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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2008
Hideyuki Kawai, Fujimi-machi, JP;
Andrea Kurrer, Legal Representative, Fujimi, JP;
Hideyuki Kawai, Fujimi-machi, JP;
Andrea Kurrer, legal representative, Fujimi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an electrophoresis display device that includes: a pair of a first substrate and a second substrate that are provided opposite to each other; an electrophoresis material layer that is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel areas that is formed on the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of optical detection elements which is formed either in the pixel areas or adjacent to the pixel areas; and a plurality of optical transmission paths each of which is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate and propagates incident light that enters through an outer surface of the second substrate so that the light reaches the corresponding optical detection element.