Another step closer to a truly flexible mobile phone Samsung patented new flexible screen exposure

Because of Samsung’s many patent applications for bendable handsets, the industry’s speculation about its bendable handsets has been heard. Although in May this year, there was a domestically-made flexible phone that attracted widespread attention, the mobile phone's flexible screen can currently only display black and white, which is disappointing. Recently, foreign media has exposed two new patents that Samsung has applied for in the United States, and it seems that it is a step closer to a truly flexible mobile phone.

The first patent (US20160195902) describes a flexible display screen consisting of a flexible display panel, a flexible image processing board, and a connection material between the display panel and the image processing board, which is referred to in the document. The intermediate material is "artificial muscle". According to Samsung, artificial muscle is a matrix made up of a large number of connecting plates that can be deformed according to different voltages applied by the outside world to achieve bendability. This is similar to the principle of muscles, so it is named artificial muscle.

The second patent (US20160195938) is a display panel that can be folded up and down. The upper panel and the lower panel can display different screens, respectively, which is an essential technical reserve for the mobile phone that can be folded.

In fact, Samsung's research on flexible mobile phones began in 2012, the so-called Project Valley. And in the second year, Samsung introduced the first curved phone Galaxy Round. More importantly, also in 2013, Samsung demonstrated to the public for the first time at the CES show a truly flexible OLED screen that is very thin and can be rolled into a paper roll like a newspaper. Samsung Demo OLED demo video at CES 2013 please slam here .

Just last month, Samsung also applied for a patent for a 3-in-1 device that uses a flexible OLED screen that can transform from a watch to a phone or even a tablet.

Although it may seem like magic, it may still be too early to wait for actual products to appear.

Source: computerworld