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Patent No.:

US 9778500 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2014

Electro-optic displays with touch sensors and/or tactile feedback

Applicant:

E Ink Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);

Inventors:

Holly G. Gates, Somerville, MA (US);

Robert W. Zehner, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Russell J. Wilcox, Natick, MA (US);

Matthew J. Aprea, Wellesley, MA (US);

Assignee:

E Ink Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);

Attorney:

Antranig Baronian

Primary Examiner:

Evelyn A Lester

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G02F 1/167 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/13338 (2013.01); G02F 1/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G02B 23/2407 (2013.01); G02F 1/0018 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1672 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1676 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G09G 3/344 (2013.01); G09G 2300/04 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electro-optic display comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer; a layer of a solid electro-optic material; and a backplane () bearing a plurality of pixel electrodes, a peripheral portion of the backplane extending outwardly beyond the layer of solid electro-optic material and bearing a plurality of radiation generating means () and a plurality of radiation detecting means (), the radiation generating means and radiation detecting means together being arranged to act as a touch screen.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gates, Holly. (2017). Electro-optic displays with touch sensors and/or tactile feedback (U.S. Patent No. 9778500). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9778500

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