FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD

• US 20140098095A1
• Filed: 10/07/2013
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Chang-soo, KANG, Kyung-a, LEE, Geun-ho
• Granted Patent: US 9,646,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/420
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/006 Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/035 for flexible display surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3208 organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/311 Flexible OLED
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A flexible display apparatus and a method configured to display three-dimensional (3D) space is disclosed. The flexible display apparatus includes a display that is deformable and is configured to display three-dimensional (3D) image data, a sensor configured to sense deformation of the display, and a controller configured to display some of the 3D image data corresponding to the sensed deformation of the display. The method for controlling a flexible display apparatus with a display includes sensing deformation of a display, and displaying some three-dimensional (3D) image data corresponding to the deformation when the deformation is bending of the display.

Claims

1. A flexible display apparatus comprising:

a display that is deformable and is configured to display three-dimensional (3D) image data;

a sensor configured to sense deformation of the display; and

a controller configured to display some of the 3D image data corresponding to the sensed deformation of the display.

2. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the 3D image data is obtained from at least one of photographing a three-dimensional (3D) space, rendering the 3D space, and modeling the 3D space,

wherein the rendering comprises at least one of wireframe rendering, polygon-based rendering, scanline rendering, ray tracing, or radiosity, and

wherein the modeled 3D space is represented by at least one of polygonal modeling, curve modeling, and digital sculpting, and

wherein the modeling is performed by at least one of a constructive solid geometry technique, an implicit surfaces technique, and a subdivision surfaces technique.

3. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine a viewpoint regarding the 3D space that corresponds to an arrangement state of a plurality of sub-areas, and display the 3D image data at the determined viewpoint on the plurality of sub-areas, in response to the deformation being a bending of the display such that the display is divided into the plurality of sub-areas.

4. The flexible display apparatus of claim 3,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine a viewpoint regarding the 3D space that corresponds to the plurality of sub-areas with a changed arrangement state, and display the 3D image data at the determined viewpoint on the plurality of sub-areas of the changed arrangement state in response to the display being rotated so that the arrangement state of the plurality of subareas is changed.

5. A flexible display apparatus comprising:

a display that is deformable and is configured to display an object;

a sensor configured to sense deformation of the display; and

a controller configured to control the display to display an image, from among a plurality of multi-viewpoint images of the object, that corresponds to an arrangement state of the object being displayed on a plurality of sub-areas, in response to the display being bent and divided into the plurality of sub-areas,

wherein the plurality of sub-areas each correspond to at least one from among the multi-viewpoint images of the object.

6. The flexible display apparatus of claim 5,

wherein the display is further configured to display an object that has been displayed on the display on one of the plurality of sub-areas, and display an image on the rest sub-areas, from among the multi-viewpoint images of the object, that corresponds to an angle of bending of the display.

7. The flexible display apparatus of claim 5,

wherein the sensor is further configured to sense a rotation with respect to the display, and

wherein the controller is further configured to replace the image that has been displayed on the respective sub-areas with an image corresponding to each arrangement state and displays the image corresponding to each arrangement state in response to the display being rotated and the arrangement state of the plurality of sub-areas being changed.

8. The flexible display apparatus of claim 7,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine an arrangement state of each of the plurality of sub-areas based on a direction and an angle of rotation of the display, and

wherein the display is further configured to display an image, from among multi-viewpoint images of the object, that corresponds to the determined arrangement state on each of the plurality of the sub-areas.

9. A method for controlling a flexible display apparatus comprising a display, the method comprising:

sensing deformation of a display; and

displaying some three-dimensional (3D) image data corresponding to the deformation in response to the deformation being bending of the display.

10. The control method of claim 9,

wherein the 3D image data is obtained by at least one of photographing a three-dimensional (3D) space, rendering the 3D space, and modeling the 3D space,

wherein the rendering comprises at least one of wireframe rendering, polygon-based rendering, scanline rendering, ray tracing, or radiosity, and

wherein the modeled 3D space is represented by at least one of polygonal modeling, curve modeling, and digital sculpting, and

wherein the modeling is performed by at least one of a constructive solid geometry technique, an implicit surfaces technique, and a subdivision surfaces technique.

11. The control method of claim 10, wherein the displaying comprises:

determining a viewpoint regarding the 3D space that corresponds to an arrangement state of a plurality of sub-areas in response to the display being bent and divided into the plurality of sub-areas; and

displaying the 3D image data at the determined viewpoint on the plurality of sub-areas.

12. The control method of claim 11, further comprising,

rotating the display so that the arrangement state of the plurality of sub-areas is changed;

determining a viewpoint regarding the 3D space that corresponds to the plurality of sub-areas with changed arrangement state; and

displaying the 3D image data at the determined viewpoint on the plurality of sub-areas with the changed arrangement state.

13. A method of controlling a flexible display apparatus comprising a display, the method comprising:

sensing deformation of the display; and

displaying an image, from among multi-viewpoint images regarding the object corresponding to an arrangement state of a plurality of sub-areas, on the sub-areas in response to the display being bent and divided into the plurality of sub-areas.

14. The control method of claim 13, wherein the displaying comprises:

displaying an object that has been displayed on the display on one of the plurality of sub-areas; and

displaying an image on the rest sub-areas, from among the multi-viewpoint images of the object, that corresponds to an angle of bending of the display.

15. The control method of claim 13, wherein the displaying comprises;

replacing the image that has been displayed on the respective sub-areas with an updated image corresponding to each arrangement state and displaying the updated image in response to the display being rotated and the arrangement state of the plurality of sub-areas changing.

16. The control method of claim 15, wherein the displaying further comprises:

determining the arrangement state of each of the plurality of sub-areas based on a direction and an angle of rotation of the display; and

displaying an image, from among multi-viewpoint images of the object, that corresponds to the determined arrangement state on each of the corresponding plurality of the sub-areas.

17. A flexible display apparatus comprising:

a display that is configured to be bent to form a plurality of sub-areas,

wherein the display is configured to display a first portion of a three-dimensional (3D) image on a first sub-area from among the plurality of sub-areas based on a viewing direction.

18. The flexible display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the display is configured to display a second portion of the 3D image on a second sub-area from the plurality of sub-areas based on another viewing direction.

19. The flexible display apparatus of claim 17, wherein displaying the first portion of the 3D image is further based on a geometric orientation of the first sub-area.

20. The flexible display apparatus of claim 17,

wherein the viewing direction is defined by a polar angle and an azimuth angle,

wherein the polar angle is measured from a fixed zenith direction of a viewing origin,

wherein the azimuth angle is on a reference plane that passes through the viewing origin and is orthogonal to the zenith direction, and

wherein the azimuth angle is measured from a fixed reference direction on the reference plane.

21. The flexible display apparatus of claim 17,

wherein the viewing direction is defined by an planar angle along an X-Y plane and an inclination angle extending from the X-Y plane in a Z direction that is perpendicular to the X-Y plane.