Bendable display device and displaying method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJoon-kyu SEO, Kyung-a KANG, Ji-yeon KWAK, Hyun-jin KIM
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Abstract
A bendable display method and device are provided. The bendable display device includes a display unit including a display screen, a sensing unit that senses a user manipulation, and a control unit that modifies a display of the display screen according to the user manipulation sensed by the sensing unit. The display device is bendable under external pressure into a rolled state in which the display screen of the display unit forms an outer wall, and the display unit displays the display on the display screen in the rolled state.
Claims18
A bendable display device, comprising:
- a display unit including a display screen;
- a sensing unit that senses a user manipulation;
- and
- a control unit that modifies a display of the display screen according to the user manipulation sensed by the sensing unit,
- wherein the display device is bendable into a rolled state in which the display screen of the display unit forms an outer wall, and
- wherein the display unit displays the display on the display screen in the rolled state.
A display method of a bendable display device including a bendable display unit, the method comprising:
- displaying a display on a display screen of the display device in a rolled state;
- sensing a user manipulation of the display device;
- and
- modifying the display of the display screen according to the user manipulation,
- wherein the display device is bendable under external pressure into a rolled state in which the display screen forms an outer wall.
The display method of claim 11, wherein, when the user manipulation rotates the display device about an axis of rolling of the display device in the rolled state, modifying the display of the display screen comprises moving a location of an object displayed on the display screen according to a direction of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.