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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Joon-kyu Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-a Kang, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-jin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Nipun Kumar, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-soo Lee, Seosan-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/37 (2006.01); G09F 27/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01); G09F 27/005 (2013.01); G09G 5/003 (2013.01); G09G 5/37 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); G09G 2320/08 (2013.01); G09G 2330/022 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible display device including: a flexible display; a first sensor configured to sense an exposed area of the display which is exposed in a rolled state of the display; a second sensor configured to sense a user grip area within the exposed area, the user grip area corresponding to a user grip; and a controller configured to, in response to the exposed area and the user grip area being sensed, control the display to display a screen on the exposed area excluding the user grip area.