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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133305 (2013.01); H01L 27/3225 (2013.01); H01L 27/3297 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133394 (2013.01); G06F 1/1601 (2013.01); H01L 51/524 (2013.01); H01L 2251/5338 (2013.01);
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel including a plurality of non-bending areas and a bending area between the non-bending areas, the flexible display panel being foldable along the bending area, a frame part in the non-bending areas of the flexible display panel and supporting the non-bending areas to prevent the non-bending areas from being bent, and a sensor in the bending area to sense folding of the flexible display panel.