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US 2011/0300643 A1Published application
Method of assembling displays on substrates
AssigneeSearete LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware
InventorsW. Daniel Hillis, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Victoria Y.H. Wood
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Abstract
Various embodiments of methods and systems for designing and constructing displays from multiple light-modulating elements are disclosed. Display elements having different light-modulating and self-assembling characteristics may be used during display assembly and operation.
Claims21
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A method of repairing a display, comprising:
- a) testing a display comprising a substrate and a plurality of display elements distributed to receptor locations on said substrate to detect at least one defective display element;
- b) removing said at least one defective display element from a receptor location in the display substrate to leave at least one vacant receptor location;
- c) disposing a plurality of display elements on said substrate, each display element having shape, size, or surface characteristics complementary to the shape, size, or surface characteristics of at least one vacant receptor location;
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- d) inducing relative movement between the display elements and the substrate sufficient to cause at least one display element to self-assemble into the at least one vacant receptor location.
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A method of repairing a display, comprising:
- a) testing a display comprising a substrate and a plurality of distributed display elements distributed to receptor locations on said substrate to detect at least one defective display element of said plurality of distributed display elements;
- b) removing said at least one defective display element from a respective receptor location in the display substrate to leave at least one vacant receptor location;
- c) disposing a plurality of display elements on said substrate, each display element of said plurality of disposed display elements having shape, size, or surface characteristics complementary to the shape, size, or surface characteristics of at least one receptor location on said substrate;
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- d) inducing relative movement between the plurality of disposed display elements and the substrate sufficient to cause at least one display element of said plurality of disposed display elements to self-assemble into the at least one vacant receptor location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.