherein the touch sensitive portion of the housing moves in accordance with the movable graphical icon.