DATA PROCESSING DEVICE

• US 20170364118A1
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi
• Granted Patent: US 10,452,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 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 Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0446 using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0426 Layout of electrodes and connections
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/04 Display protection
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0442 Handling or displaying different aspect ratios, or changing the aspect ratio
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells

Abstract

To provide a highly browsable data processing device or a highly portable data processing device, a data processing device including the following is devised: an input/output unit provided with a display portion which can be folded and unfolded and a sensor portion that can sense the folded and unfolded states of the display portion and can supply data on fold, and an arithmetic unit that stores a program for executing different processing depending on the data on fold.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A device comprising:

a connection housing;

a first housing connected to the connection housing with a first link therebetween;

a second housing connected to the connection housing with a second link therebetween; and

a display portion comprising a display surface,

wherein the display surface continuously extends over the first housing and the connection housing without a disconnection between the connection housing and the first housing, and

wherein the display surface continuously extends over the second housing and the connection housing without a disconnection between the connection housing and the second housing.

3. The device according to claim 2,

wherein the first housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the first housing,

wherein the connection housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the connection housing,

wherein the second housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the second housing, and

wherein the second housing is movable from a position at which the first surface of the second housing faces the first surface of the connection housing to a position at which the second surface of the second housing faces the second surface of the connection housing without making disconnection between the connection housing and the second housing on the display surface.

4. The device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first sensor portion on the connection housing;

a first sign on the first surface of the first housing;

a second sign on the first surface of the second housing;

a third sign on the second surface of the first housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the first sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

5. The device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a first sensor portion on the connection housing;

a first sign on the first surface of the first housing;

a second sign on the first surface of the second housing;

a second sensor portion on the first housing;

a third sign on the first surface of the second housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the second sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

6. The device according to claim 2, further comprising a touch panel overlapping with the display portion.

7. The device according to claim 2, wherein the display portion is configured to have folded and unfolded states.

8. The device according to claim 2, wherein the display portion comprises a light-emitting element comprising a light-emitting organic compound.

9. A device comprising:

a connection housing;

a first housing connected to the connection housing with a first link therebetween;

a second housing connected to the connection housing with a second link therebetween; and

a display portion comprising a display surface,

wherein the display surface continuously extends over the first housing and the connection housing without a disconnection between the connection housing and the first housing,

wherein the display surface continuously extends over the second housing and the connection housing without a disconnection between the connection housing and the second housing,

wherein the first housing is interposed between the connection housing and the second housing when the display portion has a first folded state,

wherein the connection housing is interposed between the first housing and the second housing when the display portion has a second folded state, and

wherein the second housing is interposed between the connection housing and the first housing when the display portion has a third folded state.

10. The device according to claim 9,

wherein the first housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the first housing,

wherein the connection housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the connection housing,

wherein the second housing comprises a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface of the second housing, and

wherein the second housing is movable from a position at which the first surface of the second housing faces the first surface of the connection housing to a position at which the second surface of the second housing faces the second surface of the connection housing without making disconnection between the connection housing and the second housing on the display surface.

11. The device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a first sensor portion on the connection housing;

a first sign on the first surface of the first housing;

a second sign on the first surface of the second housing;

a third sign on the second surface of the first housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the first sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

12. The device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a first sensor portion on the connection housing;

a first sign on the first surface of the first housing;

a second sign on the first surface of the second housing;

a second sensor portion on the first housing;

a third sign on the first surface of the second housing; and

a fourth sign on the second surface of the second housing,

wherein the second sensor portion is configured to discern the third sign and the fourth sign.

13. The device according to claim 9, further comprising a touch panel overlapping with the display portion.

14. The device according to claim 9, wherein the display portion comprises a light-emitting element comprising a light-emitting organic compound.