Plural Independently Movable Displays Patents (Class 361/679.04)
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Patent number: 11116091Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible display screen and a display device. The flexible display screen includes a display panel, a reel mechanism, and a support structure. The display panel includes a display surface and a support base away from the display surface. The support base is a stepped structure. The reel mechanism is disposed on a side of the display panel. A part of the display panel is wrapped around inside the reel mechanism. The support structure includes a plurality of support plates.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Wen Han
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Patent number: 11005516Abstract: A protective case for an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a stretchable display panel. The stretchable display panel includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The protective case includes a backplate, a first and a second housing. The backplate includes an accommodating space, where the accommodating space is adapted to accommodate the electronic device. The first housing is slidably disposed on the backplate, and the first housing is adapted to abut against the first side of the stretchable display panel. The second housing is slidably disposed on the backplate, and the second housing is adapted to abut against the second side of the stretchable display panel. The first housing and the second housing move relative to each other, so that a distance between the first housing and the second housing varies with a distance between the first side and the second side.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATIONInventor: Jian-Hua Chen
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Patent number: 10936017Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a first body, a second body, a flexible display, and a first cover. The second body performs reciprocating movement between a first position and a second position relative to the first body. The flexible display includes a first region, a first connected region, and a second connected region. When the second body is at the first position, the first cover covers the second connected region and forms a rear surface of the flexible display device. When switching between the first position and the second position is made, the user may hold the flexible display device in contact with the first region and the first cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hak-Ho Choi, Seounghwan Seol, Sung Do Kim, Ji Woong Yang, Sangwook Park, Jeeho Yom
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Patent number: 10743428Abstract: A slidable display device in which a display panel includes a first area and a second area extending from the first area. A plurality of rollers are inside the housing, which includes an opening. The first area is exposed to the outside through the opening when the second area is stored in the housing. The second area is bent toward a lower portion the first area so as to be located between the plurality of rollers and a lower surface of the housing. The display panel is configured to slide by rotating the plurality of rollers such that the second area is exposed to the outside through the opening or introduced to the inside, and thereby, an area of the display area may be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sun Haeng Cho
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Patent number: 10651241Abstract: A flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. The flexible OLED display includes: a flexible OLED display panel, a supporting frame, a buffer layer, wherein a hinge structure is disposed at a bent region of the supporting frame, the hinge structure comprises a first protective component, a hinge, and a second protective component; the hinge is disposed between the first protective component and the second protective component; the second protective component is flush with the first protective component when the flexible OLED display panel is in a planar state.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xuesi Qin
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Patent number: 10585494Abstract: A device with an enhanced keyboard is disclosed. One embodiment may take the form of a laptop computer with an auxiliary display embedded within a lower portion of the computer. A further embodiment of the auxiliary display renders contextual information based on information on a main computer display and inputs received from an input device such as a set of keys, mouse, or trackpad.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: John A. Porcella, Kyle J. Nekimken
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Patent number: 10528230Abstract: Methods and devices for presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented in a first mode using all of one of the screens. In a second mode, the virtual keyboard can be presented using portions of both of the screens. More particularly, with the screens of the device in a landscape orientation, one screen can be devoted to present the virtual keyboard while the other screen remains available to present other information. In a portrait orientation, the virtual keyboard can span the two screens, such that a first portion of the first screen and a first portion of the second screen operate cooperatively to present the virtual keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Z124Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Robert Csiki
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Patent number: 10503121Abstract: There is provided an electronic device including: a first segment and a second segment linked to each other in a rotationally movable manner; a flexible circuit board installed throughout the first segment and the second segment in interiors of the first segment and the second segment; a loosening portion formed by the flexible circuit board being pushed out while being bent in the second segment; and a support unit configured to maintain a direction of pushing-out of the loosening portion to a fixed direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kentaro Matsunaga, Tatsuhito Aono
