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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Gak Seok Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Byung-Chul Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-Soon Jang, Seoul, KR;
In Ok Kim, Osan-si, KR;
Inseok Song, Pocheon-si, KR;
Keunchan Oh, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jieun Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a display apparatus including a display module having a folding region and a plurality of non-folding regions adjacent to the folding region and including a display surface configured to display an image, and a support member below the display module and supporting the display module, wherein the display module is operated in a plurality of modes, and the plurality of modes includes a first mode in which the folding region has a first curvature radius and is folded in a first bending direction which surrounds a virtual first bending axis defined below the display module and a second mode in which the folding region has a second curvature radius and is folded in a second bending direction which surrounds a virtual second bending axis defined above the display module, wherein the first curvature radius is greater than the second curvature radius.