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Patent No.:

US 9570038 B1

Date of Patent:

Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 12, 2014

Mobile device and control method thereof

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Jungwoo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Sejun Song, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Jefferson IP Law, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Dorothy Harris

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G09G 5/006 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); G09G 2330/02 (2013.01); G09G 2340/14 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01); G09G 2380/14 (2013.01);

Abstract

A mobile device and a method for controlling the mobile device are provided. The mobile device includes a flexible display unit that has a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge and is configured to be wound in spiral turns and thereby to create at least two display regions with respect to a boundary between the first longitudinal edge in one turn and the second longitudinal edge in a next turn. The mobile device further includes a sensor unit configured to sense the boundary and to determine a display region, and a control unit configured to control the determined display region.

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