Deformable display device and operating method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYunmi KWON, Kiseon LEE
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Abstract
An operating method of a flexible display device including a display unit expandable or reducible in at least one direction; a sensing unit configured to detect an expansion or reduction of a screen of the display unit; and a control unit configured to: expand the screen of the display unit according to detecting the expansion of the screen, and display a content on the expanded screen, wherein the control unit is further configured to display a ratio indicator providing information on an enlargement ratio or a reduction ratio of the displayed content in the expansion screen, wherein the ratio indicator comprises: an enlargement/reduction guide bar representing what degree of a ratio the displayed content can be enlarged or reduced.
Claims14
A flexible display device comprising:
- a display unit expandable or reducible in at least one direction;
- a sensing unit configured to detect an expansion or reduction of a screen of the display unit;
- and
- a control unit configured to:
- expand the screen of the display unit according to detecting the expansion of the screen, and
- display a content on the expanded screen,
- wherein the control unit is further configured to display a ratio indicator providing information on an enlargement ratio or a reduction ratio of the displayed content in the expansion screen, and
- wherein the ratio indicator comprises:
- an enlargement/reduction guide bar representing what degree of a ratio the displayed content can be enlarged or reduced.
An operating method of a flexible display device including a display unit, the method comprising:
- expanding a screen of the display unit according to detecting a expansion of the screen;
- and
- displaying a content on the expanded screen of the display unit
- wherein the method further comprises:
- displaying a ratio indicator providing information on an enlargement ratio or a reduction ratio of the displayed content in the expansion area, and
- wherein the ratio indicator comprises:
- an enlargement/reduction guide bar representing what degree of a ratio the displayed content can be enlarged or reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.