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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7414775 | Contrast enhancement in multichromal display by incorporating a highly absorptive layer A display member having improved optical contrast and brightness. The display member includes bichromal capsules, an absorptive layer, an adhesive layer, a substrate and a top layer. The bichromal capsules form a close-packed monolayer configuration positioned on th... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7385751 | Process for imagewise opening and filling color display components and color displays manufactured thereof This invention relates to the field of electrophoretic displays. In particular, it relates to imagewise opening, filling and sealing multicolor display components and the manufacture of multicolor displays. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7327511 | Light modulators Various improvements in electrophoretic media and displays intended for use in light modulators are described. These improvements include index matching of the suspending fluid to a continuous phase surrounding the fluid, index matching of a capsule wall to a binder... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304634 | Rear electrode structures for electrophoretic displays Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surfa... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7267913 | Recording material and image forming method An image forming method is disclosed, comprising (a) imagewise exposing a recording material comprising on a support an image forming layer containing colored electrophoretic particles and a photopolymerizable compositon to light to perform photocuring and (b) apply... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265895 | Microcapsule for electrophoretic display device, process for manufacturing the same and use thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a microcapsule for an electrophoretic display device which can suppress reduction in later contrast even when the electrophoretic display device is allowed to stand under the high temperature and high humidity conditi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7236292 | Components and methods for use in electro-optic displays A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7170670 | Electrophoretic medium and display with improved image stability An electrophoretic medium comprises a plurality of particles suspended in a suspending fluid, the particles being capable of moving through the fluid upon application of an electric field to the medium, the fluid having dissolved or dispersed therein a polymer havin... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148128 | Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof We describe a system of electronically active inks which may include electronically addressable contrast media, conductors, insulators, resistors, semiconductive materials, magnetic materials, spin materials, piezoelectric materials, optoelectronic, thermoelectric o... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130106 | Sol-gel nanocoated particles for magnetic displays Magnetic display devices include low-density silica coated magnetic and nonmagnetic particles. In a one-particle system, low-density silica coated magnetic particles coated by a sol-gel process are used in combination with non-magnetic particles. In a two-particle s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119937 | Durable electrooptic devices comprising ionic liquids Electrolyte solutions for electrochromic devices such as rear view mirrors and displays with low leakage currents are prepared using inexpensive, low conductivity conductors. Preferred electrolytes include bifunctional redox dyes and molten salt solvents with enhanc... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118838 | Method, apparatus and media for displaying information An apparatus for forming an image using an electrophoretic particle suspension containing media including: a transitioner for sufficiently lowering a viscosity of the suspension to facilitate mobility of at least some of the electrophoretic particles; and, imaging e... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109968 | Non-spherical cavity electrophoretic displays and methods and materials for making the same Disclosed herein are novel electrophoretic displays and materials useful in fabricating such displays. In particular, novel encapsulated displays are disclosed. Particles encapsulated therein are dispersed within a suspending, or electrophoretic, fluid. This fluid m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7050218 | Electrophoretic dispersion, electrophoretic display device, method of manufacturing electrophoretic display device, and electronic system To provide an electrophoretic dispersion capable of reducing or preventing the aggregation of electrophoretic particles, an electrophoretic display device using the electrophoretic dispersion, a method of manufacturing the electrophoretic display device, and an elec... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7002728 | Electrophoretic particles, and processes for the production thereof Copper chromite particles can advantageously be used as black particles in electrophoretic media and displays. Preferably, the copper chromite particles are coated with a silica coating and a polymer coating. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6967759 | Pulse width modulation sequence generation A system and method for addressing and synchronizing a spatial light modulator (SLM) device and a scrolling color recovery (SCR) illumination system. This method applies all the colors to a single SLM simultaneously and recaptures light rejected by the color filters... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6947203 | Electrophoretic dispersion, electrophoretic display device, method of manufacturing electrophoretic display device, and electronic system To provide an electrophoretic dispersion capable of reducing or preventing the aggregation of electrophoretic particles, an electrophoretic display device using the electrophoretic dispersion, a method of manufacturing the electrophoretic display device, and an elec... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6930668 | Color-enabled electrophoretic display and medium A display medium including a plurality of electrically photosensitive particles positioned within at least one ambipolar shell to form at least one first composite particle, and a plurality of white particles encapsulated in a plurality of insulating shells to form ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6365307 | Apparatus and method for assessing a photoreceptor An ionic medium, e.g., an ionic liquid, gel-like solid, etc., contacts a photoreceptor, e.g., as used in xerography etc., in order to charge and/or discharge the photoreceptor. A measuring device, e.g., an electrometer or current meter, measures at least ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6236493 | Optical components with a graded-index structure, and method of manufacturing such components Optical components have a material-distribution gradient due to nanometer-size particles embedded in a solid matrix. The components are manufactured by forming a dispersion of nanometer-size particles in a liquid, curable matrix material, causing the part... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6194488 | Method for making polymer-coated pigment particles using initiator-treated pigments A method of making polymer-coated pigment particles, involving the steps of providing a plurality of pigment particles, each of which has an outer surface coated with a layer of material that operates as a nucleus for initiating polymerization on the oute... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6067185 | Process for creating an encapsulated electrophoretic display Disclosed herein are novel electrophoretic displays and materials useful in fabricating such displays. In particular, novel encapsulated displays are disclosed. Particles encapsulated therein are dispersed within a suspending, or electrophoretic, fluid. T... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5963456 | Method and apparatus for displaying capillary electrophoresis data A method and apparatus for displaying capillary electrophoresis data wherein absorbance with respect to time is related to graphic values within a graphic range or scale of values and selected graphic values are displayed with respect to time. The selecte... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5932633 | Method for making polymers-coated pigment particles using initiator-treated pigments A method of making polymer-coated pigment particles, involving the steps of providing a plurality of pigment particles, each of which has an outer surface coated with a layer of material that operates as a nucleus for initiating polymerization on the oute... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5811156 | Method of making a color filter array by colorant transfer and etch A method of making a color filter array on a first substrate having an array of pixels, comprising the steps of: providing a transferable colorant on a second substrate and positioning such transferable layer in transferable relationship with the first su... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5360689 | Colored polymeric dielectric particles and method of manufacture A process for forming dielectric particles includes admixing a vinyl halide monomer and a crosslinker in a liquid dispersion medium to form a first mixture. A second mixture of an initiator and a stabilizer is prepared and added to the first mixture to fo... | 11/01/1994 |
| 4889603 | Method of eliminating gas bubbles in an electrophoretic display There is disclosed a method which minimizes bubble growth during electrophoretic cell operation. The method involves exposing the electrophoretic suspension to an ultrasonic probe at a given frequency and amplitude and for a suitable time period just prio... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4761357 | Electrophoretic development of electrostatic charge images Electrophoretic process and apparatus for developing an electrostatic charge pattern carried by a dielectric surface by progressively moving that surface through a development station and simultaneously progressively advancing a layer of liquid toner (11)... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4258112 | Sensitizer for electrophoretic migration imaging dispersions Compounds selected from the group consisting of (a) aromatic amines having a p-alkyl, p-alkoxy or p-alkoxycarbonyl substituent on the aromatic group, (b) aromatic alkanes, isoalkanes and cycloalkanes, having at least two aromatic groups with at least one ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4179290 | Photoelectrophoretic photography process involving dual corona treatments of opposite polarity A photoelectrophoretic image-forming process utilizing a pair of electrodes with at least one of the electrodes being transparent and at least one of the electrodes having an electrically insulating surface, which comprises the following steps of: (1) for... | 12/18/1979 |
