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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7869113 | Display device using electrochromism and methods of driving the same Provided is a display device using electrochromism and methods of driving the same. The display device may include an electrochromic device, a plurality of first electrodes electrically connected to upper electrodes of the electrochromic device, and a plurality of s... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864400 | Vehicle rearview mirror with spotter mirror A mirror element comprising a front element, a rear element, electrochromic material therebetween, and a spotter optic located at the rear surface of the front element. At least a portion of the spotter optic has a first radius of curvature and at least a portion of... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7609434 | Method for manufacturing electrode for electrochromic display Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrode of an electrochromic display. The method includes, prior to forming a porous nanoelectrode, forming a barrier rib for separating an electrolyte using a photosensitive paste as a material for the barrier rib, in wh... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7532383 | Electrochromic device having improved color properties An electrochromic device which includes a display electrode including a conductive layer disposed on a transparent substrate, a counter electrode disposed to face the display electrode, the counter electrode including a white reflective layer, an electrolyte interpo... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7426069 | Optical apparatus and imaging apparatus An optical apparatus is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes: a first optical element having a first polarizing layer containing a material having a refractive index that changes in accordance with the magnitude of applied voltage and first and second transpare... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423797 | Coloured structures An elongate colored structure comprising: an electrically conductive wire; a dye layer surrounding a length of the conductive wire; and an electrically conductive, light transmissive layer surrounding the dye layer; wherein the dye layer is capable of changing its c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420727 | Active matrix electrochromic display The present invention is an active matrix electrochromic display architecture where the active components are placed on the backplane of the display, thereby maximizing the viewable pixel area. The cathode of the electrochromic pixel is placed on top of the active c... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7365894 | Electrode structure including transparent electrode structure, and applications thereof Electrode structures including transparent electrode structures, in particular self supporting electrode structures, are described herein. Further, applications of the herein novel electrode structures are provided, including electronic writing tablets, electronic p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362490 | Electrochromic mirror or window displaying information Disclosed is an electrochromic mirror or window. The electrochromic mirror or window includes a first substrate including a first electrode, a second substrate including a second electrode, an electrolyte filled in a gap formed between the first and second substrate... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7342616 | Liquid crystal display and fabricating method thereof A liquid crystal display increases the capacitance of a storage capacitor while increasing aperture ratio. The liquid crystal display includes a gate insulating film entirely covering a gate electrode, and an active layer on the gate insulating film overlaps the gat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333257 | Device for contacting patterned electrodes on porous substrates A method for contacting patterned electrode devices includes the steps of providing a porous substrate, depositing electrically conductive material to form at least one electrode on a front-side of the porous substrate and depositing at least one electrically conduc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327509 | Electrochromic mirror The present invention provides an electrochromic mirror, comprising a transparent substrate; an electrochromic film that develops color reductively having the transparent substrate on or above the surface thereof; a light-reflecting film allowing transmission of hyd... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317566 | Electrode with transparent series resistance for uniform switching of optical modulation devices Switching uniformity of an optical modulation device for controlling the propagation of electromagnetic radiation is improved by use of an electrode comprising an electrically resistive layer that is transparent to the radiation. The resistive layer is preferably an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317106 | Reversible electro-optic device employing aprotic molten salts and method A single-compartment reversible mirror device having a solution of aprotic molten salt, at least one soluble metal-containing species comprising metal capable of being electrodeposited, and at least one anodic compound capable of being oxidized was prepared. The apr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312914 | Electrochromic display device and electrodeposition-type display device Between each transparent pixel electrode driven by TFT as a drive device and a common electrode, a polymer layer located in contact with the transparent pixel electrode and electrically active to change in color by electrochemical oxidization or reduction and a poly... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300166 | Electrochromic mirrors and other electrooptic devices This invention focuses on electrooptic devices and in particular on electrochromic devices with many aspects directed towards automotive EC mirrors. There are several ways to improve these products and their processing using this invention and some of the prominent ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285910 | Organic electroluminescence device for preventing current leakage and improving inkjet-printing quality A method of fabricating an organic electroluminescent display by forming a lower electrode on a substrate and forming an insulating film with an opening part for exposing a portion of the lower electrode. An organic thin film is formed on the substrate and a surface... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7245504 | Power distribution system A power distribution system is provided for an automobile mirror assembly or the like, and includes a flexible membrane having electrical traces electrically connected to the vehicle electrical system, and connecting sites for electrically connecting to various powe... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7190503 | Electro-optical device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A method of manufacturing an electro-optical device having a curved display surface with high reliability is provided. A liquid crystal panel 100 comprising a TFT array substrate 10 and a counter substrate 20, each composed of a glass substrate ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7145709 | Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index An iono-refractive structure that includes one or more ion insertion layers having a real portion and an imaginary portion of the dielectric constant is provided. While both the real portion and the imaginary portion of the dielectric constant change, the change in ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7085033 | Electrochromic color system The invention relates to an intelligent color system that recognizes the ambient color and adapts its color accordingly according to the chameleon effect. The inventive system is obtained by combining an electrochromic color system with a semi-transparent array of p... