Mobile terminal using flexible display and method of controlling the mobile terminal
US9710079B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0487
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A mobile terminal including a flexible display unit and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a flexible display unit bendable in response to force applied to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a sensing unit configured to sense bending of the flexible display unit and a controller configured to generate a control signal for performing a function associated with information output to the flexible display unit in response to the bending.
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