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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8064119 | Display element and driving method thereof This invention provides a novel electrochemical display element, which can realize bright white display, high-contrast black and white display, and full-color display by a simple member construction, and a method for driving the display element. The display element ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8014056 | Display element and method of driving the same Provided is a novel electrochemical display element which performs bright white display, high contrast black/white display and full-color display with a simple member configuration. A method for driving such display element is also provided. The display element cont... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7944596 | Display medium and display device A display medium is provided. The display medium includes a pair of electrodes disposed so as to have a gap therebetween, an electrolyte disposed between the pair of electrodes, an electroconductive porous layer disposed at least one of the pair of electrodes at the... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7480088 | Displaying method, display element and display device A displaying method includes forming nuclear crystals of a metal on an electrode, and depositing a metal on a surface of the nuclear crystals from a solution including a metallic ion, so as to form particles having a particle diameter corresponding to a display colo... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7403319 | Electrochromic device employing gel or solid polymers having specific channel direction for the conduction of ions An electrochromic device in which specific channel direction for the conduction of ions is implemented. As a result ionic crosstalk between display pixels is greatly reduced and unwanted transient coloration effects are minimized. Further, specific gel, polymer, or ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7342708 | Electrochromic device using poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and derivatives thereof The present invention relates to complementary electrochromic devices comprising poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and derivatives thereof as a cathodically coloring layer and an indium hexacyanometallate or transition metal hexacyanometallate as an anodically colori... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341948 | Method of making a semiconductor structure with a plating enhancement layer Disclosed is a method of making a semiconductor structure, wherein the method includes forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on a semiconductor layer, forming a conductive plating enhancement layer (PEL) on the ILD, patterning the ILD and PEL, depositing a se... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336410 | High-definition pixel structure of electrochromic displays and method of producing the same A display of an electrochromic type, including an active matrix substrate on which a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to pixels are arranged in a matrix form; a counter substrate which is provided with a transparent electrode that is common with respect t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7265890 | Electrochromic infrared tunable filter and emissivity modulator An electrochromic device is usable for tuning and modulating infrared radiation in a spectral region comprising wavelengths between approximately 1 and 30 microns. This device comprises a plurality of thin films successively deposited on a substrate. The first of th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256924 | Multi-cell electrochromic devices A multi-cell electrochromic device comprising: first and second electrochromic device sub-assemblies which each comprise; a first substantially transparent substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith and second substrate having an elect... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7158277 | Electrochemical device An electrochromic device is provided comprising: (i) at least one material that is electrically conducting in at least one oxidation state and (ii) at least one electrochromic material, wherein said materials (i) and (ii) can be the same or different; at least one l... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158276 | Pressure sensitive electrochromic device and method of fabricating the same A pressure sensitive electrochromic device at least comprises a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite; a pressure sensitive layer disposed on the first substrate; an electrochromic layer disposed on the pressure sensitive layer; and a third conduc... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7106489 | Electrochromic device An electrochromic device comprising a pair of glass, plastic plates or plastic films At least one plate or film, is provided with an electrically conductive coating. At least one plate or film and its conductive coating are transparent and the other may be mirrored.... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106488 | Hybrid process for depositing electrochromic coating A method of producing an electrochromic device, includes the steps of: providing a first electron conducting layer on a substrate, providing a working electrode in communication with the first electron conducting layer, providing an ion conducting layer in communica... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105304 | Pressure-based mobility shift assays Methods for chromatographically separating materials, including the separation of materials in kinase or phosphatase assays, in microfluidic devices under positive or negative fluid pressure. Devices and integrated systems for performing chromatographic separations ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7057789 | Display element A display element not causative of crosstalk, ensures sharp display, and can be driven at a low energy is disclosed. In the display element (18), a polymer solid electrolyte layer (5) which contains a colorant material such as bismuth chloride or AgI, ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054050 | Electrochromic display device The invention is a display device comprising a solid top transparent, charge conducting material, positioned below the transparent solid material is an active layer comprising an electrochromic material and an electrolyte, and positioned below the active layer is a ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6954300 | Electrochromic polymeric solid films, manufacturing electrochromic devices using such sold films, and processes for making such solid films and devices The present invention relates to electrochromic polymeric solid films, manufacturing electrochromic devices using such solid films and processes for making such solid films and devices. The electrochromic polymeric solid films of the present invention exhibit benefi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950220 | Electro-optic displays, and methods for driving same The invention relates to electro-optic displays and methods for driving such displays. The invention provides (i) electrochromic displays with solid charge transport layers; (ii) apparatus and methods for improving the contrast and reducing the cost of electrochromi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6934067 | Electrochromic mirror with two thin glass elements and a gelled electrochromic medium An improved electrochromic rearview mirror for motor vehicles, the mirror incorporating thin front and rear spaced glass elements having a thickness ranging from about 0.5 to about 1.5. A layer of transparent conductive material is placed onto the mirror's second su... