Display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyeonjeong Sang, Heeyoung Lee
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and a controller configured to control the display panel, wherein the controller is configured to: control displaying a plurality of objects on the display panel; detect the bending of the display panel through the deformation sensor; divide the display panel into a first area and a second area with respect to a bending line defined by the bending; divide the objects into a first object corresponding to the first area and a second object corresponding to the second area according to the bending; and move the first and second objects in first and second directions, respectively, according to the bending.
Claims18
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display panel;
- a first sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel;
- a second sensor configured to sense a gaze of a user;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the display panel, detect the bending using the first sensor, and detect the user's gaze using the second sensor;
- divide the display panel into a visible area perceived by a user and a non-visible area not perceived by the user due to the bending, which are defined in the display panel, according to the bending of the display panel and the user's gaze;
- and
- drive the non-visible area in a power saving mode,
- wherein an area of the non-visible area is changed according to the bending of the display panel and the user's gaze.
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display panel configured to display an image and comprising a first area, a second area extending from the first area, and a third area extending from the second area, wherein a first bending line is defined between the first area and the second area and a second bending line is defined between the second area and the third area;
- a sensor configured to sense that the display panel is bent based on at least one of the first bending line and the second bending line;
- and
- a controller configured to control the display panel and the sensor;
- wherein a first mode in which a first bending angle formed by the first area and the second area with respect to the first bending line is greater than or equal to a first reference angle value and a second mode in which the first bending angle is less than the first reference angle value are defined,
- wherein the controller is configured to control that power consumed by each of the first area and the second area in the second mode is lower than power consumed by each of the first area and the second area in the first mode when switching from the first mode to the second mode based on the bending of the display panel,
- wherein a third mode in which the first bending angle formed by the first area and the second area with respect to the first bending line is greater than or equal to a second reference angle value and a fourth mode in which the first bending angle is less than the second reference angle value are defined,
- wherein the controller is configured to control that power consumed by each of the first area and the second area in the third mode is higher than power consumed by each of the first area and the second area in the fourth mode when switching from the fourth mode to the third mode based on the bending of the display panel, and
- wherein the second reference angle value is smaller than the first reference angle value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.