Abstract:
A flexible device comprises a flexible display that has a foldable deformable part; a housing that is foldable and forms an enclosure space in which the deformable part is enclosed when the flexible display is deformed; a shape maintaining part that is arranged in the enclosure space so as to control flexibility of the deformable part; and an electrical signal applier that applies an electrical signal to the shape maintaining part, based on a deformation state of the flexible display.
Abstract:
A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes: a flexible display including: a main area; and a sub area comprising a curved portion and extending from the main area to a side portion of the user terminal apparatus; a housing configured to enclose the flexible display; a sound output hole provided between the flexible display and the housing and configured to output a sound from a call function; and a sound input hole configured to receive an input sound.
Abstract:
A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) has stretchability and durability. The flexible PCB includes: a first polymer substrate having flexibility, stretchability, or elasticity; a second polymer substrate having flexibility, stretchability, or elasticity; a conductive track disposed between the first and second polymer substrates and including metal nanowires; and a cured silane coupling agent which bonds the conductive track to at least one of the first and second polymer substrates.
Abstract:
A foldable electronic device including: a first body; a second body; a connection part configured to connect the first body to the second body so that the first body and the second body are rotatable to a first state in which the first and second bodies are unfolded and to a second state in which the first and second bodies overlap each other; a flexible display element that passes over the connection part and is supported by the first and second bodies; and a roller that is rotatably installed at an end of the first body and connected to an end of the flexible display element, wherein the flexible display element is located at an outer circumference of the first body, the second body, and the connection part in the second state, and wherein a part of the flexible display element is rolled around the roller in the first state.
Abstract:
An object display method including receiving a touch input and a bending input, selecting an object related to an application displayed on a screen of the device in response to the receiving the touch input and the bending input; and displaying the selected object at a predetermined location on the screen, wherein the predetermined location is based on a location on the screen where the touch input is received.
Abstract:
A foldable device includes first and second bodies that respectively support a first part and a second part of a flexible display device and are foldably connected to each other between a folded position and an unfolded position, and a movable support member that continuously near-supports a third part of the flexible display device between the first part and the second part when the first body and the second body change from the folded position to the unfolded position.
Abstract:
A display device for displaying an image and a method by which the display device operates to display an image are provided. The display device may include a display configured to output a screen image, an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal, a bending detection sensor configured to detect a bending motion or a bent state of the display device, and a control unit configured to control the display to display an image, which is generated based on the image signal, in a region according to a position at which the display is bent on the screen image if the bending detection sensor detects the bending motion or a bent state.
Abstract:
A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes: a flexible display including: a main area; and a sub area comprising a curved portion and extending from the main area to a side portion of the user terminal apparatus; a housing configured to enclose the flexible display; a sound output hole provided between the flexible display and the housing and configured to output a sound from a call function; and a sound input hole configured to receive an input sound.
Abstract:
A user terminal device includes: a flexible display that is divided into a main area, which is disposed on a front surface, and a sub area, which includes a bent portion extending from the main area toward a side surface; a touch sensor configured to receive a touch input of a user in at least one of the main area and the sub area; and a controller configured to, in response to a predetermined event occurring, control the flexible display to display, in the main area, a plurality of user interface (UI) elements, and in response to one of the plurality of UI elements displayed in the main area being selected, control the flexible display to display the selected UI element in the sub area.
Abstract:
A plurality of panels include: a display panel; and a protective panel that is disposed outside the display panel, and includes a transparent substrate and an outer hard coating layer and an inner hard coating layer that are respectively formed on an outer surface and an inner surface of the transparent substrate, and each have a hardness greater than a hardness of the transparent substrate. A thickness of the outer hard coating layer is greater than a thickness of the inner hard coating layer, and a stress neutral surface of the flexible display device is configured so that a compressive stress is applied to the inner hard coating layer when the flexible display device is bent.