Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12499828-B2
Application number	US-202218575975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Priority date	Jul 16, 2021
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A novel electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display apparatus, an arithmetic portion, and a gaze detection portion, and the display apparatus includes a functional circuit and a display portion divided into a plurality of sub-display portions. The gaze detection portion has a function of detecting a user's gaze. The arithmetic portion has a function of dividing the plurality of sub-display portions between a first section and a second section using a detection result of the gaze detection portion. The first section includes a region overlapping with a user's gaze point. The functional circuit has a function of making a driving frequency of the second section lower than a driving frequency of the first section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a display apparatus; an arithmetic portion; and a gaze detection portion, wherein the display apparatus comprises a functional circuit and a display portion divided into a plurality of sub-display portions, wherein the gaze detection portion is configured to detect a user's gaze, wherein the arithmetic portion is configured to divide the plurality of sub-display portions into a first section, a second section, a third section, and a fourth section using a detection result of the gaze detection portion, wherein the first section is entirely surrounded by the second section, wherein the second section is located inside the third section, and is not entirely surrounded by the third section, wherein the fourth section is located outside the third section, and wherein the functional circuit is configured to make a second driving frequency that is a driving frequency of the sub-display portions comprised in the second section lower than a first driving frequency that is a driving frequency of the sub-display portions comprised in the first section, and to make a third driving frequency that is a driving frequency of the sub-display portions comprised in the third section lower than the second driving frequency.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first section comprises a region overlapping with a user's gaze point.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second driving frequency is lower than the first driving frequency.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the plurality of sub-display portions comprises a plurality of pixel circuits and a plurality of light-emitting elements.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the display apparatus comprises a plurality of gate driver circuits and a plurality of source driver circuits, and wherein one of the gate driver circuits and one of the source driver circuits are electrically connected to one of the sub-display portions.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 5 ,
wherein each of the plurality of gate driver circuits and the plurality of source driver circuits is provided in a first layer, wherein the plurality of pixel circuits are provided in a second layer over the first layer, and wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements are provided in a third layer over the second layer.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory device, wherein the memory device is configured to retain image data of each of the plurality of sub-display portions.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third driving frequency is lower than the second driving frequency.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Kozuma Munehiro
• Onuki tatsuya
• Kobayashi Hidetomo
• Matsuzaki Takanori
• Okamoto Yuki
• Ito Minato
• Koumura Yusuke
• Kurokawa Yoshiyuki
• Ikeda Hisao
• Godo Hiromichi

Classifications

• G09G2354/00

  Aspects of interface with display user · CPC title

• G09G2330/021

  Power management, e.g. power saving · CPC title

• G09G2310/08

  Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery · CPC title

• G09G2310/04

  Partial updating of the display screen · CPC title

• G09G2300/0852

  being a dynamic memory with more than one capacitor · CPC title