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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a display configured to display first content on a screen, a sensor configured to detect bending of the flexible display device, and a controller configured to determine one area and the other area of the screen as a first screen and a second screen, respectively, based on the bending, to display the first content on the first screen, and to display second content that is different from the first content on the second screen.