Patent ID: 11886243
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a first surface where images are displayed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
a sliding member disposed on the second surface of the display panel and configured to slide the part of the display panel so that a curvature of the display panel changes when the display device is folded; and
a plate member disposed on the second surface of the display panel,
wherein the display device is configured to transit between a first state in which the display panel is flatly unfolded, a second state in which the display device is folded so that the first surface of the display panel is not exposed to an outside of the display device, and a third state in which a part of the display panel slides relative to another part thereof from the second state so that only a part of the first surface of the display panel is exposed to the outside of the display device, and
wherein the display panel has a first curvature in the second state and a second curvature smaller than the first curvature in the third state,
wherein, in the third state, the display panel comprises a first flat region, a second flat region facing and being parallel to the first flat region, and a bending region connecting the first flat region and the second flat region,
wherein the plate member rotates in a direction in which the curvature of the display panel decreases when the sliding member moves in a direction in which an area of the first surface of the display panel exposed to an outside of the display device increases.