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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2017
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-Iyong Bok, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
A display device includes a flexible display module and provides a display area including a fingerprint recognition area, and a non-display area outside the display area. The flexible display module includes a display panel including a light-emitting element, a touch sensing unit disposed on the display panel, and a fingerprint recognition unit overlapping with the fingerprint recognition area. The touch sensing unit is configured to sense pressure applied to the flexible display module in an in-folding mode in which the flexible display module is folded such that a portion of the display area faces another portion of the display area.