Reflective electro-optic fiber-based displays
OwnerChad Byron Mooreinventor
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Abstract
A reflective display is formed using two orthogonal fiber arrays and an electro-optic material. The bottom fibers contain plasma channels, used to address the electro-optic material. Wire electrodes built into the fibers address both the plasma and the electro-optic material. The fibers are composed of glass, plastic or a combination of glass and plastic. Color is imparted into the display using colored fibers, adding a color coating to the surface of the fibers, or adding the color to the electro-optic material. The electro-optic material consists of a liquid crystal material, electrophoretic material, bichromal sphere material, electrochromic material, or any electro-optic material that can serve to create a reflective display.
Claims48
A reflective display comprising:
- a) a reflective electro-optic material that can be electrically addressed;
- b) at least one fiber to form structure within said reflective display;
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- c) at least one wire electrode located within said fiber to address said electro-optic material.
A reflective fiber-based display device having a plurality of subpixels, comprising:
- a) an electro-optic material;
- b) top and bottom fiber arrays that sandwich around said electro-optic material, said top and bottom fiber arrays being substantially orthogonal and defining a structure of said display, said top fiber array disposed on a side facing towards a viewer;
- c) a top and bottom plate that sandwich around said top and bottom fiber arrays;
- d) wire electrodes within said top fiber array located near a surface of said top fiber array on a side facing away from said viewer such that said wire electrodes within said top fiber array can be used to modulate said electro-optic material;
- e) plasma channels within said bottom fiber array such that a plasma can be created within said plasma channels;
- f) wire electrodes within said bottom fiber array such that said wire electrodes within said bottom fiber array can be used to address a plasma in said plasma channels such that said plasma in said plasma channels is used to address said electro-optic material;
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- g) a drive control system connected to said wire electrodes in said top fiber array and said wire electrodes in said bottom fiber array.
A transflective display comprising:
- a) an electro-optic bichromal sphere material that can be electrically addressed;
- b) at least one fiber to form structure within said transflective display;
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- c) at least one wire electrode within said fiber to address said bichromal sphere electro-optic material.
A fiber-based display having a plurality of subpixels, comprising:
- a) an electro-optic material composed of a plurality of spheres that can be rotated using an electric field to alter a visible appearance of said electro-optic material;
- b) a top fiber array and a bottom hollow tube array sandwiched around said electro-optic material, said top array and said bottom array being substantially orthogonal and defining a structure of said display, said top fiber array disposed on a side facing towards a viewer;
- wherein said top fiber array comprises:
- i) a plurality of top fibers;
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- ii) a plurality of wire electrodes within said top fibers, wherein said wire by electrodes are located near a surface of said top fibers on a side facing away from said viewer such that said wire electrodes within said top fiber array can be used to create an electric field to modulate said electro-optic material;
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- wherein said bottom hollow tube array comprises:
- i) a plurality of hollow tubes within said bottom hollow tube array formed such that a plasma can be created within said hollow tubes;
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- ii) a plurality of wire electrodes such that said wire electrodes can be used to address a plasma in said hollow tubes such that said plasma is used to create a charge that creates an electric field to address said electro-optic material;
- c) a top plate and a bottom plate sandwiched around said top array and said bottom array;
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- d) a drive control system connected to said wire electrodes in said top fiber array and said wire electrodes in said bottom fiber array.
An electronic display comprising:
- a) at least one fiber to form structure within said display;
- b) an electro-optic material composed of spheres that can be rotated using an electric field to alter the visible appearance of said electro-optic material;
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- c) at least one wire electrode within said fiber used to create said electric field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.