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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
May. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Yixin Yang, Sakai, JP;
Naoki Uetake, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); H04M 1/0214 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device includes: a display unit at least partially foldable and transformable, and including a display surface that displays an image; a body unit provided to a back face of the display unit; and a sensor having a detecting surface positioned to be covered with the display unit or the body unit. The display device is switchable between a covering state in which the detecting surface is covered and an uncovering state in which the detecting surface is uncovered. The uncovering state is switched from the covering state by folding transformation of the display unit.