US 11,887,519 B1
Rollable OLED with custom curvature
Brian William Wallace, Wake Forest, NC (US); Samuel Patterson, Raleigh, NC (US); Kathryn Cubrilovic, Raleigh, NC (US); and John Travis Wettroth, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park (SG)
Filed on Aug. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/820,206.
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); G09G 3/3208 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an OLED screen capable of rendering an OLED image;
a first rollable OLED screen extension coupled to an edge of the OLED screen and including a support structure having a plurality of elongated overlapping plates adapted to flex to form a first curvature, wherein the OLED image is expanded to the extent that the first rollable OLED screen extension is extended, and wherein the first rollable OLED screen extension is self-supporting when extended;
a processor;
a memory, coupled to the processor, that stores code executable by the processor to extend the first rollable OLED screen extension in a first direction.