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US 7,443,380 B2Granted
Display apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShingo Nozawa
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes a display which displays information on a display screen, a housing body which surrounds the display, and a detector installed in the housing body which detects a bend position and direction of the housing body being bent along with the display. In addition, a controller changes the information to be displayed on the display screen, according to the bend position and direction detected by the detector.
Claims6
A display apparatus comprising:
- a display which displays information on a display screen;
- a housing body which surrounds the display;
- a detector installed in the housing body, which detects a bend position and direction of the housing body being bent along with the display;
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- a controller which changes the information to be displayed on the display screen, according to the bend position and direction detected by the detector,
- wherein said controller reduces a size of the information to be displayed on the display screen according to the bend position and direction when said housing body is rolled up inward along with said display, and enlarges the size of the information to be displayed on the display screen according to the bend position and direction when said housing body is rolled up outward along with the display.
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