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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2013
Applicant:

E Ink Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Richard J. Paolini, Jr., Framingham, MA (US);

Thomas Henry Whitesides, Victoria, CA;

Assignee:

E Ink Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/035 (2006.01); G03G 13/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G02F 1/167 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/15 (2006.01); G02F 1/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/167 (2013.01); G02F 1/01 (2013.01); G02F 1/1508 (2013.01); G02F 1/172 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1678 (2013.01); G02F 2202/022 (2013.01);
Abstract

A first apparatus for displaying a color image comprises an electro-optic display () having a plurality of pixels, each of which can be independently set to a light-transmissive optical state or a substantially opaque optical state, and lighting means () arranged to flash separate pulses of light of at least two differing colors on to one surface of the electro-optic display (). A second apparatus for generating pulses of light of differing colors comprising a light source and a filter assembly comprising first () and second () electro-optic layers each having a light-transmissive state and a colored state, the two colored states being different, and electrodes to switch these layers between these states.


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