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Display device

US11081532B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 18, 2019
Grant dateAug 3, 2021
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K2102/331
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus including a display module having a folding region and a plurality of non-folding regions adjacent to the folding region and including a display surface configured to display an image, and a support member below the display module and supporting the display module, wherein the display module is operated in a plurality of modes, and the plurality of modes includes a first mode in which the folding region has a first curvature radius and is folded in a first bending direction which surrounds a virtual first bending axis defined below the display module and a second mode in which the folding region has a second curvature radius and is folded in a second bending direction which surrounds a virtual second bending axis defined above the display module, wherein the first curvature radius is greater than the second curvature radius.

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