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7056675 | Method of forming an electrically conductive connection utilizing a polynucleotide/conductive polymer complex A conductive polymer is formed enzymatically in the presence of a polynucleotide template. The method includes combining at least one redox monomer with a polynucleotide template and a redox enzyme, such as horseradish peroxidase, to form a reaction mixture. The mon... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046418 | Reversible electrodeposition devices and associated electrochemical media The present invention is directed to a reversible electrodeposition device comprising: a first substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; a second substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; a nucleation... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7022910 | Photovoltaic cells utilizing mesh electrodes In one aspect, the invention provides photovoltaic cells that utilize a mesh electrode on at least one exposure side of the photovoltaic cell. Preferably, the mesh electrode is a metallic mesh. In one embodiment, the invention provides dye-sensitized solar cells (DS... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022210 | Locally-distributed electrode and method of fabrication A locally distributed electrode is made by placing a conducting metallic oxide layer and a counter electrode in contact with a noble metal electroplating solution and applying a negative potential to the metallic oxide layer relative to the counter electrode, such t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6992808 | Electrochromic display device and electrodeposition-type display device Between each transparent pixel electrode driven by TFT as a drive device and a common electrode, a polymer layer located in contact with the transparent pixel electrode and electrically active to change in color by electrochemical oxidization or reduction and a poly... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6950221 | Electrode structure of EC mirror An electrically conductive metallic clip used for lead-out electrodes of an EC mirror has all-shaped section. One of an opposed side pieces of the clip is disposed at the side of an electrically conductive film and is formed in a planar shape. The other side piece d... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940628 | Electrochemical device An electrochemical device comprising at least one substrate (1,7), at least one electroconductive layer (2,6) at least one electrochemically active layer (3,5) capable of reversibly injecting ions, and an electrolyte (4), wherein the elec... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6911941 | Dielectric substrate with selectively controlled effective permittivity and loss tangent A substrate (300) for an RF device includes a plurality of layers (102) of dielectric material cofired in a stack. The plurality of layers (102) is formed from a material having a permittivity. Selected ones of the layers (102) have a pat... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6906842 | Electrochromic devices The invention includes many applications for electrochromic devices that require neutral colors and patterned electrodes. It uses novel materials, ways of making the materials, device configurations and applications. In one aspect, the device also includes electrica... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6862129 | Electrophoretic display An electrophotographic display includes a plurality of microcapsules each encapsulating therein an insulating liquid and a plurality of charged electrophoretic particles dispersed in the insulating liquid, a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite t... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6789906 | Electrochromic device having a self-cleaning hydrophilic coating An electrochromic device is disclosed having a self-cleaning, hydrophilic optical coating. The electrochromic device preferably forms an external rearview mirror for a vehicle The coating preferably includes alternating layers of a photocatalytic material having a h... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6791737 | Electrochemical device An electrochemical device comprising at least one substrate (1, 7), at least one electroconductive layer (2, 6) at least one electrochemically active layer (3, 5) capable of reversibly injecting ions, and an electrolyte (4), wherein the e... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6778312 | Electrophoretic device method for making electrophoretic device, and electronic apparatus An electrophoretic device 20 is provided which includes a circuit board 1 provided with a plurality of pixel electrodes 3, a transparent electrode (counter electrode) 4 opposed to the individual pixel electrodes 3, an electrophoret... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6606184 | Electrode design for electrochromic devices An electrochromic device, such as a window or mirror, is disclosed that includes first and second substrates each having an inner surface spaced apart from one another to define a chamber, first and second electrodes carried on the inner surface of the se... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6597489 | Electrode design for electrochromic devices An electrochromic device, such as a window or mirror, is disclosed that includes a transparent first substrate having an inner surface, a second substrate having an inner surface spaced apart from the inner surface of the first substrate so as to define a... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595650 | Individual mirror control system A control system for a plurality of electrochromic elements, for example, used in automobiles, to control the glare of the IEC elements used as a rearview mirror (20) as well as the OEC elements (24, 26) used as sideview mirrors (24, 26). The IEC element ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6583919 | Electrochromic anti-glare mirror An electrochromic anti-glare mirror is provided in which incorrect assembly can be prevented, assemblability can be improved, a number of work processes can be reduced, and costs can be reduced. The electrochromic anti-glare mirror includes an electrochro... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6471360 | Switchable electrochromic devices with uniform switching and preferential area shading An electrochromic window assembly includes: a first transparent substrate having a first conductive coating on a surface thereof; a second transparent substrate having a second conductive coating on a surface thereof, the first transparent substrate and t... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6431712 | Automotive rearview mirror assembly including a helical antenna with a non-circular cross-section An automotive mirror includes a mirror element, a housing for accepting and retaining the mirror element and a receiver circuit mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) contained within the housing. The receiver circuit includes a helical antenna with a s... | 08/13/2002 |
