Mobile device with flexible display and housing
OwnerThomas H. Hilleryinventor
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Abstract
A mobile device including various components in communication with one another, the mobile device comprising a flexible housing, flexible display device mounted in the housing, a deformation sensor mounted in the housing and a device controller configured to operate the mobile device responsive to receipt of data input from the flexible display device, wherein the device controller automatically deactivates the processing of at least a portion of data input received of the plurality of data input received from the display device responsive to receiving communication from the deformation sensor detecting a threshold level of deformation of the housing.
Claims12
A mobile device including various components in communication with one another, the mobile device comprising:
- a flexible housing having a known resistance to deformation;
- a flexible display device mounted in the housing, wherein the display device includes a touch-sensitive layer for receiving a plurality of data input;
- a deformation sensor mounted in the housing, the sensor being configured to detect a threshold level of deformation of the housing;
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- a device controller configured to operate the mobile device responsive to receipt of data input from the flexible display device, wherein the device controller automatically deactivates the processing of at least a portion of data input received of the plurality of data input received from the display device responsive to receiving communication from the deformation sensor detecting a threshold level of deformation of the housing, wherein the threshold level of deformation is relative to the known resistance to deformation of the housing.
A mobile device including various components in communication with one another, the mobile device comprising:
- a flexible housing having a resistance to deformation;
- a flexible display device mounted in the housing, wherein the display device includes a touch-sensitive layer for receiving a plurality of data input;
- a deformation sensor mounted in the housing, the sensor being configured to detect a threshold level of deformation of the housing;
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- a device controller configured to operate the mobile device responsive to receipt of data input from the flexible display device, wherein the device controller automatically deactivates the display device responsive to receiving communication from the deformation sensor indicating at least a threshold level of deformation of the housing, wherein the threshold level of deformation of the housing is less than or about equal to the resistance to deformation of the housing.
A mobile device including various components in communication with one another, the mobile device comprising:
- a flexible housing;
- a flexible display device mounted in the housing, wherein the display device includes a touch-sensitive layer for receiving a plurality of data input;
- a deformation sensor mounted in the housing, the sensor being configured to detect a threshold level of deformation of the housing;
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- a device controller configured to operate the mobile device responsive to receipt of data input from the flexible display device, wherein the device controller automatically deactivates the processing of at least a portion of data input received of the plurality of data input received from the display device responsive to receiving communication from the deformation sensor detecting a threshold level of deformation of the housing and reactivates the processing of the portion of data input received responsive to the deformation sensor ceasing to detect a threshold level of deformation of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.