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Patent number: 10467017Abstract: Techniques for configuration of primary and secondary displays are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus such as a mobile device includes multiple interconnected display devices that can be configured in different ways, such as output primary, input primary, sensor primary, and so forth. At least one implementation enables different zones of a single display surface to be configured as primary and secondary for different purposes, such as input and/or output.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Christian Klein, Robert Joseph Disano, Sammy Chiu, Katherine Blair Huffman, Connor Lawrence Weins
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Patent number: 10152095Abstract: An electronic device and a hinge assembly thereof are provided. The hinge assembly includes a first and a second fixed block, a first and a second connecting rod, a damper rod and a fastener. The first fixed block has a first and a second end, the second fixed block has a third and a fourth end, and the first connecting rod has a fifth and a sixth end, wherein the fifth end is connected to the second end, and the sixth end is connected to the fourth end. The second connecting rod has a seventh connected to the fourth end, and an eighth end, connected to the second end and the sixth end. The damper rod is slidably disposed on the first fixed block, the fastener is fixed to the first fixed block, and a distal end of the damper rod is fastened into the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Chia-Chi Lin, Wei-Hao Lan, Che-Hsien Lin, Po-Jui Chen, Han-Sheng Siao, Chun-Chieh Chen, Cheng-Shiue Jan, Chen-Cheng Wang
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Patent number: 10152089Abstract: A foldable device includes: a flexible display including: a first part; a second part; and a third part provided between the first and second parts; a first body supporting the first part; and a second body supporting the second part, each of the first and second body are configured to move between a first and a second position, in response to each of the first and second bodies being provided in the first position, the first body and the second body form a receiving space, the third part forms a curved portion of the flexible display and the curved portion is provided within the receiving space, and wherein the first part is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the flexible display with respect to the first body in response to the first and second bodies moving between the first and second positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin-hyoung Park, Ho-seung Seo, Toshikazu Takayanagi, Yu-dong Bae, Wataru Kaihotsu, Shi-yun Cho, Dae-myung Kim, Jae-young Huh
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Patent number: 10082832Abstract: A display device including a main display and two sub-displays is provided. The main display has main display surface and a first frame area surrounding the main display surface. The two sub-displays are movably connected with the main display, wherein the two sub-displays are arranged side by side on the main display and cover the main display surface and the first frame area. Each of the sub-displays has a sub-display surface and a second frame area surrounding the sub-display surface. One side of each of the sub-display surfaces is exposed from the corresponding second frame area, and the two sides are aligned and attached together. After the two sub-displays are respectively moved relative to the main display along two opposite moving directions so as to separate the two sides from each other, the main display is exposed to the outside. An electronic device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Jian-Siang Wang, Shun-Bin Chen, Han-Tsung Shen, Huei-Ting Chuang
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Patent number: 10007975Abstract: There is provided an image processing device including a first housing, a second housing, a first display device, a second display device, a video input terminal, a video output terminal, a storage unit, a video combining unit, a configuration control unit, a first GUI control unit, a second GUI control unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuro Nakata, Mitsuo Okumura, Jo Wada, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Kenji Otsuka, Naomi Egashira
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Patent number: 9965176Abstract: A transparent display device is provided. The transparent display device include a display unit is configured to receive a front side touch input and a rear side touch input and display information, and a controller is configured to receive a grip unfolding input for unfolding a two side grip input for touching front and rear sides of the display unit in a predetermined direction, and control the display unit to display a plurality of objects according to the received grip unfolding input.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jeongyun Heo, Shinnyue Kang
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Patent number: 9900412Abstract: A case for a mobile electronic device is configured such that it is not necessary to fully separate parts of the case in order to install, remove or replace a graphic insert. The user is only required to access an interior bay to a degree sufficient to introduce or extract a graphic insert. This access is accomplished by the limited relative displacement of two distinct structural components.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: TRACER IMAGING LLCInventors: Stephen S. Daniell, Steven M. Spiro, Theodore J. Bonnano
