Display unit
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHIRONOBU ABE
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Abstract
A display unit has a flexible display section, a detection section for detecting a deflection amount and a deflection direction of the display section, a determination section for determining a visible portion and a non-visible portion of the display section based on the deflection amount and the deflection direction, and a control section for controlling display contents of the display section. The control section either prevents an image display on the non-visible portion or displays one of a fixed image or a pre-set moving image on the non-visible portion. The display unit also includes a displacement sensor located in the same region as the display section.
Claims9
A display unit, comprising:
- a display panel having flexibility;
- a sensor configured to detect a direction of the display panel including a first plane and a second plane, the first plane facing a different direction from the second plane, and
- control circuitry configured to:
- control the first plane of the display panel in a first mode based on the detected direction of the display panel, and
- control the second plane of the display panel in a second mode based on the detected direction of the display panel, the second mode being different from the first mode,
- wherein the second mode is selected from a group consisting of (i) stopping an image display, (ii) displaying a fixed image, and (iii) using a screen-saver function.
A display unit, comprising:
- a display panel having flexibility;
- a sensor configured to detect a visible plane and a non-visible plane of the display panel based on a direction of the display panel, the visible plane facing a different direction from the non-visible plane, and
- control circuitry configured to:
- respectively control the visible plane and the non-visible plane of the display panel based on the detected direction of the display panel such that the visible plane and the non-visible plane are respectively operated in a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode,
- wherein the first mode is displaying an image, and
- the second mode is selected from a group consisting of (i) stopping an image display, (ii) displaying a fixed image, and (iii) using a screen-saver function.
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