US 2025/0085844 A1Published application

Data processing device and driving method thereof

AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

InventorsShunpei YAMAZAKI, Hajime KIMURA, Hideaki KUWABARA, Koji DAIRIKI

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Abstract

A data processing device with low power consumption is provided. The data processing device includes a flexible position input portion for sensing proximity or a touch of an object such as a user's palm and finger. The flexible position input portion overlaps with a display portion and includes a first region, a second region facing the first region, and a third region between the first region and the second region. In the case where part of the first region or the second region is held by a user for a certain period, supply of image signals to the part is selectively stopped. Alternatively, a sensing in the part is selectively stopped.

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Dependent claims

A portable data processing device comprising:

a first housing;
a second housing;
a connecting member connecting the first housing and the second housing;
and
a display panel overlapping with the first housing, the second housing, and the connecting member, the display panel comprising:
a first display region overlapping with the first housing;
a second display region overlapping with the second housing;
and
a third display region overlapping with the connecting member,
wherein the connecting member comprises a first region overlapping with the display panel and not overlapping with either the first housing or the second housing,
wherein the connecting member comprises a second region which is exposed and between the first housing and the second housing,
wherein the first display region is larger than the second display region,
wherein, in a folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the second display region overlap each other with the third display region provided therebetween,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the second display region face away from each other,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the third display region are visible by a user,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the portable data processing device is configured to display an image in the first display region and the third display region,
wherein, in an opened state of the portable data processing device, the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region are visible by the user, and
wherein, in the opened state of the portable data processing device, the portable data processing device is configured to display an image in the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region.

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A portable data processing device comprising:

a first housing;
a second housing;
a connecting member connecting the first housing and the second housing;
and
a display panel overlapping with the first housing, the second housing, and the connecting member, the display panel comprising:
a first display region overlapping with the first housing;
a second display region overlapping with the second housing;
and
a third display region overlapping with the connecting member,
wherein the connecting member comprises a first region overlapping with the display panel and not overlapping with either the first housing or the second housing,
wherein the connecting member comprises a second region, which is visible by a user, between the first housing and the second housing,
wherein the first display region is larger than the second display region,
wherein, in a folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the second display region overlap each other with the third display region provided therebetween,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the second display region face away from each other,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the third display region are visible by the user,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the portable data processing device is configured to display an image in the first display region and the third display region,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the first housing and the second housing overlap each other with a space provided therebetween,
wherein, in an opened state of the portable data processing device, the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region are visible by the user, and
wherein, in the opened state of the portable data processing device, the portable data processing device is configured to display an image in the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region.

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A portable data processing device comprising:

a first housing;
a second housing;
a first connecting member connecting the first housing and the second housing;
a second connecting member overlapping with the first connecting member;
and
a display panel overlapping with the first housing, the second housing, and the first connecting member, the display panel comprising:
a first display region overlapping with the first housing;
a second display region overlapping with the second housing;
and
a third display region overlapping with the first connecting member,
wherein the first connecting member comprises a first region overlapping with the display panel and not overlapping with either the first housing or the second housing,
wherein the second connecting member comprises a first region overlapping with the third display region, a second region overlapping with the first housing, and a third region overlapping with the second housing,
wherein the second connecting member comprises a metal,
wherein the first display region is larger than the second display region,
wherein, in a folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the second display region overlap each other with the third display region provided therebetween,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the second display region face away from each other,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the first display region and the third display region are visible by a user,
wherein, in the folded state of the portable data processing device, the portable data processing device is configured to display an image in the first display region and the third display region,
wherein, in an opened state of the portable data processing device, the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region are visible by the user,
wherein, in the opened state of the portable data processing device, the portable data processing device is configured to display an image in the first display region, the second display region, and the third display region, and
wherein a transistor provided in the display panel comprises an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/957,949Filed 25 Nov 2024
Priority: JP 2013-24839229 Nov 2013
Published: 13 Mar 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 3/0488
Using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of…:…
G06F 1/3265
Power saving in peripheral device: power saving in display device
G06F 3/0412
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: digitisers structurally integrated in a display
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…

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