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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Sei-hee Chon, Suwon-si, KR;
Jae-won Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible display apparatus includes a display unit which displays a screen which includes at least one object; a sensor unit which senses a bent state of the display unit; and a control unit which controls the display unit to display a 3D image of the at least one object deployed in the bending direction of the display unit, if it is determined that the display unit is bent in a predetermined cylinder shape based on the bent state sensed by the sensor unit.