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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Motoi Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Motoi Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsutoshi Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nagase, Tokyo, JP;
Aya Shirai, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a structural color display including: (a) a pattern forming member which forms a plurality of cells each lined up in two dimension; and (b) a light transmissive image display sheet comprising a color showing layer which shows a structural color, the light transmissive image display sheet being laminated on the pattern forming member, wherein each of the cells is independently controlled to switch to a light reflective state or to a light absorptive state corresponding to an image pattern to be displayed, provided that the light absorptive state is a state in which a light which enters in the cell through the image display sheet is absorbed; and the light reflective state is a state in which a light which enters in the cell through the image display sheet is reflected and the reflected light is made to enter in a region of the image display sheet corresponding to the cell.