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US 7,436,318 B2Granted
Self contained device for displaying electronic information
AssigneeATG Designworks LLC
InventorsAllen Affolter, Titus Mathews
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Abstract
A thin flexible electronic display includes a flexible membrane, control circuitry, and self-contained power source, which may be a thin flexible battery. A display may be affixed to an associated device for use in displaying dynamic information or video.
Claims21
A method of displaying electronic graphical information in a magazine, the steps comprising:
- providing one or more adjacent flexible pages bound together at a binding;
- providing a flexible self-contained electronic graphical information displaying means, the self-contained electronic graphical information displaying means including:
- an electronic image display device;
- control circuitry operatively communicated to the electronic image display device for use in electronically displaying graphical information on the electronic image display device;
- at least a first power cell operatively communicated to the control circuitry for use in supplying power to the control circuitry;
- and,
- at least one item chosen from the group comprising:
- headphone port, tactile display, touch interface, means for connecting to a computer network, means for wireless connection to remote devices, means for receiving information from a physical location determination system, means for transmitting information received from the physical location determination system, and a memory port;
- affixing the electronic image display device to at least one of the flexible pages;
- and,
- selectively displaying at least a first electronic image on the electronic image display device.
8 more elements
A self-contained electronic graphical information displaying apparatus, comprising:
- a thin, flexible electronic image display device fixedly attachable to an associated device;
- electronic control circuitry operatively communicated to the electronic image display device;
- at least a first power cell operatively communicated to the electronic control circuitry for use in supplying power to the electronic control circuitry, wherein the electronic image display device, circuitry, and power cell are contained within one housing, wherein the apparatus is selectively removable when attached to the associated device;
- and,
- at least one item chosen from the group comprising:
- headphone port, tactile display, means for connecting to a computer network, touch interface, means for wireless connection to remote devices, means for receiving information from a physical location determination system, means for transmitting information received from the physical location determination system, and a memory port.
3 more elements
A method of displaying electronic graphical information in an associated magazine having one or more associated pages, the steps comprising:
- providing a thin, flexible self-contained electronic image display device, the device including:
- a flexible electronic image display;
- flexible control circuitry operatively communicated to the electronic image display for use in electronically displaying graphical information on the electronic image display;
- at least one item chosen from the group comprising:
- headphone port, tactile display, means for connecting to a computer network, touch interface, means for wireless connection to remote devices, means for receiving information from a physical location determination system, means for transmitting information received from the physical location determination system, and a memory port;
- and,
- at least a first flexible power cell operatively communicated to the control circuitry for use in supplying power to the control circuitry;
- preprogramming the electronic image display device with at least a first preprogrammed electronic graphical information message;
- affixing the electronic image display device to the at least a first associated page;
- and,
- displaying the electronic graphical information message on the electronic image display device.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.