Rollable OLED with custom curvature
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsBrian William Wallace, Samuel Patterson, Kathryn Cubrilovic, John Travis Wettroth
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Abstract
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for enabling a rollable OLED screen extension with custom curvature. An apparatus includes an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image, a first rollable OLED screen extension including a support structure that can be flexed to form a first curvature, a processor, and coupled to the processor, a memory that stores code executable by the processor to enable a user to extend the first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image;
- a first rollable OLED screen extension coupled to an edge of the OLED screen and including a support structure having a plurality of elongated overlapping plates adapted to flex to form a first curvature, wherein the OLED image is expanded to the extent that the first rollable OLED screen extension is extended, and wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension is self-supporting when extended;
- a processor;
- a memory, coupled to the processor, that stores code executable by the processor to extend the first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction.
A method, comprising:
- enabling a user to control an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image;
- and
- enabling a user to flex a first rollable OLED screen extension to form a curvature, wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension is coupled to an edge of the OLED screen and includes a support structure having a plurality of elongated overlapping plates adapted to flex to form the curvature, wherein the OLED image is expanded to the extent that the first rollable OLED screen extension is extended, and wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension is self-supporting when extended.
A program product comprising a computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to:
- enable a user to control an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image;
- and
- enable the user to flex a first rollable OLED screen extension coupled to an edge of the OLED screen such that the first rollable OLED screen extension forms a curvature, wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension includes a support structure having a plurality of elongated overlapping plates adapted to flex to form the curvature, wherein the OLED image is expanded to the extent that the first rollable OLED screen extension is extended, and wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension is self-supporting when extended.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.