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Patent number: 9841937Abstract: A foldable display is disclosed. In one aspect, the foldable display includes a foldable display panel including first to fourth regions adjacent to each other. The foldable display also includes a first support located on a rear surface of the first region and a second support located on a rear surface of the fourth region. The foldable display panel is configured to be arranged in a first configuration in which the foldable display panel is unfolded and a second configuration in which the foldable display panel is folded so that the first support supports the first and second regions and the second support supports the third and fourth regions.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Valeriy Prushinskiy, Minsoo Kim
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Patent number: 9803795Abstract: A multiple display mount system that offers easy and efficient, independent lateral and vertical adjustment of each individual display. The system includes a base, a vertical member extending upwardly from the base, and a pair of arms extending laterally outward on opposing sides of the vertical member. A pair of display interfaces is operably coupled to a separate one of the arms. Each of the display interfaces can enable the electronic display received thereon to be tilted about a generally horizontal tilt axis extending through the electronic display, and/or enable the electronic display received thereon to be pivoted about a generally vertical axis extending through the electronic display. The arms may be pivotally connected to the vertical member to enable positioning of the displays, and the displays may be separately vertically positionable relative to the vertical member.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLCInventor: Jamie Brandt
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Patent number: 9774721Abstract: A multi-display device can interface with two or more different types of docking stations. The device can determine the type of dock and change the pin outs for a connector to interface with that dock. Once docked, the device can determine a charge status for the device and the dock to present the status to the user. Further, the dock can enter one of several modes, including a call receipt mode and an entertainment mode. The modes allow for expanded functionality for the device while docked. Two particular docks, the laptop dock and the smart dock, provide special functionality with the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Z124Inventor: Christophe Jouin
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Patent number: 9746884Abstract: A stretchable display device includes a stretchable display that changes between extended and retracted states, a slider surrounding an edge of the stretchable display and having a variable length, and a cover that includes a plurality of unit bodies surrounding an outer surface of the slider.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Wol Lee, Won Il Choi
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Patent number: 9658647Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel expandable screen display device, which is an add-on device adapted to encase a wearable communication device such as a smart phone or a smart watch. The expandable screen display device comprises a first enclosure with a first control module, a second enclosure with a second control module, such that the first control module and the second control module are in wireless communication for selective expansion of the expandable screen display device according to user input received via a mobile software application residing on the wearable communication device.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Inventor: Samir Hanna Safar
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Patent number: 9565279Abstract: A case for a mobile electronic device is configured such that it is not necessary to fully separate parts of the case in order to install, remove or replace a graphic insert. The user is only required to access an interior bay to a degree sufficient to introduce or extract a graphic insert. This access is accomplished by the limited relative displacement of two distinct structural components.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TRACER IMAGING LLCInventors: Stephen S. Daniell, Steven M. Spiro, Theodore J. Bonnano
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Patent number: 9441782Abstract: One embodiment provides a tablet mounting system including a support having a tablet portion located near the first end of the support arm for supporting a tablet, a monitor portion located between the tablet portion and the second end of the support arm for supporting a display monitor, and a support portion located between the first end and the second end of the support arm for attaching the arm to a support object such as a desk, wall, desk stand, or display arm. In some cases, the support portion is located closer to the monitor portion of the support arm than to the tablet portion of the support arm. A tablet mount is configured to support a tablet and to attached to the tablet portion of the support arm. Methods for mounting tablets are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.Inventors: Joe Funk, Shaun C. Lindblad, Mustafa A. Ergun
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Patent number: 9400523Abstract: An information device includes: a first housing and a second housing coupled through a hinge mechanism, the second housing being openable to a angle from a closed state where the second housing overlaps with the first housing; a third housing attached to a surface of the second housing on a first housing side through a movement mechanism capable of moving the third housing with respect to the second housing from an overlapped state with the second housing; a first display screen provided on a surface of the third housing on the first housing side; and at least one unit selected from a group of a second display screen, an input mechanism, an output mechanism and an input-output mechanism, the surface being exposed when the third housing is moved with respect to the second housing in a state where the second housing is opened with respect to the first housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Nobuhiko Onda
