Patent ID: 11886670
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A flexible display device, comprising:
a touch display panel comprising a plurality of touch sensors;
a detector to detect a curved portion of the touch display panel and touch information corresponding to a touch applied to the touch display panel based on a sensing result from the plurality of touch sensors;
a screen divider to divide a display area of the touch display panel into a plurality of divided areas with respect to the curved portion and to define the divided areas as a display divided area and a non-display divided area, respectively, based on the touch information; and
a panel driver to control the display divided area and the non-display divided area,
wherein:
the panel driver is to display an image on at least a portion of the display divided area and not to display an image on the non-display divided area,
the panel driver is to drive at least one touch sensor in the display divided area from among the plurality of touch sensors and to stop a driving operation of at least one touch sensor in the non-display divided area from among the plurality of touch sensors,
the panel driver is to display a first image in the display divided area that is smaller than a second image that the panel driver is to display in an entire portion of the display area, and
the first image has a same image ratio as the second image.