Method and a flexible apparatus managing a folding thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsGaurav Gupta, Arindam Mondal
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Abstract
An apparatus can manage a folding performed on a flexible device. The apparatus includes a foldable display, at least one sensor coupled to the foldable display, and a processor. The at least one sensor includes at least two sensing elements each of the at least two sensing elements is arranged asymmetrically with respect to each other along the foldable display. The processor is configured to determine at least one of a location and an angle of folding of the foldable display based on sensed values detected from the at least two sensing elements. The processor is also configured to render content on the foldable display based on the location and the angle of the folding.
Claims16
A foldable apparatus, the foldable apparatus comprising:
- a foldable display foldable at multiple locations along a display surface;
- at least one bend sensor coupled to the foldable display comprising at least two bendable sensing elements each of the at least two bendable sensing elements is arranged asymmetrically with respect to each other along the foldable display, the at least two sensing elements positioned along a top and bottom of the foldable display;
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- a processor configured to:
- determine at least one of a location and an angle of folding of the foldable display based on sensed values detected from the at least two bendable sensing elements, and
- render content on the foldable display based on the location and the angle of the folding.
A method of detecting sensing values in a foldable device, the method comprising:
- detecting the sensing values from a bend sensor comprising at least two bendable sensing elements each of at least two bendable sensing elements is arranged asymmetrically with respect to each other along a foldable display, wherein the foldable display is foldable at multiple locations along a display surface and the at least two sensing elements positioned along a top and bottom of the foldable display;
- determining a location and an angle of folding of the foldable display based on the sensing values detected from the at least two bendable sensing elements;
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- rendering content on the foldable display based on the location and the angle of the folding.
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