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Patent number: 9395757Abstract: An auxiliary screen support system for a computing device has mounting members arranged to be disposed on opposing lateral sides of a primary screen of the computing device in use. A retaining member extends between the mounting members, and is configured to hold the mounting members relative to the opposing lateral sides of the primary screen. At least one mounting member is configured to bear an auxiliary screen such that the auxiliary screen is hung relative to the primary screen in use. One or both mounting members may be formed as a unitary, rigid body and may be configured to hold an auxiliary screen at a fixed obtuse angle relative to a primary screen of the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Dovetail Technology Ltd.Inventor: Matthew James Relf
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Patent number: 9383775Abstract: A display device that incorporates a supplemental display screen that is stored within a main body of the display device must be able to transition objects displayed on a main display to a supplemental display. As the supplemental display is pulled out from storage within the main body of the display device, objects that were displayed on the main display may be transitioned onto the supplemental display. Various methods for transitioning the display of objects on the main display to the supplemental display are discussed, where methods may take into account the length of the supplemental display that is pulled out from storage and also touch input contacts that are made on either one of the displays.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Eunhyung Cho, Hyorim Park
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Patent number: 9317061Abstract: An electronic device enclosure includes a rear cover. The rear cover includes at least one first segment and at least one second segmentation. The at least one first segment includes a first securing portion, and the at least one second segment includes a second securing portion. The first securing portion is secured to the second securing portion, so that the at least one first segment and at least one second segment together define the rear cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsieh-Ting Huang
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Patent number: 9270318Abstract: An arrangement for mounting of a mobile apparatus in equipment provided with a first movable support displaceable along a main axis, the first movable support being able to receive the mobile apparatus for it to be arranged in a location in which it is held in position by a holding device. The holding device is itself displaceable along a longitudinal axis between a retracted position in which the mobile apparatus can be placed in or removed from the location and an extended position in which the mobile apparatus is held in position in the housing. The equipment is in addition provided with a mechanical transmission means arranged between the movable support and the holding device so that the displacements of the mobile apparatus drives those of the holding device.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Maxime Rassent, David Vayer
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Patent number: 9261907Abstract: An electronic device includes an upper housing that has a display unit on an upper surface; a lower housing that supports the upper housing so as to enable sliding; a movable plate unit that is disposed on an upper surface of the lower housing to enabling sliding; and a movement mechanism that causes the movable plate unit to slide in a direction opposite to that of the upper housing, coinciding with a sliding of the upper housing with respect to the lower housing. The movement mechanism causes, during transition into a closed state, the movable plate unit to move beneath the upper housing such that an upper surface of the movable plate unit is hidden and causes, during transition into an open state, the movable plate unit to move in the direction opposite to that of the upper housing, exposing the upper surface of the movable plate unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Takahiro Nakamura, Tomoyoshi Tadokoro, Tomoya Mitsugi
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Patent number: 9083926Abstract: A multi-display device comprising: a plurality of display panels wherein each display panel is arranged in a housing; and a single video processor arranged within one of the housings and configured to output a different video signal to each of the plurality of display panels.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Mahyar Nejat, William Clay
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Publication number: 20150138703Abstract: The present invention describes a modular computerized system that includes the ability to magnetically attach to another similar or identical unit, integrates both male and female ports into each unit so that when two or more units are attached side by side the ports become functional and do not require external cables. Other elements of the invention include; the integration of one or more data splitters into the computerized unit and the integration of one or more power splitters into the computerized unit. The present invention also provides the ability to charge more than one computerized unit with only one cable attachment and the ability to share data quickly and easily between more than one computerized unit without the use of cables unless desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventor: John Archie Gillis
