# US 10,503,274 B2 · Flexible display apparatus and display method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,274 B2 - Document ID: US10503274B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/281,568 - Filed: 2019-02-21 - Published: 2019-06-13 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2012-07-30 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Joon-kyu Seo; Jung-joo Sohn; Hyun-jin Kim; Geun-ho Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503274B2 ## 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 3/033: Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user {, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks}; Accessories therefor (digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041) - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/0486: Drag-and-drop - 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 - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06T 11/60: Creating or editing images; Combining images with text - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - H04M 1/724: User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## 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 ### Claim 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) 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. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) 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.