Display device and controlling method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9883604-B2
Application number	US-201615185705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2016
Priority date	Dec 17, 2015
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

Abstract

A display device may include a display panel, and first member, and a second member. The display panel has a first section and a second section. The first member includes an electromagnet, extends parallel to the first section and has a first side and a second side. The first side is oriented a first obtuse angle with respect to the second side. The second member directly contacts the first member, extends parallel to the second section, and has a third side and a fourth side. The third side is oriented a second obtuse angle with respect to the fourth side. The first member is connected through the second member to the second section. The second member is connected through the first member to the first section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a display panel, which comprises a first edge, wherein the first edge comprises a first section and a second section;
a first contact member, which extends parallel to the first section and comprises a first side, a second side, and a third side, wherein the first side is oriented a first obtuse angle with respect to the second side and is connected through the second side to the third side; and
a second contact member, which directly contacts the first contact member, extends parallel to the second section, and comprises a fourth side, a fifth side, and a sixth side, wherein the fourth side is oriented a second obtuse angle with respect to the fifth side and is connected through the fifth side to the sixth side, wherein the first contact member is connected through the second contact member to the second section, wherein the second contact member is connected through the first contact member to the first section, and wherein the first contact member is or comprises a first electromagnet.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second contact member is or comprises a second electromagnet.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display device has a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the first side directly contacts the fourth side in the first configuration, and wherein the second side directly contacts the fifth side in the second configuration.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first side is configured to exert an attractive magnetic force on the fourth side in the first configuration.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second side is configured to exert an attractive magnetic force on the fifth side in the second configuration.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first section is oriented at a first-configuration angle with respect to the second section in the first configuration, wherein the first section is oriented at a second-configuration angle with respect to the second section in the second configuration, and wherein the first-configuration angle is unequal to the second-configuration angle.

7. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the third side extends parallel to at least one of the first section and a tangent of the first section in each of the first configuration and the second configuration, and wherein the sixth side extends parallel to at least one of the second section and a tangent of the second section in both the first configuration and the second configuration.

8. The display device of claim 3 , wherein each of the third side and the sixth side extends parallel to each of the first section and the second section in the first configuration, and wherein both the third side and the sixth side are positioned between the first section and the second section in the second configuration.

9. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first side is perpendicular to at least one of the first section and a tangent of the first section in each of the first configuration and the second configuration, and wherein the fourth side is perpendicular to at least one of the second section and a tangent of the second section in both the first configuration and the second configuration.

10. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first contact member comprises a seventh side, wherein the seventh side is connected through the first side to the second side and is oriented at a third obtuse angle with respect to the first side, wherein the second contact member comprises an eighth side, wherein the eighth side is connected through the fourth side to the fifth side and is oriented at a fourth obtuse angle with respect to the fourth side, wherein the display device has a third configuration, wherein the seventh side directly contacts the eighth side in the third configuration, wherein the first section is oriented at a first-configuration angle with respect to the second section in the first configuration, wherein the first section is oriented at a third-configuration angle with respect to the second section in the third configuration, and wherein the first-configuration angle is unequal to the third-configuration angle.

11. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first obtuse angle is unequal to the second obtuse angle.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first contact member comprises a seventh side and an eighth side, wherein the seventh side is opposite the first side, is oriented at a third obtuse angle with respect to the eighth side, and is connected through the eighth side to the third side, wherein the third obtuse angle is unequal to the first obtuse angle.

13. The display device of claim 1 comprising: a power supply unit, which is electrically connected to the first contact member and is configured to control magnetic attraction between the first contact member and the second contact member.

14. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the power supply unit is configured to supply an electric current to the first contact member to enable the second side to exert an attractive magnetic force on the fifth side.

15. The display device of claim 1 comprising:
a third contact member, which extends not parallel to the first contact member and is or comprises a second electromagnet; and
a fourth contact member, which directly contacts the third contact member, wherein the display panel comprises a second edge, wherein the second edge comprises a third section and a fourth section, wherein the third section extends parallel to the third contact member and is connected through the third contact member to the fourth contact member, and wherein the fourth section extends parallel to the fourth contact member and is connected through the fourth contact member to the third contact member.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein control of the second electromagnet is independent of control of the first electromagnet.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jun Heui
• Kwon Seong Gyu
• Park Jae Cheol
• Eoh Gyeong Eun

Classifications

• H01L51/0097

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G09F9/301 Primary

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

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G02F1/133305 Primary

  Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film · CPC title

• G02F1/133377

  Cells with plural compartments or having plurality of liquid crystal microcells partitioned by walls, e.g. one microcell per pixel · CPC title