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

Claim 11:
12. 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,
in response to the sensing result from the plurality of touch sensors having a value in a first range, the detector is to detect the touch information based on the sensing result, and
in response to the sensing result from the plurality of touch sensors having a value in a second range, the detector is to detect the curved portion based on the sensing result.