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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Yasushi Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Rui Morisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Rui Morisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a device with a part or a whole of a housing thereof having flexibility. The device includes a display unit; a detection unit that detects a bent portion of the display device; and a display switching unit that switches display content of the display unit according to a position and a bent level of the bent portion of the display device detected by the detection unit.