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Publication number: 20150131217Abstract: A multiple display mount system that offers easy and efficient, independent lateral and vertical adjustment of each individual display. The system includes a base, a vertical member extending upwardly from the base, and a pair of arms extending laterally outward on opposing sides of the vertical member. A pair of display interfaces is operably coupled to a separate one of the arms. Each of the display interfaces can enable the electronic display received thereon to be tilted about a generally horizontal tilt axis extending through the electronic display, and/or enable the electronic display received thereon to be pivoted about a generally vertical axis extending through the electronic display. The arms may be pivotally connected to the vertical member to enable positioning of the displays, and the displays may be separately vertically positionable relative to the vertical member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventor: Jamie Brandt
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Patent number: 9030812Abstract: A joining structure of superposed first to fourth segment housing of an electronic device each having a display screen equipped with two shafts arranged between first and second housing segments and third and fourth housing segments, a first hinge which joins end faces of the second and third housing segments to be able to rotate and a second hinge which joins opposite side end faces of the first and fourth housing segments, two shafts make the second and third housing segments slide with respect to the first and fourth housing segments, then make one rotate 180 degrees with respect to the other in the finished slid state, by using the first and second hinges to make the second and third housing segments and the first and fourth housing segments rotate about the shafts, and superposed first to fourth segment housing are opened to form a single flat display surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Yutaka Nakamura
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Patent number: 9026178Abstract: A method for operating a mobile terminal device comprising at least two displays is disclosed. Information of a first group on a first display module is displayed, if only a first display module is externally exposed. Information of a second group different from the first group on the first display module and a second display module is displayed, if both the first display module and the second display module are externally exposed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Hideaki Nii
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Publication number: 20150116917Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first case and a second case. A connection assembly connects the first case to the second case such that the cases are rotatable about a shaft member disposed in the connection assembly. The connection assembly includes a first link member attached at one end to the first case and at another end to a second link member included in the second case, and a spring assembly attached at one end to the second link member and at another end to the second case. A torque is generated by the connection assembly relative to the shaft member in a direction corresponding to one or more of a closed state and an open state. The torque is generated in the direction corresponding to the closed state when respective front surfaces of the cases are separated by less than a predetermined polar angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Tatsuhito AONO
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Patent number: 9007754Abstract: A display module includes a first housing, a second housing, a display panel, and a glue. The first housing is disposed on the second housing and has a metal sidewall. A first gap exists between the metal sidewall and a sidewall of the first housing. The display panel is disposed on the first housing and has a side surface facing the sidewall, wherein a second gap exists between the side surface and the inner surface. The glue fills the second gap. A manufacturing method of the display module includes disposing the second housing on the first housing and forming the first gap; providing the glue on the inner face of the sidewall and above the first gap; making the display panel push and graze the glue; disposing the display panel on the first housing and forming the second gap, wherein the glue fills the second gap.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Chia-Hao Wu, Han-Ping Kuo, Chun-Yuan Chen, Chih-Chun Chang
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Publication number: 20150092328Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a mobile appliance including a front grooved rail member on a bottom and a rear grooved rail member on the bottom, each of the front and rear grooved rail members having a left opening; a second display including front grooved rail on a top and a rear grooved rail on the top, each of the front and rear grooved rails having a right opening; two connection bars each including first and second end enlargements respectively wherein the first enlargements are slidably retained in the front and rear grooved rail members respectively, and the second enlargements are slidably retained in the front and rear grooved rails respectively; two first ICs at one side of the mobile appliance; and two second ICs at an other side of the second display. In an extended position, the first ICs are capable of activating the second ICs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Inventor: Yi-Ting Chen
