Portable display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9804637-B2
Application number	US-201514606573-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	Aug 14, 2014
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A portable display device including a display unit, the display unit including a light-emitting surface that displays an image and a non-light-emitting surface opposite to the light-emitting surface; a drive unit, the drive unit controlling the display unit; and a flexible film, the flexible film electrically connecting the display unit and the drive unit, wherein the drive unit includes a first surface on which the flexible film is disposed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and wherein the portable display device is embodied in a first folding mode in which the flexible film is bent in such a way that the non-light-emitting surface and the second surface face each other, or a second folding mode in which the flexible film is bent in such a way that the light-emitting surface and the first surface face each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable display device, comprising:
a display unit including a light-emitting surface that displays an image and a non-light-emitting surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, the light-emitting surface including a first light-emitting surface and a second light-emitting surface that are continuously disposed on a first substrate and are on opposite sides of a folding line;
a drive unit external to the display unit and controlling the display unit; and
a flexible film electrically connecting the display unit and the drive unit, the flexible film extending from the display unit in a direction parallel with the folding line in an unfolded state,
wherein the drive unit includes:
a first surface on which the flexible film is disposed, and
a second surface opposite to the first surface,

wherein the portable display device is embodied in:
a folding mode in which the flexible film is bent in such a way that the light-emitting surface and the first surface face each other,

wherein the drive unit does not overlap the display unit in the unfolded state,
wherein the folding mode includes a portable folding mode and a normal folding mode,
wherein in the portable folding mode, the display unit is bent at the folding line such that first light-emitting surface and the second light-emitting surface face each other with the drive unit therebetween, and
wherein in the normal folding mode, the first and second light-emitting surfaces are substantially coplanar with one another with the folding line therebetween.

2. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display unit has flexibility.

3. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive unit is covered by the first light-emitting surface or the second light-emitting surface in the portable folding mode.

4. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
when the display unit is not in use, the portable display device is embodied in the folding mode.

5. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive unit includes a battery that supplies power to the display unit through the flexible film.

6. The portable display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flexible film is foldable about a folding line of the flexible film that is perpendicular to the folding line of the display unit.

7. A portable display device, comprising:
a display unit including a light-emitting surface displaying an image and a non-light-emitting surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, the light-emitting surface including a first light-emitting surface and a second light-emitting surface that are continuously disposed on a first substrate and are on opposite sides of a folding line;
a control unit external to the display unit and controlling an operation of the display unit;
a battery supplying power to the display unit and the control unit;
a first flexible film, electrically connecting the display unit and the control unit;
a second flexible film electrically connecting the display unit and the battery, the first flexible film and the second flexible film extending from the display unit in a direction parallel with the folding line in an unfolded state; and
a third flexible film electrically connecting the control unit and the battery,
wherein:
the control unit has a first surface on which the first flexible film is disposed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface,
the battery has a third surface on which the second flexible film is disposed, and a fourth surface opposite the third surface,
the portable display device is embodied in:
a folding mode in which the first and second flexible films are bent in such a way that the light-emitting surface and the first and third surfaces face each other,

the control unit and the battery supplying do not overlap the display unit in the unfolded state,
in the folding mode, the portable display device is in a normal folding mode or a portable folding mode, and
in the portable folding mode, the display unit is bent at the folding line such that first light-emitting surface and the second light-emitting surface face each other with the control unit therebetween.

8. The portable display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein:
the display unit includes:
the first substrate including the light-emitting surface; and
a second substrate that includes the non-light-emitting surface, that supports the first substrate, and that includes a plurality of pixels generating the image,

the first and second substrates have flexibility.

9. The portable display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:
one end of the first flexible film is on the first surface and another end is on the second surface, and
one end of the second flexible film is on the third surface and another end is on the second surface.

10. The portable display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein one end of the third flexible film is on the first surface and another end is on the third surface.

11. The portable display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein, in the normal folding mode, the first and second light-emitting surfaces are substantially coplanar with one another with the folding line therebetween.

12. The portable display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein in the portable folding mode, the third flexible film is bent inwardly in such a way that the control unit and the battery face each other.

13. The portable display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first flexible film and the second flexible film are foldable about folding lines thereof, the folding lines of the first flexible film and the second flexible film being perpendicular to the folding line of the display unit.

14. A portable display device, comprising:
a display unit including a light-emitting surface that displays an image and a non-light-emitting surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, the light-emitting surface including a first light-emitting surface and a second light-emitting surface that are continuously disposed on a first substrate and are on opposite sides of a folding line;
a drive unit external to the display unit and controlling the display unit; and
a flexible film electrically connecting the display unit and the drive unit, the flexible film extending from the display unit in a direction parallel with the folding line in an unfolded state,
wherein the drive unit includes:
a first surface on which the flexible film is disposed, and
a second surface opposite to the first surface,
wherein the portable display device is folded in one of a first folding mode in which the flexible film is bent in such a way that the non-light-emitting surface and the second surface face each other, and a second folding mode in which the flexible film is bent in such a way that the light-emitting surface and the first surface face each other,
wherein in the second folding mode, the display unit is bent at the folding line such that first light-emitting surface and the second light-emitting surface face each other with the drive unit therebetween
wherein in the first folding mode, the first and second light-emitting surfaces are substantially coplanar with one another with the folding line therebetween, and
wherein the drive unit does not overlap the display unit in the unfolded state.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Dong-Wook
• Kim Minjae
• Yang Sun A
• Chong Jongho

Classifications

• G06F1/1641 Primary

  the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components (G06F1/1647 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

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

• G06F1/1683

  for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling · CPC title

• G06F1/1616

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title