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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2008
Ben Watson, London, GB;
Nick Sandham, London, GB;
David Fisher, London, GB;
Duncan Barclay, Cambridge, GB;
Simon Jones, Cambridge, GB;
Carl Hayton, Cambridge, GB;
Anusha Nirmalananthan, Cambridge, GB;
Ben Watson, London, GB;
Nick Sandham, London, GB;
David Fisher, London, GB;
Duncan Barclay, Cambridge, GB;
Simon Jones, Cambridge, GB;
Carl Hayton, Cambridge, GB;
Anusha Nirmalananthan, Cambridge, GB;
Plastic Logic Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Abstract
This invention generally relates to an electronic document reading device, that is to a device such as an electronic book which presents a document to a user on a display to enable the user to read the document. A portable flex-tolerant electronic document reading device, the device including a flex-tolerant display coupled to a flex-tolerant layer of pixel driver circuitry, and wherein said device has a physical configuration comprising a planar display surface and a rear surface having a frame around its outer perimeter to stiffen the device, the frame defining a central region of relatively reduced thickness compared with a thickness of said frame.