Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9564473-B2
Application number	US-201514819962-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2015
Priority date	Apr 24, 2013
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

Display of a display device is made less likely to appear divided when a plurality of display panels are used as one screen. Provided is a display device including two display units and a foldable housing that includes a joint portion between the two display units and supports the two display units. Each display unit includes a display panel including a display region and a non-display region and a support having a first surface overlapped with the display region and a second surface that meets the first surface and is overlapped with the non-display region. The two display units are placed in the housing in an opened state such that the first surfaces of the supports face the same direction and the second surfaces of the supports face each other.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a support; and
a display panel continuously overlapping a front surface, a first side surface, and a back surface of the support,
wherein the display panel comprises a display region over the front surface and a first part of the first side surface of the support, and
wherein the display panel comprises a non-display region over a second part of the first side surface and the back surface of the support.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises the non-display region surrounding the display region over the front surface and the first part of the first side surface of the support.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises a capacitive touch sensor.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises an optical touch sensor.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a light-emitting element.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is flexible.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel does not overlap a second side surface of the support.

8. An electronic device comprising:
a support; and
a display panel continuously overlapping a front surface, a first side surface, a second side surface, and a back surface of the support,
wherein the display panel comprises a display region over the front surface, a first part of the first side surface, and a first part of the second side surface of the support, and
wherein the display panel comprises a non-display region over a second part of the first side surface, a second part of the second side surface, and the back surface of the support.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises the non-display region surrounding the display region over the front surface, the first part of the first side surface, and the first part of the second side surface of the support.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises a capacitive touch sensor.

11. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises an optical touch sensor.

12. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel comprises a light-emitting element.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the display panel is flexible.

14. An electronic device comprising:
a support;
a display panel continuously overlapping a front surface, a first side surface, and a back surface of the support; and
a housing in which the support and the display panel are incorporated,
wherein the display panel comprises a display region over the front surface and a first part of the first side surface of the support, and
wherein the display panel comprises a non-display region over a second part of the first side surface and the back surface of the support.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel further comprises the non-display region surrounding the display region over the front surface and the first part of the first side surface of the support.

16. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel further comprises a capacitive touch sensor.

17. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel further comprises an optical touch sensor.

18. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel comprises a light-emitting element.

19. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel is flexible.

20. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein the display panel does not overlap a second side surface of the support.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Yamazaki Shunpei
• Hirakata Yoshiharu
• Ikeda Hisao

Classifications

• G02F1/13338

  Input devices, e.g. touch panels · CPC title

• G02F1/133308

  Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels · CPC title

• G02F1/133305 Primary

  Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film · CPC title

• H10K59/87

  Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/40

  OLEDs integrated with touch screens · CPC title