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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Ha-Young Jeon, Seoul, KR;
Sun-Young Yi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chae-Kyung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Won Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A flexible device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a touch panel for detecting contact with respect to at least a part of the flexible device; and a processor for judging bending information of the flexible device, judging the properties of each of one or more contact areas detected by the touch panel, and controlling a function of the flexible device on the basis of the judged bending information and a change in the judged properties of the one or more contact areas. In addition to the various embodiments of the present invention, other embodiments may also be possible.