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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Samsung-ro, Giheung-Gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 51/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H01L 27/3244 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); H01L 51/56 (2013.01); H01L 2251/533 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a flexible display apparatus and a method of operating the same. The flexible display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image and is flexible; and a sensor for detecting an approach of an object to a bent space of the display unit while the display unit is bent. The flexible display apparatus may use a proximity touch as a user interface by detecting an approach of an object, by disposing a sensor in a region adjacent to a display unit or on the display unit.