Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display which displays information on a display screen, a housing body which surrounds the display, and a detector installed in the housing body which detects a bend position and direction of the housing body being bent along with the display. In addition, a controller changes the information to be displayed on the display screen, according to the bend position and direction detected by the detector.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display which displays information on a display screen;
a housing body which surrounds the display;
a detector installed in the housing body, which detects a bend position and direction of the housing body being bent along with the display; and
a controller which changes the information to be displayed on the display screen, according to the bend position and direction detected by the detector,
wherein said controller reduces a size of the information to be displayed on the display screen according to the bend position and direction when said housing body is rolled up inward along with said display, and enlarges the size of the information to be displayed on the display screen according to the bend position and direction when said housing body is rolled up outward along with the display.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller corrects distortion of the information to be displayed on the display screen, caused by roll-up of said display.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said controller updates the information to be displayed on the display screen, according to the bend position and direction when a corner of said housing body is rolled up upward.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said detector is a twist sensor arranged on at least an upper corner and a lower corner of said housing body.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication unit which communicates with an external component, wherein the display can display information received via the communication unit.
6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an image pickup unit,
wherein said display can display an image picked up with the image pickup unit.