Display apparatus and method for displaying
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSoog-yeong WOO, Eun-bi KIM, Su-hyun NA, Jong-kee LEE, Hee-young CHUNG
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Abstract
A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a flexible display configured to display an image, a driver configured to change a screen size of the flexible display, and a processor configured to control the driver to display an image corresponding to a content, at a screen size corresponding to a size of a content to be displayed in the flexible display.
Claims19
A display apparatus comprising:
- a flexible display;
- a roller configured to roll or unroll the flexible display;
- a motor configured to drive the roller;
- an input device to receive a signal generated by an action of an user;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- control the motor to drive the roller to extend or retract the flexible display to correspond to a size of a screen of a selected content to view according to the signal, and
- control the flexible display to display an image of the selected content on a visible area of the flexible display.
A display method comprising:
- receiving, by an input device, a signal generated by an action of an user;
- extending or retracting, by a motor driving a roller, a flexible display to correspond to a size of a screen of a selected content to view according to the signal;
- and
- displaying, by the flexible display, an image of the selected content on a visible area of the flexible display.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions when executed by at least one processor perform a method comprising:
- receiving, by an input device, a signal generated by an action of an user;
- extending or retracting, by a motor driving a roller, a flexible display to correspond to a size of a screen of the selected content to view according to the signal;
- and
- displaying, by the flexible display, an image of the selected content on the visible area of the flexible display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.