Flexible display device and method of transferring data between flexible interface devices

Abstract

Disclosed is a flexible device, including: a flexible panel configured to flex in any direction; a flex sensor configured to measure a first flex information corresponding to a flex of the flexible panel; a data memory configured to store data; a communication module configured to receive a second flex information generated from other flexible device adjacent to the flexible device when the other flexible device is flexed; and a processor configured to determines whether the first flex information corresponds to the second information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A flexible device comprising:
 a flexible panel configured to flex in any direction;   a flex sensor configured to measure a first flex information corresponding to a flex of the flexible panel;   a data memory configured to store data;   a communication module configured to receive a second flex information generated from other flexible device adjacent to the flexible device when the other flexible device is flexed; and   a processor configured to determines whether the first flex information corresponds to the second information.   
     
     
         2 . The flexible device of  claim 1 , wherein the first flex information is one or more pieces of information among a degree of flex, a time at which flex begins, a time period elapsed after flex begins, a time period elapsed after a maximum degree of flex begins, a velocity of flex, an acceleration of flex, velocity at which a flexed position returns to an original position, an acceleration at which a flexed position returns to an original position, a direction of flex, a location of flex, a relative trace of flex, the number of times flex occurs in a reference time period, a spatial location of the flexible interface device, a contact location of the flexible interface device, a combination of the one or more pieces of information, or a pattern created with the one or more pieces of information. 
     
     
         3 . The flexible device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor generate a data transfer command and the communication module transmits the data to the other flexible device or receive a second data fro the other flexible device, if the first flex information corresponds to the second flex information. 
     
     
         4 . The flexible device of  claim 3 , wherein the processor synchronizes the data of the flexible device and the second flex information when receiving the second data from the other flexible device, and the data memory stores the synchronized data. 
     
     
         5 . The flexible device of  claim 3 , wherein each piece of the first flex information and the second flex information includes at least one value among a direction of flex, the number of times flex occurs in a reference time period, and a spatial location of the flexible display device, and if the at least one value included in the first flex information and at least one value included in the second flex information are within a predetermined range, the processor determines that the first flex information corresponds to the second flex information. 
     
     
         6 . The flexible device of  claim 3 , wherein each piece of the first flex information and the second flex information includes at least one value among a degree of flex, a time at which flex begins, a time period elapsed after flex begins, a time period elapsed after a maximum degree of flex begins, a velocity of flex, an acceleration of flex, a velocity at which a flexed position returns to an original position, a direction of flex, a location of flex, the number of times flex occurs in a reference time period, a spatial location of the flexible display device, and a contact location of the flexible display device, and if the at least one value included in the first flex information and the at least one value included in the second flex information are within a predetermined range, the processor determines that the first flex information corresponds to the second flex information. 
     
     
         7 . A method of synchronizing data between a plurality of flexible interface devices, comprising:
 acquiring a plurality of pieces of flex information at a plurality of flexible interface devices each flexed by external force; and   synchronizing, by the at least one of the plurality of flexible interface devices, data between the plurality of flexible interface devices if the plurality of pieces of flex information acquired at the plurality of flexible interface devices correspond to one another.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein, if the plurality of flexible interface devices are flexed while in contact with each other, or if the plurality of flexible interface devices are flexed while spaced apart from each other, the data is synchronized between the plurality of flexible interface devices. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the synchronizing of the data between the plurality of flexible interface devices comprises:
 at a control server or at least one flexible interface device of the plurality of flexible interface devices, comparing the plurality of pieces of flex information to each other;   at the control server or the at least one flexible interface device, obtaining a data transfer command based on the plurality of pieces of flex information if the plurality of pieces of flex information correspond to each other; and   synchronizing data between the plurality of flexible interface apparatuses according to the data transfer command.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the comparing of the plurality of pieces of flex information to each other comprises, at the at least one flexible interface device, receiving flex information of another flexible interface device among the plurality of flexible interface devices through a communication module, and comparing the received flex information with flex information of the at least one flexible interface device. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the comparing of the plurality of pieces of flex information to each other comprises, at the control server, receiving flex information of the plurality of flexible interface devices through a communication module, and comparing the received flex information. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the synchronizing of the data between the plurality of flexible interface devices comprises transferring the data from a flexible interface device from which flex information is first generated, among the plurality of flexible interface devices, to another flexible interface device, the data being transferred in an order in which flex information is generated. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein, in the synchronizing of the data between the plurality of flexible interface devices, the at least one flexible interface device transfers the data to another flexible interface device of the plurality of flexible interface devices, and the data is transferred in a direction in which an internal angle made when the plurality of flexible interface devices are flexed decreases, or in a direction that is opposite to the direction. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising,
 performing authentication between the plurality of flexible interface devices using the data by the at least one flexible interface device of the plurality of flexible interface devices.   
     
     
         15 . A method of transfer data between two flexible interface devices, comprising:
 acquiring, by at least one of the two flexible interface devices, a plurality of pieces of flex information at the two flexible interface devices each flexed by external force; and   detecting, by at least one of the two flexible interface devices, an area of a one flexible interface device of the two flexible interface devices where the other flexible interface device is located;   transferring, by the one flexible interface device, data to the other flexible interface if the plurality of pieces of flex information correspond to each other, wherein the data is displayed on the area of the one flexible interface device.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the data is at least one of picture data, video data, text data, address data and an executable file.