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Granted Patent B2
US 10,503,274 · App. 16/281,568 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

Flexible display apparatus and display method thereof

Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo (Seongnam-si, KR); Jung-joo Sohn (Seoul, KR); Hyun-jin Kim (Seoul, KR); Geun-ho Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,503,274
App. No.
16/281,568
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a sensor which senses bending of the flexible display, and a controller which determines a screen activation region and a screen inactivation region from among a plurality of display regions of the flexible display based on the sensed bending, and displays a predetermined screen on the screen activation region.

Claims (29)

1. A flexible display apparatus comprising:

a flexible display;

a sensor; and

a controller configured to:

in response to a bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor while the flexible display is deactivated, activate a part of the flexible display among parts into which the flexible display is divided based on the bending, and

control the flexible display to display an execution screen of a function corresponding to the activated part of the flexible display on the activated part of the flexible display.

2. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control the activated part of the flexible display to display execution screen of a function corresponding to the activated part of the flexible display.

3. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to an unfolding of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor, deactivate the part of the flexible display.

4. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

in response to an unfolding of the flexible display, deactivate the flexible display, and

in response to the flexible display being bent, activate the part of the flexible display and maintain the other part of the flexible display as being deactivated.

5. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to another bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor while the flexible display is in a state of the bending, activate another part of the flexible display among parts into which the flexible display is divided based on the another bending.

6. The flexible display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to:

based on the another bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor, control the another part of the flexible display, which is larger than the part of the flexible display and includes the part of the flexible display, to display the execution screen and additional information of the function.

7. The flexible apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the bending of the flexible display which corresponds to a predetermined angle being sensed by the sensor while the flexible display is deactivated, activate the part of the flexible display among parts into which the flexible display is divided based on the bending.

8. The display method of a flexible apparatus comprising a flexible display, the display method comprises:

in response to a bending of the flexible display being sensed while the flexible display is deactivated, activating a part of the flexible display among parts into which the flexible display is divided based on the bending, and

displaying execution screen of a function corresponding to the activated part of the flexible display on the activated part of the flexible display.

9. The display method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to an unfolding of the flexible display being sensed, deactivating the part of the flexible display.

10. The display method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to an unfolding of the flexible display, deactivating the flexible display, and

in response to the flexible display being bent, activating the part of the flexible display and maintaining the other part of the flexible display as being deactivated.

11. The display method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to another bending of the flexible display being sensed while the flexible display is in a state of the bending, activating another part of the flexible display among parts into which the flexible display is divided based on the another bending.

12. The flexible display apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:

in response to the another bending of the flexible display being sensed, displaying the execution screen and additional information of the function on the another part of the flexible display, wherein the another part of the flexible display is larger than the part of the flexible display and includes the part of the flexible display.

13. The flexible display method of claim 8 , further comprising:

in response to the bending of the flexible display which corresponds to a predetermined angle being sensed while the flexible display is deactivated, activating the part of the flexible display among parts into which the flexible display is divided based on the bending.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0083285 · Jul 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16145467 · Sep 28, 2018
Continuation 15857743 · Dec 29, 2017
Continuation 15255623 · Sep 2, 2016
Continuation 13953136 · Jul 29, 2013
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