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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2024
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Masashi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/698 (2023.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/698 (2023.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/632 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
Abstract

Provided is an electronic device that implements image-capturing with a wide angle of view with a compact housing. An electronic device according to the present disclosure includes: a display unit () configured to be deformable; and at least one first imaging unit () arranged on an opposite side of a display surface of the display unit () and configured to image incident light transmitted through the display unit. The display unit () may be foldable. Furthermore, at least a part of the display unit () may be bendable. Moreover, in the first imaging unit (), an optical system used for image-capturing may be switchable in accordance with a shape of the display unit ().


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