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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
Applicant:
Hideyuki Kawai, Fujimi-machi, JP;
Inventor:
Hideyuki Kawai, Fujimi-machi, JP;
Assignees:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
E Ink Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The electrophoretic device of the present invention obtains a plurality of different optical characteristics by changing a proportion of number of pixel electrodes supplied with a first voltage and a number of pixel electrodes supplied with a second voltage. The transition of the optical characteristics accompanied by the changes of the proportion is previously obtained as an actual measurement value. The preferable proportion displaying the desired optical characteristic is calculated based on the actual measurement value.