Foldable electronic book
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
An electronic book includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. Microprocessor circuitry is positioned in the housing portions to control operation of the electronic book. A cylindrical spine is interposed between the first and second housing portions, which are pivotally connected to the spine to be pivoted between an open condition for reading and a closed condition. A flexible display screen is fast with inner faces of the first and second housings and spans the spine. The spine defines a recess to accommodate a curvature of the screen intermediate the first and second portions, when the portions are in a closed condition.
Claims7
An electronic book comprising:
- a first housing portion;
- a second housing portion;
- a cylindrical spine interposed between the first and second housing portions and pivotally connecting the first housing portion to the second housing portion;
- a flexible display screen fast with inner faces of the first and second housings and spanning the spine;
- first and second microprocessor circuitry respectively positioned in the first and second housing portions behind the flexible display screen;
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- a scan head provided on the first microprocessor circuitry on a surface opposite the flexible display screen, the scan head facing away from the flexible display screen,
- wherein the spine defines a recess to accommodate a curvature of the screen when the first and second housing portions are pivoted about the spine in a closed condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.