# US 2014/0191950 A1 · Display device for network pairing and network pairing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191950 A1 - Document ID: US20140191950A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/151,169 - Filed: 2014-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sung-Jin PARK; Seong-Woon KANG; Young-Woong KIM; Kyu-Suk LEE; Jong-In LEE; Kyung-Hoon CHA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191950A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/1446: {display composed of modules, e.g. video walls} - G09G 3/035: {for flexible display surfaces} - G09G 3/2096: {Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167)} - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A flexible display device for network pairing and a network pairing method are provided. The flexible display device includes an input sensor configured to sense two or more input events generated by an input means, and a controller configured to analyze device information about two or more flexible display devices in response to the sensed input events and, if determining that the sensed input events are for network pairing, to perform network pairing between the two or more flexible display devices. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A flexible display device for network pairing, the flexible display device comprising: an input sensor configured to sense two or more input events generated by an input means; and a controller configured to analyze device information about two or more flexible display devices in response to the sensed input events and, if determining that the sensed input events are for network pairing, to perform network pairing between the two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The flexible display device of claim 1, wherein the device information about the two or more flexible display devices includes at least one of network information, position information, and input information about the two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The flexible display device of claim 2, wherein the controller determines whether the network information and the position information about the two or more flexible display devices are similar by analyzing the network information and the position information about the two or more flexible display devices, detects two or more flexible display devices having similar network information and position information, and determines whether input information about the detected two or more flexible display devices is similar. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The flexible display device of claim 3, wherein the controller detects two or more flexible display devices having identical network information and position information with a difference equal to or less than a threshold. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The flexible display device of claim 4, wherein the controller analyzes the input information about the detected two or more flexible display devices and performs network pairing between two or more flexible display devices having similar input information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The flexible display device of claim 5, wherein the input information about the detected two or more flexible display devices includes at least one of vector timing information per section, vector direction information per section, and trajectory length information about the detected two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The flexible display device of claim 6, wherein the controller detects two or more flexible display devices having at least one of similar vector timing information per section, similar vector direction information per section, and similar trajectory length information and performs network pairing between the detected two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The flexible display device of claim 7, wherein the controller detects similar vector timing information per section, similar vector direction information per section, and similar trajectory length information by respectively determining an input time per section is within a first threshold range, a vector direction per section is within a second threshold range, and a trajectory length per section is within a third threshold range. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The flexible display device of claim 6, wherein each of the two or more input events comprises a touch and drag input, the vector timing information per section comprises an input time in each section of the trajectory of the touch and drag inputs, respectively, and the vector direction information comprises a vector direction in each section of the touch and drag inputs, respectively. ### Claim 10 A network pairing method in a flexible display device, the network pairing method comprising: sensing two or more input events generated by an input means; analyzing device information about two or more flexible display devices in response to the sensed input events; and if it is determined that the sensed input events are for network pairing, performing network pairing between the two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The network pairing method of claim 10, wherein the device information about the two or more flexible display devices includes at least one of network information, position information, and input information about the two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The network pairing method of claim 11, wherein the analyzing of device information comprises: determining whether the network information and the position information about the two or more flexible display devices are similar by analyzing the network information and the position information about the two or more flexible display devices; detecting two or more flexible display devices having similar network information and position information; and determining whether input information about the detected two or more flexible display devices is similar. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The network pairing method of claim 12, wherein the performing of network pairing comprises detecting two or more flexible display devices having identical network information and position information with a difference equal to or less than a threshold. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The network pairing method of claim 13, wherein the performing of network pairing comprises analyzing the input information about the detected two or more flexible display devices and performing network pairing between two or more flexible display devices having similar input information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The network pairing method of claim 14, wherein the input information about the detected two or more flexible display devices includes at least one of vector timing information per section, vector direction information per section, and trajectory length information about the detected two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The network pairing method of claim 15, wherein the performing of network pairing comprises: detecting two or more flexible display devices having at least one of similar vector timing information per section, similar vector direction information per section, and similar trajectory length information; and performing network pairing between the detected two or more flexible display devices. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The network pairing method of claim 16, wherein the detecting of the similar vector timing information per section, similar vector direction information per section, and similar trajectory length information comprises respectively determining an input time per section is within a first threshold range, a vector direction per section is within a second threshold range, and a trajectory length per section is within a third threshold range. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The network pairing method of claim 15, wherein each of the two or more input events comprises a touch and drag input, the vector timing information per section comprises an input time in each section of the trajectory of the touch and drag inputs, respectively, and the vector direction information comprises a vector direction in each section of the touch and drag inputs, respectively.