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Multi-display electronic devices having open and closed configurations

  • US RE40,821 E1
  • Filed: 11/06/2002
  • Issued: 07/07/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic device comprising:

  • (a) an image generator adapted to generate image signals;

    (b) one or more display drivers, connected to the image generator and adapted to receive the image signals from the image generator; and

    (c) at least three distinct display devices, connected to the one or more display drivers, wherein the electronic device has (1) an open configuration in which first and second and third display devices are deployed for displaying different subsets of the image signals and (2) a closed configuration in which a third first display device is deployed for displaying image signals and the first and second and third display devices are stowed away and unavailable for displaying image signals, wherein the first and third second display devices are mounted back-to-back with a single backlighting device located between the first and third display devices behind the third display device to illuminate (a) the third first display device when the electronic device is in the closed configuration and (b) the first third display device when the electronic device is in the open configuration.

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