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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2002
Allan Scott Baucom, Townsend, MA (US);
Ara N. Knaian, Cambridge, MA (US);
Heather A. Linden, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy J. O'malley, Wakefield, MA (US);
Russell J. Wilcox, Natick, MA (US);
Allan Scott Baucom, Townsend, MA (US);
Ara N. Knaian, Cambridge, MA (US);
Heather A. Linden, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy J. O'Malley, Wakefield, MA (US);
Russell J. Wilcox, Natick, MA (US);
E Ink Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
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 comprise 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.