Electronic devices with shape-transforming displays
US11493958B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/08
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electronic device may have a housing with a display. The display may be overlapped by an image transport layer such as a coherent fiber bundle or layer of Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image from the display and a corresponding output surface to which the image is transported. The input surface and output surface may have different shapes. A wristwatch device may, as an example, have a rectangular or hexagonal input surface and may have an output surface such as a rectangular output surface with rounded corners or a circular output surface. A region of the output surface may have compound curvature. A portion of the image transport layer may protrude laterally over an inactive portion of the display.
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