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Patent number: 8982572Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for executing an open mode of a motion module of an electric apparatus. The electric apparatus includes a motion module and a machine body module. The control device disposed on a path of the relative movement includes a combination of a carrier and an elastomer, in which the carrier has a blocking portion. The elastomer normally keeps the carrier at a first position, and the elastomer allows the carrier to motion toward a second position when the carrier is pressed. The control device allows the motion module to rotate (in an open mode) when the motion module crosses the blocking portion of the carrier. Accordingly, the invention promotes visual artistic effects by eliminating the essential exposure of the rotary shaft in the rotation-open mode of conventional skills.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventors: An Szu Hsu, Chien Cheng Mai, Kuo Cheng Liao
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Patent number: 8971029Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a multi-display hinge assembly. According to one embodiment, the multi-display hinge assembly includes a first housing and second housing in addition to a hinge that rotatably connects the first housing with the second housing. Still further, a coupling element is configured to join an edge of the first housing with an edge of the second housing when the first housing and the second housing are placed along the same plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Glenn A Wong, Mark C Solomon
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Patent number: 8964365Abstract: Stacked panel housings are stretched to join displays to each other to form a single screen, the stacked panel housings are stretched and two displays are jointed to each other to form a single screen. Horizontal sliding means and vertical moving means can be provided so as to displace the stacked displays to be flush with each other. A portable display device is provided which has at least two panel housings vertically stacked and displays mounted on the panel housings, respectively, in which the displays horizontally slide and then vertically move so as for the displays of the panel housings to be contiguous to each other. When the displays are contiguous to each other, the distance between the displays is in the range of 0.1 mm to 5 mm and a joint between the displays is provided with a lid.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Inventor: Si-Han Kim
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Patent number: 8953327Abstract: A device having a self-winding element is described. The self-winding element is built on a flexible membrane; it has an extended form and a retracted form. Stiffness in the extended form may be provided using membrane curvature, or a retractable support member may be used, or both. Transitions between the extended form and the retracted form are preferably accomplished using sequential activation of tensile members that are configured in segments of the membrane. Activation of the tensile elements is preferably implemented using a processor or controller that activates tri-state drivers in a predetermined sequence in order to pass a current through each element when heating is desired. A preferred material used for the tensile elements is thin film NITINOL.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: iBlaidZ, Inc.Inventor: Peter C. Salmon
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Patent number: 8944393Abstract: A fixing structure for a multi-screen display unit which forms a large screen by contiguously disposing a plurality of display units with respect to a mounting pedestal by making a first supporting member provided on the back surface of the display unit be engaged with a second supporting member provided at the mounting pedestal, wherein the first supporting member includes a monitor fitting which has a display-side supporting plate provided so as to protrude from the back surface and is disposed at a corner portion of the back surface of the display unit, the second supporting member includes a fixing-side supporting plate which is provided at a position corresponding to the display-side supporting plate to protrude toward the back surface and supports the display-side supporting plate, and a pin member is provided in an upright manner at the fixing-side supporting plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Nec Display Solutions, Ltd.Inventor: Renichi Mitsuhashi
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Patent number: 8947863Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first main unit having a surface thereof provided with a display panel, a second main unit having a surface thereof provided with another display panel, a hinge mechanism coupling the first and second main units, and two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to a center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second main units.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Akira Imamura, Toshikatsu Nakamura
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Patent number: 8941978Abstract: A flat panel display remote-controlled viewing angle adjustment system (1) comprising a support assembly (2) for supporting a flat panel display (9), an electrical driving assembly for driving the support assembly (2), and an angular control assembly attached to the support assembly (2). The adjustable system (1) is configured such that when the electrical driving assembly is started, the flat panel display (9) is rotated about a vertical axis that passes through one of the left side and the right side of the flat panel display (9) and only when the flat panel display (9) returns to zero angle position can it rotate about a vertical axis that passes through the other of the left side and the right side of the flat panel display (9).Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Inventors: Jin Fang, Andrew H. Lew
