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Patent No.:

US 10416796 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2016

Expandable display device

Applicant:

Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, CN;

Inventor:

Song Song, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Beijing, CN;

Attorney:

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Kwang-Su Yang

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01L 51/00 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H01L 27/323 (2013.01); H01L 51/0097 (2013.01); H01L 51/5237 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01);

Abstract

A display device including a display panel and a touch panel is provided. At least one of the display panel and the touch panel is made of a flexible material. The display device is capable of being switched between a first usage state where a portion of the touch panel overlaps a portion of the display panel so that a touch operation is capable of being performed, through the touch panel, on at least a portion of an image displayed on the display panel, and a second usage state where the display panel is located at a side of the touch panel and does not overlap the touch panel and a button pattern is formed on the touch panel through which an operation is performed on the image displayed on the display panel.

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