Flexible Display

Flexible display 1 A flexible display is a display which is flexible in nature; differentiable from the more prevalent traditional flat screen displays used in most electronics devices. In the recent years there has been a growing interest from numerous consumer electronics manufacturers to apply this display technology in e-readers, mobile phones and other consumer electronics.

Flexible display - Flexible electronic paper based displays 1 Flexible electronic paper (e-paper) based displays were the first flexible displays conceptualized and prototyped. Though this form of flexible displays has a long history and were attempted by many companies, it is only recently that this technology began to see commercial implementations slated for mass production to be used in consumer electronic devices.

Flexible display - Xerox PARC 1 Sheridon, a PARC employee, made a major breakthrough in flexible display technology and produced the first flexible e-paper display

Flexible display - HP and ASU 1 In December 2008, ASU in partnership with Hewlett Packard finally demonstrated a prototype flexible e-paper from the Flexible Display Center at the university

Flexible display - Plastic Logic 1 Applications of this flexible display technology include signage, wristwatches and Wearable devices as well as automotive and mobile devices.

Flexible display - Organic User Interfaces and the Human Media Lab 1 In May 2010, the Human Media Lab partnered with ASU's Flexible Display Center to produce PaperPhone, the first flexible smartphone with a flexible electrophoretic display

Flexible display - Sony 1 Sony Electronics expressed interest for research and development towards a flexible display video display since In partnership with RIKEN (the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Sony promised to commercialize this technology in TVs and cellphones sometime around In May 2010 Sony showcased a rollable TFT-driven OLED display.

Flexible display - Samsung 1 During the 2011 Q3 quarterly earnings call, Samung’s vice president of investor relations, Robert Yi, confirmed the company’s intentions of applying the technology in handsets and added “… we are looking to introduce [the flexible displays] sometime in 2012, hopefully the earlier part." In January 2012 Samsung acquired Liquavista, a company with expertise in manufacturing flexible displays, and announced plans to begin mass production by Q

Flexible display - Samsung 1 On 8th October 2013, the Samsung Galaxy Round was unveiled as the world's first mobile phone with flexible display. Featuring a 5.7" touchscreen display made of flexible material, the phone (and the screen) were curved in shape but the phone itself was solid, thus not allowing it's body or the screen to be bendable. The Samsung Galaxy Round was 7.9mm thick and weighed 154 grams. The smartphone ran on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Operating System and was sold for $1000 upon release.

Flexible display - ASU 1 The Flexible Display Center (FDC) at Arizona State University announced a continued effort in forwarding flexible displays in On May 30, in partnership with Army Research Lab scientists, ASU announced that it has successfully manufactured the world's largest flexible OLED display using thin- film transistor (TFTs) technology. ASU intends the display to be used in "thin, lightweight, bendable and highly rugged devices."

Flexible display - Electronic paper 1 Flexible displays using electronic paper technology commonly use Electrophoretic or Electrowetting technologies. However, each type of flexible electronic paper vary in specification due to different implementation techniques by different companies.

Flexible display - HP and ASU e-paper 1 The limitation of the material the screen is based on allows only a finite amount of full rolls, hence limiting its commercial application as a flexible display

Flexible display - OLED 1 Many of the e-paper based flexible displays are based on OLED technology and its variants. Though this technology is relatively new in comparison with e-paper based flexible displays, implementation of OLED flexible displays saw considerable growth in the last few years.

Flexible display - Mobile devices 1 In May 2011, Human Media Lab at Queen's University in Canada introduced PaperPhone, the first flexible smartphone, in partnership with the Arizona State University Flexible Display Center

Flexible display - Mobile devices 1 At CES 2013, Samsung showcased the two handsets which incorporates AMOLED flexible display technology during its keynote presentation, the Youm and an unnamed Windows Phone 8 prototype device

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