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Patent number: 8934221Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display and a support mechanism. The housing includes a bottom plate and a peripheral wall. The display screen is mounted to the housing and positioned above the bottom plate. The support mechanism is movably and adjustably assembled to the bottom plate of the housing, away from the display screen. The support mechanism includes a retracting assembly and a support assembly. The retracting assembly is releasably mounted to the bottom plate and received within the housing. The support assembly is rotatably hinged to the bottom plate of the housing, and further hinges with the retracting assembly for supporting the housing at different viewing angles.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ji-Bing Guo
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Patent number: 8929096Abstract: A kit is disclosed for installing a radio frequency transmitter assembly (30) in position for radio transmission and reception when connected to a water meter register (26, 40) that is situated below ground level, the kit comprising: a base member (22) for extending substantially horizontally from the meter register (26, 40); a transmitter assembly (30) having a transmitter body (32) for attachment to the base member (22) with the transmitter body in an upright position; an electrical cable (17) connected at one end to the meter register (26, 40) and connected at an opposite end to the transmitter assembly (30). The kit provides a product that can be installed in any one of three different configurations.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc.Inventor: Eric Metzger
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Patent number: 8928552Abstract: An information processing device including a plurality of rectangular-shaped casings each including a first principal surface, and a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface and including a display panel having a predetermined aspect ratio. The information processing device including a connecting portion connecting each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings in a closed state in which each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings are mutually overlaid and a display panel of at least one of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings is externally exposed, and in an open state in which wall portions of mutually adjacent rectangular-shaped casings abut and the display panels of each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings face a similar direction. The information processing device further includes a terminal state detecting unit that detects the closed state and the opened state, and a display control unit that controls display of each of the display panels.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Mobile Communications Inc.Inventors: Tatsuhito Aono, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Yuji Fukaya, Shin Takanashi
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Patent number: 8879243Abstract: A multi-display device includes a plurality of display devices. A display device of the plurality of display devices includes: a display panel including a front side, a rear side, first and second sides which face each other, and third and fourth sides which face each other; a first chassis which is fixed to the first side; a second chassis which is fixed to the second side; a third chassis which is fixed to the third side; a fourth chassis which is fixed to the fourth side; and a fixing member between one or more of the first to fourth chassis, and the display panel. The fixing member fixes the one or more of the first to fourth chassis, to the display panel. The fixing member is provided at a boundary between adjacent display devices of the plurality of display devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Hyeok Lee, Soo-Ran Park, Sang Chul Lee, Yong-Ju Jeong, Min Sung Choi
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Patent number: 8867200Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a first display and a transparent first panel. The first display in the first housing includes a first display portion. The first panel covers the first display portion and includes a first flat surface portion and a first curved surface portion along an outer edge of the first flat surface portion. The first display portion displays images in a location corresponding to the first flat surface portion and a location corresponding to the first curved surface portion respectively at different aspect ratios from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hiromichi Suzuki, Takashi Minemura, Yuji Nakajima
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Patent number: 8867201Abstract: A composite stylus retaining structure for an electronic device is provided. The composite stylus retaining structure includes a stylus and a housing. The stylus includes a body, a head and a connecting rod. The housing includes a first wall and a second wall connected to each other, and a first receiving groove and a second receiving groove are formed at an intersection of the first wall and the second wall. The first receiving groove is used to receive the head. A retaining member is disposed in the first receiving groove to retain the stylus. The second receiving groove is used to receive the head of the stylus.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignees: Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Universal Global Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Ju Lin, Shui-Hsu Chen, Chen-Chung Yang, Chia-Sheng Liu, Jih-Sheng Li, Shih-Yen Chen
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Patent number: 8824160Abstract: A cover glass structure includes a glass substrate, a touch-sensing structure and a decorative layer. The glass substrate has at least one cutting section, and the cutting section is polished to form a polished surface. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the glass substrate, and the decorative layer is disposed on the glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Wintek Technology (H.K.) Ltd., Wintek CorporationInventors: Chia-Huang Lee, Ming-Kung Wu, Heng Chia Kuo