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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display device includes: a foldable display panel having flexibility; a touch detector disposed selectively on one panel face side of the display panel and capable of detecting a plurality of touch areas; and a determiner for detecting that the display panel is folded only if the touch areas detected by the touch detector are three or more in number, and a largest first touch area thereof is located between the touch areas other than the first touch area.