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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2020
Applicant:
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Atsugi, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiharu Hirakata, Ebina, JP;
Hiroyuki Miyake, Atsugi, JP;
Seiko Inoue, Isehara, JP;
Shunpei Yamazaki, Setagaya, JP;
Assignee:
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device with low power consumption is provided. Furthermore, a display device in which an image is displayed in a region that can be used in a folded state is provided. The conceived display device includes a display portion that can be opened and folded, a sensing portion that senses a folded state of the display portion, and an image processing portion that generates, when the display portion is in the folded state, an image in which a black image is displayed in part of the display portion.