Micro bend gestures on flexible mobile devices

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With the emergence of flexible displays, researchers are increasingly exploring the use of bend gestures as an input technique. A bend gesture is the physical, manual deformation of a display surface to form a curvature for the purpose of triggering an action on a computer display. In laymen terms, one can bend a corner of a flexible display to flip a page, or navigate a menu. BlackBerry has always been a leader in input interactions, especially with its line of physical keyboard devices. The upcoming introduction of flexible displays in the mobile space provides BlackBerry with the opportunity to continue expanding the diversity and quality of the input interactions it already offers to its user base. Blackberry is specifically interested in exploring flexible input in the context of notifications dismissal, where one could perform a small, quick gesture to read an incoming message.