Mobile terminal

US8928580B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8928580-B2
Application numberUS-90784110-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 19, 2010
Priority dateOct 26, 2009
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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A mobile terminal includes a body including a flexible portion, a display unit provided to the body, a sensing unit provided to the body and generating an electric signal in response to bending of the body, and a controller recognizing the electric signal and controlling the display unit according to the electric signal generated by the bending of the body.

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What is claimed is: 1. A mobile terminal comprising: a body having a length, a width and a height, the length greater than both the width and the height and extending along a length direction, the width less than the length and greater than the height and extending along a width direction, and the height extending along a height direction, wherein the body is formed by flexibly coupling a first body portion and at least one second body portion coupled to the first body portion i…

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What does patent US8928580B2 cover?
A mobile terminal includes a body including a flexible portion, a display unit provided to the body, a sensing unit provided to the body and generating an electric signal in response to bending of the body, and a controller recognizing the electric signal and controlling the display unit according to the electric signal generated by the bending of the body.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hwang Yong Jin, Won Chang Bai, Choi Bo Ra, and 7 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04M1/0268. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).