# US 10,120,458 B2 · Flexible display apparatus and controlling method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,458 B2 - Document ID: US10120458B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/606,878 - Filed: 2017-05-26 - Published: 2017-09-14 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-20 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ji-yeon Kwak; Sang-keun Jung; Jung-joo Sohn; Hyun-jin Kim; Geun-ho Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120458B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/03: Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser - G09G 3/003: {to produce spatial visual effects} - G09G 3/035: {for flexible display surfaces} - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G09G 2320/068: for control of viewing angle adjustment - G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas - G09G 2340/0464: Positioning - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display configured to display content on a screen, a sensor configured to detect bending of the display from a first form to a second form, and a controller configured to reconstruct the content based on the bending and to display the reconstructed content in a first screen generated in one region of the display when it is determined that the display is restored to the first form. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A flexible display apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a display; a sensor configured to detect folding of the display; and a main processor configured to: display a content related to a first application while the display is in a flat state, in response to a predetermined event occurring, display a plurality of applications, and in response to restoration of the display to the flat state after the display is bent from the flat state to a folded state in a state where an application among the displayed applications is selected, display the content related to the first application on a first area of the display and the selected application on a second area of the display, wherein the first area and the second area are divided by a folding line of the folded state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of applications are displayed as a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of applications. ### Claim 3 A method for controlling a flexible display apparatus, the method comprising: displaying a content related to a first application on a display of the flexible display apparatus while the display is in a flat state; in response to a predetermined event occurring, displaying a plurality of applications, and in response to restoration of the display to the flat state after the display is bent from the flat state to a folded state in a state where an application among the displayed applications is selected, displaying the content related to the first application on a first area of the display and the selected application on a second area of the display, wherein the first area and the second area are divided by a folding line of the folded state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the plurality of applications are displayed as a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of applications. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications includes an email application. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications includes a web browser. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications includes a messaging application. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the folding line of the folded state is one of a line dividing a display into two substantially equal halves, or a line dividing a display into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and second portion having different sizes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications includes an email application. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications includes a web browser. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein at least one of the plurality of applications includes a messaging application. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the folding line of the folded state is one of a line dividing a display into two substantially equal halves, or a line dividing a display into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and second portion having different sizes.