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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Younhyoung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kyunghee Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kenhyung Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Chihyun Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Changryong Heo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Hyunsoo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ikhyun Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G02B 27/01 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0181 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device has a flexible display. An apparatus and method for providing the electronic device includes: a display unit formed of flexible material having at least one curved surface, a transformation unit coupled to at least part of the display unit, and a control unit configured to alter the transformation unit to deform the at least one curved surface of the flexible material of the display unit.


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