Week 11, Post 2 — Samsung files patent for Flexible HDTV

Samsung is not only known for their many smartphone patents, but also the many patents for their other electronic products. One such patent that Samsung has filed is for a flexible television screen. I found this extremely interesting, and shall be discussing this patent, instead of the usual smartphone patents.

Samsung has filed a patent application for a television display unit that users can adjust by remote control to get a better viewing angle. The flexibility of the TV display will be beyond that of the standard HDTV mounted on a stand. The television screen aims to be so flexible that the display can bend in different angles and varying degrees to suit the user's preference. Users can also adjust the images via remote control, so that they would match the bending, and come out distorted.

With the remote control, users can select the angle, the part that is going to be bent, the direction of the bend, and the degree of the bend as well. The controller will have menus and command keys for selecting these data, and will use infrared or bluetooth technology.
This patent was filed a year ago, however, it is still uncertain whether or not they will release this product in to the market.