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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Youngtae Jin, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kichul Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Moonyoung Woo, Suwon-si, KR;
Sunmuk Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G09G 2340/045 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for controlling a flexible display, and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The method includes determining, when a user input is made while screen display data is displayed on the flexible display, whether the flexible display includes a bent area, calculating, when the flexible display includes the bent area, coordinates from the bent area and a bent angle, and compensating data displayed on the bent area with preset compensation and displaying the data.