IP Library Granted Patent US 9,123,279
Granted Patent B2
US 9,123,279 · App. 13/434,875 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Flexible display and method for controlling the flexible display

Inventors: Po-Chun Yeh (Tainan, TW); Heng-Yin Chen (Hsinchu County, TW); Yung-Hsiang Chiu (Miaoli County, TW); Wei-Yen Lee (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
G09G5/08G06F3/0221G06F3/0414G06F2203/04102G09G2354/00G09G2380/02G09G2380/14
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Patent No.
US 9,123,279
App. No.
13/434,875
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display and a controlling method thereof are provided. The flexible display includes a plurality of pressure sensors, a display unit and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is connected to the pressure sensors and the display unit. The processing unit obtains pressure values from each of the pressure sensors within a time unit and generates a pressure area and a pressure variance according to the pressure values from each of the pressure sensors. The processing unit further determines a display mode of the display unit according to the pressure area and the pressure variance. Therefore, the flexible display is capable of providing several kinds of display mode only based on the equipped pressure sensors.

Claims (30)

1. A method for controlling a flexible display, wherein the flexible display comprises a plurality of pressure sensors, the method for controlling the flexible display comprising:

obtaining a plurality of pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors within a time unit;

generating a pressure area and a pressure variance according to the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors;

comparing the pressure variance with a first threshold value, comparing the pressure area with a second threshold value, and determining a display mode of a display unit configured on the flexible display according to comparison results;

determining the display mode as a flick mode when the pressure variance is smaller than the first threshold value and the pressure area is smaller than the second threshold value;

determining the display mode as a heavy pressing mode when the pressure variance is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and the pressure area is greater than or equal to the second threshold value;

determining the display mode as a bending mode when the pressure variance is smaller than the first threshold value and the pressure area is greater than or equal to the second threshold value; and

determining the display mode as a click mode when the pressure variance is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and the pressure area is smaller than the second threshold value.

2. The method for controlling the flexible display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pressure sensors are disposed in a display area of the display unit.

3. The method for controlling the flexible display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the pressure area and the pressure variance according to the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors comprises:

calculating a plurality of pressure variation amounts of the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors within the time unit; and

averaging the pressure variation amounts of the pressure sensors located in the pressure area to generate the pressure variance.

4. The method for controlling the flexible display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the pressure area and the pressure variance according to the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors comprises:

calculating a plurality of pressure variation amounts of the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors within the time unit; and

selecting a representative pressure variation amount from the pressure variation amounts of the pressure sensors located in the pressure area to serve as the pressure variance.

5. The method for controlling the flexible display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the pressure area and the pressure variance according to the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors comprises:

generating the pressure area according to a distribution of the pressure sensors under pressure.

6. A flexible display, comprising:

a plurality of pressure sensors;

a display unit; and

a processing unit, connected to the plurality of pressure sensors and the display unit,

wherein the processing unit obtains pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors within a time unit, generates a pressure area and a pressure variance according to the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors, compares the pressure variance with a first threshold value, compares the pressure area with a second threshold value, and determines a display mode of the display unit according to comparison results,

wherein the processing unit determines the display mode as a flick mode when the pressure variance is smaller than the first threshold value and the pressure area is smaller than the second threshold value,

wherein the processing unit determines the display mode as a heavy pressing mode when the pressure variance is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and the pressure area is greater than or equal to the second threshold value,

wherein the processing unit determines the display mode as a bending mode when the pressure variance is smaller than the first threshold value and the pressure area is greater than or equal to the second threshold value,

wherein the processing unit determines the display mode as a click mode when the pressure variance is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and the pressure area is smaller than the second threshold value.

7. The flexible display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the pressure sensors are disposed in a display area of the display unit.

8. The flexible display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the processing unit calculates a plurality of pressure variation amounts of the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors within the time unit, and averages the pressure variation amounts of the pressure sensors to generate the pressure variance.

9. The flexible display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the processing unit calculates a plurality of pressure variation amounts of the pressure values detected by each of the pressure sensors within the time unit, and selects a representative pressure variation amount from the pressure variation amounts of the pressure sensors located in the pressure area to serve as the pressure variance.

10. The flexible display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the processing unit generates the pressure area according to a distribution of the pressure sensors under pressure.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2022
From: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
To: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059365/0305 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2012
From: YEH, PO-CHUN; CHEN, HENG-YIN; CHIU, YUNG-HSIANG; LEE, WEI-YEN
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 027975/0905 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100148934 A · Dec 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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