Determination of a flexible display
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYing Cao, Jun Su, YIN XIA, TING YIN
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method, an electronic device and a computer program for determining bending of a flexible display. The flexible display comprises two parallel capacitive layers and an isolator layer between the two parallel capacitive layers, wherein each capacitive layer comprises multiple capacitive electrodes pairs. The method measures capacitance values of the capacitive electrodes pairs. And then the method determines the bending of the flexible display based on the result of measurement.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for determining bending of a flexible display of an electronic device, wherein the flexible display comprises two parallel capacitive layers and an isolator layer between the two parallel capacitive layers, wherein the two parallel capacitive layers include a first capacitive layer and a second capacitive layer, both of which comprise multiple capacitive electrodes pairs, the method comprising:
- measuring capacitance values of the capacitive electrodes pairs;
- and
- determining the bending of the flexible display based on the result of measurement.
An electronic device, comprising a flexible display, wherein the flexible display comprises:
- two parallel capacitive layers, including a first capacitive layer and a second capacitive layer, both of which comprise multiple capacitive electrodes pairs, and wherein capacitance values of the capacitive electrodes pairs are measured to determine bending of the flexible display;
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- an isolator layer between the two parallel capacitive layers.
A computer program product for determining bending of a flexible display of an electronic device, wherein the flexible display comprises two parallel capacitive layers and an isolator layer between the two parallel capacitive layers, wherein the two parallel capacitive layers include a first capacitive layer and a second capacitive layer, both of which comprise multiple capacitive electrodes pairs, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
- measure capacitance values of the pairs of capacitive electrodes;
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- determine the bending of the flexible display based on the result of measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.