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AssigneeE Ink Corporation
InventorsAllan Scott Baucom, Ara N. Knaian, Heather A. Linden, Timothy J. O'Malley, Russell J. Wilcox
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A first apparatus for displaying drawings comprises a housing having an aperture, a drawing sheet comprising electro-optic material movable through the aperture between closed and open positions, and a writing device for writing on the sheet as it moved between its closed and open positions. A second apparatus comprises a display member having a viewing surface, support means for supporting this display member above a floor, an electro-optic medium disposed on the display member, and a movable writing head for writing on the electro-optic medium. Another display comprises an optic medium with two display states visible through a viewing surface. A touch screen is disposed on the opposed side of the optic medium from the viewing surface, and the optic medium is deformable such that pressure applied to the viewing surface will be transmitted to the touch screen.
An active matrix display comprising an optic medium having a viewing surface through which an observer can view said optic medium and on which said observer can press, said optic medium being changeable between first and second display states differing in at least one optical property on application of a stimulus thereto, said display further comprising a plurality of select lines and a plurality of data lines are provided, such that each pixel is defined uniquely by an intersection of a specific select line with a specific data line, each pixel having a transistor associated therewith, one of the source and drain electrodes of the transistor being connected to a pixel electrode arranged to apply an electric field to the optic medium, and the other of the source and drain electrodes being connected to a data line, while the gate of the transistor is connected to a select line, said display further comprising a touch screen disposed on the opposed side of said optic medium from said viewing surface, said optic medium being deformable such that pressure applied to said viewing surface is transmitted to said touch screen.
A display comprising an optic medium having a viewing surface through which an observer can view said optic medium and on which said observer can press, said optic medium being changeable between first and second display states differing in at least one optical property on application of a stimulus thereto, said display further comprising a touch screen disposed on the opposed side of said optic medium from said viewing surface, said optic medium being deformable such that pressure applied to said viewing surface is transmitted to said touch screen, said display further comprising an electrode disposed between the optic medium and the touch screen, said electrode serving as one of the electrodes of the display and one of the electrodes of the touch screen.
A display comprising an optic medium having a viewing surface through which an observer can view said optic medium and on which said observer can press, said optic medium being changeable between first and second display states differing in at least one optical property on application of a stimulus thereto, said display further comprising a touch screen disposed on the opposed side of said optic medium from said viewing surface, said optic medium being deformable such that pressure applied to said viewing surface is transmitted to said touch screen, said display further comprising a substrate disposed between the optic medium and the touch screen, the substrate being coated on both sides with a continuous layer of conductive material such that this coated substrate serves as one electrode of the display and one electrode of the touch screen.
A process for writing on a protected layer of electro-optic material, said protected layer comprising a layer of electro-optic material and a protective envelope substantially completely surrounding said layer of electro-optic material, said envelope having an openable and recloseable flap which can be opened to permit access to said layer of electro-optic material, said process using a writing apparatus comprising at least two spaced retaining members and a writing head which can be moved between said spaced retaining members, said process comprising:
An apparatus for displaying a drawing, said apparatus comprising:
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