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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Naci Basturk, Enges, CH;
Asulab S.A., Bienne, CH;
Abstract
The present invention concerns a display assembly including two superposed, respectively top ( ) and bottom ( ), display devices, the top display device ( ) including a double structure formed of a display cell ( ) arranged above an optical valve ( ), said double structure being arranged so that said cell ( ) and said valve ( ) are transparent in a first state to make the bottom display device ( ) visible, and so that the cell ( ) displays an item of data and so that the valve ( ) is opaque and at least partially masks the bottom display device ( ) in a second state, control means supplying a control voltage to cause the display cell ( ) and the optical valve ( ) to pass from the first state to the second state and vice versa, characterised in that the display cell ( ) is of the reflective type in the switched state, and in that the optical valve ( ) is formed of a cell having an absorbent state in the switched state.