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Attachable, flexible display device with flexible tail

  • US 10,254,795 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2016
  • Issued: 04/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An elongated, dynamically flexible article comprising:

  • first and second longitudinal sides that are nonadjacent and first and second transverse sides that are nonadjacent, each of the first and second longitudinal sides having a respective length greater than each of the respective lengths of the first transverse sides;

    a connection mechanism disposed proximate at least one of the first and second transverse sides of the article to allow the article to be releasably attached to itself;

    an elongated, dynamically flexible substrate including a first portion on which an elongated, dynamically flexible optoelectronic area is disposed, the optoelectronic area including a set of optoelectronic elements, each of which is configured to at least one of emit, reflect, transflect, and absorb light, wherein the elongated, dynamically flexible substrate is bendable between a substantially flat position and a curved position;

    a set of connecting lines disposed on a second portion of the flexible substrate;

    a flexible connector of variable length extending from the transverse side of the article to communicatively couple the set of connecting lines with at least some of the optoelectronic elements and a set of driving circuits configured to send and/or receive signals to and/or from the at least some of the optoelectronic elements; and

    an electronics module communicatively coupled to the set of driving circuits, the electronics module including a processor that indicates at least some of the signals for the set of driving circuits to send to the at least some of the optoelectronic elements,wherein a first segment of the article extending between the first transverse side and the electronics module has a first length and a second segment of the article extending between the electronics module and the second transverse side has a second length, the second length being greater than the first length, andwherein the first segment of the article has a maximum degree of dynamic flexibility less than that of the second segment of the article.

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