Flexible display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11347336-B2
Application number	US-202016870470-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2020
Priority date	Sep 20, 2016
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

A display device including a touch display panel, a roller housing, a touch bar, and a panel driver. The touch display panel includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of touch sensing elements. At least a portion of the touch display panel is rolled around a roller. The roller housing is configured to receive the roller and has an opening configured to receive the touch display panel. The touch bar is disposed between the roller housing and the touch display panel and contacts the touch display panel. The panel driver divides a display portion of the touch display panel into a display area and a non-display area according to positions of touch sensing elements contacting the touch bar. The panel driver deactivates at least a portion of the non-display area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels and a plurality of light sensing elements: a roller around which at least a portion of the touch display panel is rolled: a roller housing configured to receive the roller and having an opening configured to receive the display panel a light source unit disposed between the roller housing and the display panel, the light source unit irradiating a light toward the display panel; and a panel driver dividing a display portion of the display panel into a display area and a non-display area according to positions of light sensing elements irradiated with the light from the fight source unit, and deactivating at least a portion of the non-display area, wherein the light source unit crosses the display panel in a plan view, wherein a first light sensing element of the plurality of light sensing elements on the display panel is disposed between two touch sensing elements on the display panel.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light source unit is disposed adjacent to the opening.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the light source unit is disposed between the roller housing and the display panel, the light source unit being substantially parallel to a central axis of the roller.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light sensing elements are arranged in columns substantially parallel to a central axis of the roller, and the light irradiated from the light source unit is selectively irradiated to the light sensing elements in at least one column.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the light source unit has a slit through which the light is emitted.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the panel driver defines an area of the display portion between the light sensing elements irradiated with the light from the light source unit and an end of the display panel disposed inside the roller housing as the non-display area.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the panel driver detects a touch line according to the positions of the light sensing elements irradiated with the light from the light source unit and defines an area of the display portion between the touch line and the end of the touch display panel disposed inside the roller housing as the non-display area.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the light of the light source unit is an ultraviolet light.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light source unit extends in a first direction crossing a second direction in which the display panel moves, and the light source unit crosses two sides of the display panel, the two sides facing each other in the first direction.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first light sensing element of the light sensing elements is substantially aligned with a column of touch sensing elements on the display panel.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the two touch sensing elements are of a column of touch sensing elements on the display panel.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Taean
• Kim Sunho
• Seo Youngseok
• Lee Junghun
• Choi Jinhwan

Classifications

• G06F1/1677

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• G06F1/1624

  with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title

• G06F3/0412 Primary

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F1/3215

  Monitoring of peripheral devices · CPC title