IP Library Granted Patent US 12,002,390
Granted Patent B2
US 12,002,390 · App. 17/884,357 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Rollable OLED with custom extension

Inventors: Brian William Wallace (Wake Forest, NC); Samuel Patterson (Raleigh, NC); Kathryn Cubrilovic (Raleigh, NC); John Travis Wettroth (Chapel Hil, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G09F9/301G05D3/12G09F9/335G09G3/035F16M11/18
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Patent No.
US 12,002,390
App. No.
17/884,357
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for enabling a rollable OLED screen extension with custom extension. An apparatus includes an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image, a first rollable OLED screen extension, a processor, and coupled to the processor, a memory that stores code executable by the processor to enable a user to customize a range of extension of the first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction.

Claims (37)

1. An apparatus comprising:

an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image;

a first rollable OLED screen extension;

a processor; and

a memory, coupled to the processor, that stores code executable by the processor to:

enable a user to customize a range of extension of the first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction,

sense an obstruction within a path of the range of extension for the first rollable OLED screen extension, and

adjust extension of the first rollable OLED screen extension based on the sensed obstruction.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the code is executable by the processor to detect the range of extension for the first rollable OLED screen extension.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the code is executable by the processor to adjust the OLED image based upon the range of extension for the first rollable OLED screen extension.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a second rollable OLED screen extension, wherein the code is executable by the processor to enable the user to customize a range of extension of the second rollable OLED screen extension in a second direction.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the code is executable by the processor to detect the range of extension for the second rollable OLED screen extension and adjust the OLED image based upon the range of extension for the second rollable OLED screen extension.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension, when extended can be flexed to form a first curvature and the second rollable OLED screen extension when extended can be flexed to form a second curvature.

7. The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising at least a third rollable OLED screen extension, wherein the code is executable by the processor to enable the user to customize at least a third range of extension for at least a third rollable OLED screen extension in at least a third direction.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the code is executable by the processor to detect the third range of extension for at least a third rollable OLED screen extension and adjust the OLED image based upon the range of extension for at least the third rollable OLED screen extension.

9. A method comprising:

enabling a user to control an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image;

enabling a user to customize a range of extension of a first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction;

sensing an obstruction within a path of the range of extension for the first rollable OLED screen extension; and

adjusting extension of the first rollable OLED screen extension based on the sensed obstruction.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising detecting the range of extension for the first rollable OLED screen extension.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising adjusting the OLED image based upon the range of extension for the first rollable OLED screen extension.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising enabling the user to customize a range of extension for a second rollable OLED screen extension in a second direction.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising detecting the range of extension for the second rollable OLED screen extension and adjusting the OLED image based upon the range of extension for the second rollable OLED screen extension.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising flexing the first rollable OLED to form a first curvature and flexing the second rollable OLED screen extension to form a second curvature.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising enabling the user to customize a third range of extension for a third rollable OLED screen extension in a third direction and detecting the third range of extension for the third rollable OLED screen extension and adjusting the OLED image based upon the range of extension for the third rollable OLED screen extension.

16. A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to:

enable a user to control an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image;

enable the user to customize a range of extension of a first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction;

sense an obstruction within a path of the range of extension for the first rollable OLED screen extension; and

adjust extension of the first rollable OLED screen extension based on the sensed obstruction.

17. The program product of claim 16 , wherein the executable code further comprises code to flex the first rollable OLED to form a first curvature.

18. The program product of claim 17 , wherein the executable code further comprises code to:

enable the user to customize a range of extension for a second rollable OLED screen extension in a second direction; and

flex the second rollable OLED to form a second curvature.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension, when extended, is flexible to form a curvature.

20. The method of claim 9 further comprising flexing the first rollable OLED to form a curvature.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070269/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 064222/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2022
From: WALLACE, BRIAN WILLIAM; PATTERSON, SAMUEL; CUBRILOVIC, KATHRYN; WETTROTH, JOHN TRAVIS
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 061347/0596 →
Continuity (1)
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