Patent ID: 9411451
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An electronic device having a front region and a side region, comprising: a flexible display layer having an array of display pixels including a first group of display pixels, a second group of display pixels, and a third group of display pixels between the first and second groups; a transparent cover layer having a first portion that covers the flexible display layer on the front region and a second portion that covers the flexible display layer on the side region, wherein the first portion of the transparent cover layer defines a plane, wherein the second portion of the transparent cover layer is curved out of the plane, and wherein the first group of display pixels displays images through the transparent cover layer on the front region and the second group of display pixels displays images through the transparent cover layer on side region; and control circuitry that selectively activates and inactivates the third group of display pixels.