US 12,462,719 B2
Display device
Oh June Kwon, Yongin-si (KR); Woo Yong Sung, Yongin-si (KR); and Seung Yong Song, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/636,341.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0112619 (KR), filed on Aug. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0078708 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G09G 3/3208 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a folding area; and
a display driving circuit which drives image display pixels of the display panel,
wherein the display panel comprises:
a display layer in which the image display pixels are disposed;
an elasticity control layer disposed on the display layer and having an area corresponding to an area of the folding area, wherein the area of the elasticity control layer corresponding to the area of the folding area has a non-uniform thickness in a flat state, and has a substantially constant thickness in a folded state; and
a touch sensing unit disposed on the elasticity control layer, wherein the touch sensing unit detects a user's touch.