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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Shiozaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus including a flexible display device includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation to the display device, a bending detection unit that detects a bending state of the display device, and a control unit that controls an operation according to a touch operation depending on the detected bending state, where the control unit differentiates the operation according to the touch operation between a case where a portion of the display device, which is less than a predetermined bending amount, is a greater than a predetermined threshold area and a case where the portion that is less than the predetermined bending amount is less than the predetermined area.