Samsung patents screen with removable mirror that adjusts display size
Samsung has filed a patent for a display device that can have a switchable mirror attached to its surface. When the mirror is in place, the device detects the covered area and resizes the on-screen content to fit only the visible portion of the screen.
In the filing’s own words
A display device includes a display panel, and one or more processors that control the display panel to display a content over an entire area of the display panel, based on a switchable mirror that is detachable from the display device being attached to the display panel, identify a remaining area of the entire area that excludes a partial area that overlaps with the switchable mirror, and control the display panel such that the content that is converted based on a size of the remaining area is displayed in the remaining area.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A display device comprising: a display panel; and at least one processor configured to: control the display panel to display a content over an entire area of the display panel, based on a switchable mirror that is detachable from the display device being attached to the display panel, identify a remaining area of the entire area that excludes a partial area that overlaps with the switchable mirror, and control the display panel such that the content that is converted based on a size of the remaining area is displayed in the remaining area.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DETACHABLE SWITCHABLE MIRROR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
- Publication number
- US20260321222A1
- Application number
- 19688944
- Filed
- May 27, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G09G 5/003 Physics & computingG02F 1/19 Physics & computingG06V 20/50 Physics & computingG09G 2330/02 Physics & computingG09G 2340/0407 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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