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6870657 | Electrochromic device This invention concerns an electochromic device comprising an electrode including a nanostructured metal oxide film, doped to metallic levels of conductivity and optionally modified by chemisorption of an electroactive compound. Such an electrochromic device is suit... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6806989 | Electrochromic device and novel electrochromic compounds Asymmetrical compounds composed of two different heterocyclic and/or carbocyclic rings linked via a conjugated chain containing an uneven number of chain atoms are useful electrochromic compounds and can be used for producing electrochromic devices. ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6785036 | Electrochromic display The invention describes an electrochromic display element in the form of an electrically dimmable mirror, an optical filter having an electrically alterable transparency or a display element which contains an electrochromic liquid between two electrode sheets, where... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6744549 | Electrochromic display device The invention is a display device comprising a solid top transparent, charge conducting material, positioned below the transparent solid material is an active layer comprising an electrochromic material and an electrolyte, and positioned below the active layer is a ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6700693 | Electrochromic devices having an electron shuttle An electrochromic device comprising: a first substantially transparent substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; a second substrate having an electrically conductive material associated therewith; and an electrochromic med... | 03/02/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6594065 | Electrochromic structures Electrochromic structures, such as windows and panels, are provided wherein privacy and changes in the color of an electrochromic medium incorporated in the structures may be either enhanced or hidden when viewed from a predetermined direction, as for exa... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6529308 | Electrochemical device An electrochemical device has at least one carrier substrate (1) provided with a stack (2) of functional layers, including at least one electrochemically active layer (4), which is capable of reversibly and simultaneously inserting ions and electrons and ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6507428 | Arrangement based on poly-(3,4-dioxythiophene) derivatives which are electrochromically switched with protons The invention relates to electrochromic arrangements in a layered structure which are characterized in that one layer contains an electrically conductive electrochromic polydioxythiophene, another layer comprises an electrolyte containing a protonic acid,... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6437901 | Electrochromic device An electrochromic mirror comprising two conductive substrates, at least one of which is transparent, and both of an ion conductor layer and an electrochromic color-developing layer sandwiched between the substrates, wherein the color-developing layer cont... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6344918 | Electrochromic contrast-plate The invention relates to an electrochromic contrast plate which is either arranged as a discrete unit in front of the screen or is connected to the outer surface of the screen through a common sheet, consisting of a pair of transparent glass or plastic sh... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6301039 | Reversible electrochemical mirror (REM) state monitoring Reversible electrochemical mirror (REM) devices typically comprise a conductive oxide mirror electrode that is substantially transparent to radiation of some wavelengths, a counter electrode that may also be substantially transparent, and an electrolyte t... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6285486 | Electrochromic mirror and electrochromic devices An electrochromic mirror (10) comprises an reflective electrically conductive substrate and a transparent electrically conductive substrate, a layer of an ion conductive material (14) disposed therebetween and at least one electrochromic chromogenic layer... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6259549 | Laminated glass pane assembly with electrically controllable reflectance and method of making said assemblies A laminated glass pane assembly with electrically controllable reflectivity, especially for controlling the entry of sunlight and solar heat into vehicles or buildings. The laminated glass pane comprises a first glass pane, an electroreflective functional... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6239898 | Electrochromic structures Electrochromic windows and panels are provided which have first and second spaced elements that are optically transparent to visible light. The first and second elements each have first and second sides, and the windows and panels define a sealed chamber ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6208452 | Electrochromic device The electrochromic device which has an ion conductive layer obtained by curing a composition comprising (a) a bipyridinium compound represented by formula (1), (b) a specific amine compound and (c) a precursor component of a polymeric solid electrolyte, d... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6203154 | Electrochromic element An electrochromic element composed of an electrochromic layer comprising a specified electrically conductive polymer and an ionically conductive substance layer containing a viologen compound, both sandwiched between two electrically conductive substrates... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6204953 | Protective coating materials for electrochromic devices Polymeric coating materials used to protect electrochromic devices from environmental and mechanical damage are provided. The protective polymeric coating materials are physically, chemically and optically compatible with the electrochromic cell layers of... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6111685 | Reversible electrochemical mirror (REM) with improved electrolytic solution A reversible electrochemical mirror (REM) includes a first electrode and a second electrode, one of which is substantially transparent to at least a portion of the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. An electrolytic solution, disposed between the first... | 08/29/2000 |
