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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Dae-myung Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Shi-yun Cho, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1614 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible device includes: a display that may be bent by an external force; a sensor configured to sense at least one motion from the group consisting of a bending motion and a folding motion of the flexible device; and a controller configured to determine outer form information about the flexible device, which is obtained when the flexible device is deformed by the at least one motion, and control an object in a screen, displayed on the display, to be moved based on the outer form information.