E-paper display control of classified content based on e-paper conformation

• US 20100060564A1
• Filed: 09/11/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,624,833 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/107
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0221 with use of split matrices G09G3/3644 and G09G3/3666 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/035 for flexible display surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/344 based on particles moving in a fluid or in a gas, e.g. electrophoretic devices electrophoretic devices per se G02F1/167

Abstract

A method for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a method comprising:

obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

detecting one or more one or more changes in conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining strain information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining stress information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining calibration related information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining pattern information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining surface contact information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining sequence information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining geometrical information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining information related to predetermined indicia associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining optical fiber derived information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining information based on one or more changes in one or more associations between two or more of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

receiving signals from one or more embedded sensors.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining selection information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining origami-like folding information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein obtaining origami-like folding information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining one or more changes in a folding sequence order of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein obtaining origami-like folding information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining one or more changes in an origami-like shape resultant from one or more changes in folding of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining angle of bend information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining bend number information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining force information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining substantially transient information associated with one or more changes in one or more substantially transient conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining substantially persistent information associated with one or more changes in one or more substantially persistent conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining gestured information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining connection information between two or more of the portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

25. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining draping information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining wrapping information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

27. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining information derived through sensing one or more changes in a curvilinear pattern of force imparted upon one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

28. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining rolling information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining hinge status information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

30. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

filtering information based upon radius of bend associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

31. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining folded to unfolded ratio information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

32. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

obtaining bend location information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

33. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

displaying public content on one or more portions of a surface display layer to be viewed from a display surface and to block an internal display layer from displaying private content that would otherwise be viewed from the display surface from being viewed from the display surface.

34. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

displaying public content on one or more portions of the one or more display layers.

35. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

displaying private content on one or more portions of the one or more display layers.

36. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

displaying other than private content on one or more portions of the one or more display layers.

37. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

displaying other than public content on one or more portions of the one or more display layers.

38. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

comparing stored data with the first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

displaying on one or more portions of the one or more display layers in response to the comparing stored data with the first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

39. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

selecting one or more of the classifications of the second information having one or more classifications; and

displaying on one or more portions of the one or more display layers in response to the selected one or more of the classifications of the second information having one or more classifications.

40. The method of claim 1, wherein the controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

selecting other than one or more of the classifications of the second information having one or more classifications; and

displaying on one or more portions of one or more display layers in response to the selected other than one or more of the classifications of the second information having one or more classifications.

41. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

circuitry for controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

42-80. -80. (canceled)

81. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a system comprising:

means for obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

means for controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

82. For one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers, a system comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining first information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

one or more instructions for controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information having one or more classifications in response to the first information associated with one or more changes in the one or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.