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US 10,593,302 B2Granted
Flexible television and method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJihe Suk, Heesoo Park, Wonbin Jang, Gowoon Choi, Hanseok Hwangbo
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Abstract
A flexible TV is disclosed. The flexible TV includes a housing, a user interface configured to receive at least one command, a flexible display positioned in the housing, and a controller configured to control a door and a motor. In particular, the controller determines a range of the flexible display exposed to an outside of the housing by controlling at least one of the door or the motor according to a type of the command.
Claims22
A display device comprising:
- a power supply module;
- a housing;
- a motor;
- flexible display configured to be extended from the housing by operation of the motor, wherein the flexible display may be set to a first position, a second position, or a third position corresponding to different modes of the display device;
- an input unit;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive a first input via the input unit and obtain a response to the first input to be output;
- when a current position of the flexible display is not compatible with the obtained response, change the flexible display to a compatible position for outputting the obtained response;
- and
- output the obtained response while the flexible display is in the compatible position,
- wherein the flexible display is fully retracted in the housing in the first position,
- wherein the first position corresponds to multiple power states of the display device,
- wherein the power supply module is configured to supply power to a microphone for voice input, but not to a speech recognition engine or to a network module, when the display device is in a first power state corresponding to the first position,
- wherein the power supply module is configured to supply power to the speech recognition engine and the network module as well as the microphone when the display device is in a second power state corresponding to the first position,
- wherein the flexible display is partially extended from the housing in the second position, and
- wherein the flexible display is fully extended from the housing in the third position.
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A display device comprising:
- a power supply module;
- a housing;
- a motor;
- flexible display configured to be extended from the housing by operation of the motor, wherein the flexible display may be set to a first position, a second position, or a third position corresponding to different modes of the display device;
- an input unit;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive a first input via the input unit and obtain a response to the first input to be output;
- determine a current position of the flexible display, the current position corresponding to the first position, second position, or third position;
- output the obtained response via flexible display, wherein a position of the flexible display is determined based on the obtained response, and wherein the obtained response is output differently according to the position of the flexible display,
- wherein the flexible display is fully retracted in the housing in the first position,
- wherein the first position corresponds to multiple power states of the display device,
- wherein the power supply module is configured to supply power to a microphone for voice input, but not to a speech recognition engine or to a network module, when the display device is in a first power state corresponding to the first position,
- wherein the power supply module is configured to supply power to a speech recognition engine and a network module as well as the microphone when the display device is in a second power state corresponding to the first position,
- wherein the flexible display is partially extended from the housing in the second position,
- and
- wherein the flexible display is fully extended from the housing in the third position.
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A display device comprising:
- a power supply module;
- a housing;
- a motor;
- flexible display configured to be extended from the housing by operation of the motor, wherein the flexible display may be set to a first position, a second position, or a third position corresponding to different modes of the display device;
- an input unit;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive a first input via the input unit and obtain a response to the first input to be output;
- change the flexible display to the third position if a current position of the flexible display is not the third position and the obtained response requires outputting visual information on a full screen of the flexible display, and output the obtained response on the full screen of the flexible display in the third position;
- if a current position of the flexible display is the second position, maintain the second position of the flexible display and output visual information of the obtained response via the flexible display;
- if a current position of the flexible display is the first position and the obtained response requires outputting visual information, change the flexible display to the second position or the third position and output visual information of the obtained response via the flexible display;
- and
- if a current position of the flexible display is the first position and the obtained response does not require outputting visual information, maintain the first position of the flexible display and output audio information of the obtained response,
- wherein the flexible display is fully retracted in the housing in the first position,
- wherein the first position corresponds to multiple power states of the display device,
- wherein the power supply module is configured to supply power to a microphone for voice input, but not to a speech recognition engine or to a network module, when the display device is in a first power state corresponding to the first position,
- wherein the power supply module is configured to supply power to a speech recognition engine and a network module as well as the microphone when the display device is in a second power state corresponding to the first position,
- wherein the flexible display is partially extended from the housing in the second position,
- and
- wherein the flexible display is fully extended from the housing in the third position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.