Patent 8958026 was granted and assigned to Samsung on February, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a flexible display panel and a shape deforming/maintaining unit. The flexible display panel is configured to operate in a flat mode and in a curved mode. The shape deforming/maintaining unit is on a surface of the flexible display panel. The shape deforming/maintaining unit is configured to deform a shape of the flexible display panel during switching between the flat mode and the curved mode, and to maintain rigidity of the flexible display panel after switching to the flat mode or to the curved mode.