Patent ID: 8669961
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A flexible display device, the flexible display device having at least one flexible portion, comprising: a display unit configured to display visual information; a sensing unit configured to measure a degree of bend; and a system controller configured to recognize a first bend as a first valid flex input when a first degree of bend surpasses a first error threshold value, to recognize an end of the first valid flex input when the first degree of bend falls below a first release threshold value, to recognize a second bend as a second valid flex input when a second degree of bend surpasses a second error threshold value and to recognize an end of the second valid flex input when the second degree of bend falls below a second release threshold value, wherein the first error threshold value is determined based on a degree before the flexible display is bent and the second error threshold value is determined based on a degree at a point where the second bend begins, and wherein the second error threshold value is greater than the first error threshold value.