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Automatic shape adjustment of flexible display

  • US 10,228,730 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2017
  • Issued: 03/12/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device comprising:

  • a flexible display to display media;

    an actuator to change a shape of the flexible display; and

    a processor to execute a shape determination application to apply a rule to a shape input to determine a desired shape for the flexible display in response to the shape input; and

    the processor to generate a command signal and to provide the command signal to the actuator to place the flexible display in the desired shape;

    wherein the shape input is derived from the media, the shape input identified in a display shape field contained in a header accompanying the media received by the device, the processor using the display shape field contained in the header to generate the command signal to place the flexible display in the desired shape;

    wherein the shape input includes a plurality of shape inputs from a plurality of sources, the shape determination application to determine the desired shape in response to the plurality of shape inputs;

    the processor to assign priorities to the plurality of shape inputs, a high priority shape input to be selected by the shape determination application to generate the command signal.

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