It appears the curved displays may be based on common LCD displays, which may be improved to make them shatterproof, resulting in more durable Samsung products; previous reports have indicated that Samsung was working with OLEDs to
develop its flexible displays.
Not exact matches
A new approach being
developed by Hewlett - Packard and Arizona State University would solve both problems by inexpensively «printing»
displays onto a
flexible plastic backing.
Researchers have been trying for years to
develop flexible electronic
displays, a breakthrough that would bring us tablet computers that fold and roll up and clothing with stretchable video screens embedded in the fabric.
Plastic Logic
developed a new OTFT - based
flexible 42» e-paper (E Ink)
display, made from 16 10.7»
flexible panels tiled together.
The most
flexible electronic
display yet
developed has been revealed by researchers at electronics giant Philips.
The plant, which
develops, manufactures and sells a range of
flexible electrophoretic
displays (EPDs), is being acquired, along with the Plastic Logic brand name, by investor Rusnano.
In June 2013, Cambridge University's Graphene Centre (CGC) and Plastic Logic started to
develop a transparent graphene - based backplane for
flexible displays.
A UK - based star - up called R&D Core
developed a new touch -
display technology that is especially suited for
flexible display.
The technology will enable product designers to
develop stylish, more ergonomically - friendly devices in several emerging industrial segments, including
flexible AMOLED and other
displays for mobile and Wearables and the Internet of Things, - markets which are forecast to be worth $ 12Bn by 2020 (IHS 2013 report) and $ 1.9 trillion across all sectors in 2020 respectively.
Two recent examples (others in the pipeline) are the award - winning image sensor array
developed in conjunction with ISORG to enable contactless / gesture control, and our fully organic
flexible AMOLED
display (which we recently announced and showed PE Europe show in Berlin).»
However, it is fully interactive with a
flexible, high - resolution 10.7» plastic
display developed by Plastic Logic, a
flexible touchscreen, and powered by the second generation Intel ® CoreTM i5 Processor.
Splinterproof
display is there to be seen in e-readers like Plastic Logic's Que e-reader and also many manufacturers like e-Ink and Bridgestone are planning to
develop flexible e-reader
display technology.
In 2012 LG first entered the
flexible e-paper arena and
developed a screen that was crafted from a
flexible plastic substrate, the
display measuring 0.03 inches (0.7 millimeters) thick and weighs 0.5 ounces (13 grams), making it one - third slimmer and half the weight of currently available glass EPD devices.
Plastic Logic has
developed a
flexible plastic
display technology using organic thin film transistors (OTFT).
E-Ink chief financial officer Lloyd Chen said that his company is focusing on
developing bigger - sized e-paper
displays, color e-paper
displays and
flexible e-paper
displays to expand its markets.
This strategic agreement has several activities and goals, one of them is to
develop graphene as a transparent, highly conductive layer for plastic backplanes for unbreakable LCD and
flexible OLED
displays.
In the same statement he mentioned that there is still plenty of room for improvement for the Galaxy Gear and it's likely that the company is already
developing a wearable device with a
flexible AMOLED
display.
E Ink said it is now focusing on
developing bigger - sized e-paper
displays, color e-paper
displays and
flexible e-paper
displays to expand its markets.
Japan
Display announced that it is
developing flexible LCD
displays.
«This is another step in the direction of radically new interaction techniques afforded by smartphones based on thin film,
flexible display technologies» says Roel Vertegaal (School of Computing), director of the Human Media Lab at Queen's University who
developed the
flexible PaperPhone and PaperTab.
The partnership between the two organisations combines the graphene expertise of the Cambridge Graphene Centre (CGC), with the transistor and
display processing steps that Plastic Logic has already
developed for
flexible electronics.
Plastic Logic and SERELC
developed together a new low - power outdoor digital signage solution based on Plastic Logic's
flexible plastic
displays.
We were the first company worldwide to
develop and manufacture glass - free,
flexible electrophoretic
displays (EPD) in our Dresden factory.
E Ink, in collaboration with TOppan Printing,
developed a 32»
flexible color E Ink
display.
The process toolkit we have
developed is specifically designed to be implemented on today's Flat Panel
Display (FPD) manufacturing lines, and is the lowest cost way to produce
flexible, colour, video rate
displays.
Still, while companies are
developing new types of
displays,
flexible e-paper, color screens and new ways to extend product life, one company has decided to be more conservative by launching a 6 - inch E-Ink Vizplex - enabled e-reader.
Plastic Logic's
display technology, first
developed at Cambridge University, uses highresolution transistor arrays on
flexible plastic substrates, manufactured at a low temperature.
Situated at 50 Moganshan Rd., which has
developed to become Shanghai's artistic centre, the main gallery (bldg 16) serves as a show room for
displays of artworks and smaller exhibitions, while the larger H - Space (bldg 18) woeks as a
flexible white - cube exhibition hall for the
display of extensive shows and grand scale projects.
For example, various
display devices, e.g., a
display device having a
flexible display panel that is bent or rolled, a
display device having a stretchable
display panel having elasticity in at least one direction, etc., have been
developed.
Samsung also started to
develop high - resolution
flexible AMOLED
displays in 2013.
Samsung's Project Valley focuses on
developing smartphones with
flexible displays, which are expected to be unveiled in February, during Mobile World Congress 2017.
«Samsung Electronics is
developing a «dual - screen» smartphone that uses a flat
display on each side and a foldable smartphone that bends a single
flexible OLED
display.»
From what we know about the device in terms of rumors and the information derived from Samsung's patents and acquired /
developed technologies such as 10nm processor technology,
flexible displays and an AI - based voice assistant having additional Google Assistant support, Samsung seems to have the upper hand.