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Multi-bend display activation adaptation

US8587539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 21, 2011
Grant dateNov 19, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 10, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2380/02
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods determine likely unintended flexing of a flexible display and exclude the determined unintended flexings from user input processing. Unintended flexings include placing or removing the flexible display into or out of a compact storage configuration, folds that outside the user's visible area, folds that are near edges and boundaries, flexing with a specified degree of bending or orientation, folds that don't intersect with other folds, folds that are near known unintended folds, folds that have a motion or other variation with time, and folds that are not in proximity to a selectable user interface element. Unintended flexings are adaptively identified by determining that a bend that is not in proximity to a selectable user interface element reoccurs at times when icons at different locations are presented on the flexible display.

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