Touchscreen for use with flexible display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016274718-A1
Application number	US-201514663679-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 20, 2015
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	Sep 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of the electronic device may include a main housing, a flexible display, and a touchscreen, wherein regions of the touchscreen can be reconfigured based on an orientation of the flexible display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a flexible display; and a touchscreen, wherein regions of the touchscreen can be reconfigured based on an orientation of the flexible display.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible display includes a display screen and the display screen can be reconfigured based on an orientation of the flexible display.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an orientation module, wherein the orientation module can determine the orientation of the flexible display.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising:
a touchscreen control module, wherein the touchscreen control module can reconfigure the touchscreen based on the orientation determined from the orientation module.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured to include null regions.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured to include at least one activator.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the activators are located on a side of the electronic device when the flexible display is configured around a main housing.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the flexible display is configured around a main housing such that the flexible display covers at least one side of the main housing and the touchscreen includes at least one activator and at least one null region on the at least one side.

9 . A method, comprising:
reconfiguring a flexible display, wherein the flexible display includes a touchscreen; and reconfiguring the touchscreen based on the reconfigured flexible display.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the flexible display includes a display screen and the display screen can be reconfigured based on an orientation of the flexible display.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining an orientation of the flexible display using an orientation module.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured using a touchscreen control module, wherein the touchscreen control module can reconfigure the touchscreen based on the orientation determined from the orientation module.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured to include null regions.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured to include at least one activator.

15 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
bending the flexible display around a main housing such that the flexible display covers at least one side of the main housing and the touchscreen includes at least one activator and at least one null region on the at least one side.

16 . An electronic device, comprising:
a flexible display; a touchscreen; an orientation module, wherein the orientation module can determine the orientation of the flexible display; and a touchscreen control module, wherein the touchscreen control module can reconfigure the touchscreen based on the orientation determined from the orientation module.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured to include null regions.

18 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the activators are located on a side of the electronic device when the flexible display is bent around a main housing.

19 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the flexible display is configured around a main housing such that the flexible display covers at least one side of the main housing and the touchscreen includes at least one activator and at least one null region on the at least one side.

20 . A system, comprising:
means for reconfiguring a flexible display, wherein the flexible display includes a touchscreen; and means for reconfiguring the touchscreen based on the reconfigured flexible display.

21 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the flexible display includes a display screen and the display screen can be reconfigured based on an orientation of the flexible display.

22 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured using a touchscreen control module, wherein the touchscreen control module can reconfigure the touchscreen based on the orientation determined from the orientation module.

23 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured to include null regions.

24 . The system of claim 20 , wherein the touchscreen is reconfigured to include at least one activator.

25 . The system of claim 20 , further comprising:
means for configuring the flexible display around a main housing such that the flexible display covers at least one side of the main housing and the touchscreen includes at least one activator and at least one null region on the at least one side.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Burr Jeremy
• Browning David
• Aoki Russell
• Kamppari Saara

Classifications

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F3/0416 Primary

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F2203/04102

  Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper · CPC title

• G06F1/1643

  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) · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title