Display device and method for controlling the same
AssigneeShanghai Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorXiaoyin Zhang
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Abstract
Provided are a display device and a method for controlling the same. The display device includes a flexible display screen and a control structure configured to control the flexible display screen to assume a folded state or an unfolded state. The control structure includes a guide rail assembly including guide rails. Two adjacent guide rails of the guide rails are slidably connected to each other, and the flexible display screen is unfolded along a first direction and folded along a second direction. A sliding direction of each of the guide rails is the same as the first direction or the second direction.
Claims18
A display device, comprising:
- a flexible display screen;
- and a control structure configured to control the flexible display screen to assume a folded state or an unfolded state, wherein the control structure comprises a guide rail assembly comprising guide rails, and two adjacent guide rails of the guide rails are slidably connected to each other;
- and the flexible display screen is unfolded along a first direction and folded along a second direction, and a sliding direction of each of the guide rails is the same as the first direction or the second direction;
- wherein when the flexible display screen is in the folded state, the guide rails are successively sleeved;
- wherein when the flexible display screen is in the unfolded state, along an arrangement direction of the guide rails, a first one of the guide rails is a first guide rail;
- and the control structure further comprises a sliding control assembly connected to the first guide rail and configured to control the first guide rail to move along the first direction or the second direction;
- wherein the sliding control assembly comprises a hinge and a first rotating shaft, wherein the hinge comprises a first end connected to the first guide rail and a second end connected to the first rotating shaft and configured to wind around the first rotating shaft.
A method for controlling a display device comprising:
- a flexible display screen;
- and
- a control structure configured to control the flexible display screen to assume a folded state or an unfolded state,
- wherein the control structure comprises a guide rail assembly comprising guide rails, two adjacent guide rails of the guide rails are slidably connected to each other;
- and
- the flexible display screen is unfolded along a first direction and folded along a second direction, and a sliding direction of each of the guide rails is the same as the first direction or the second direction,
- the method comprising:
- when the flexible display screen is switched from the folded state to the unfolded state, sliding the guide rails of the control structure along the first direction to control the flexible display screen to unfold along the first direction;
- and
- when the flexible display screen is switched from the unfolded state to the folded state, sliding the guide rails along the second direction to control the flexible display screen to fold along the second direction;
- wherein when the flexible display screen is in the folded state, the guide rails are successively sleeved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.