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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James C. Mikkelsen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nicholas K. Sheridon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Edward A. Richley, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Coporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 ;
Abstract
A display is provided with an insulative layer whose electrical properties have been selected so that the display can be addressed by the effects of triboelectrically generated charges and thus requires no stylus or special writing utensil. Thus, the display can be addressed by dragging a finger across the display. Alternately, the display is provided with an insulafive layer whoes electrical properties have been selected so that the display is addressed with a stylus and is immune from the effects of stray riboelectrically generated charges.