US 11,983,793 B2
Foldable display device including a plurality of regions
Yoshiharu Hirakata, Ebina (JP); and Shunpei Yamazaki, Setagaya (JP)
Assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi (JP)
Filed by Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi (JP)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,984.
Application 17/960,984 is a continuation of application No. 16/450,049, filed on Jun. 24, 2019, granted, now 11,475,532.
Application 16/450,049 is a continuation of application No. 14/553,288, filed on Nov. 25, 2014, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-249677 (JP), filed on Dec. 2, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032671 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 1/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 1/20 (2013.01) 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel; and
a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing,
wherein, when the display device is folded, a display surface of the display panel faces inward,
wherein the display panel comprises:
a first region overlapping with the first housing;
a second region overlapping with the second housing;
a third region between the first region and the second region;
a fourth region overlapping with the first region and positioned on a back surface side of the first region; and
a fifth region between the first region and the fourth region and having a region not overlapping with the third housing,
wherein, when the display device is folded, each of the third region and the fifth region has a curved region,
wherein, when the display device is not folded, the fifth region has a curved region,
wherein, when the display device is not folded, the third housing has a region overlapping with each of the first region, the second region, and the third region, and
wherein the third housing is positioned between the first region and the fourth region.