E-paper external control system and method

• US 20100124879A1
• Filed: 11/14/2008
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2008
• 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 8,279,199 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.60
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels

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 first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly and sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information. 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. A system separate from and communicatively linked to an electronic paper assembly, the electronic paper assembly having one or more portions of one or more regions, a system comprising:

means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining detection information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining strain information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining pattern information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining geometrical information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining optical fiber derived information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information based on one or more associations between two or more of the positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining origami-like folding information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining angle of bend information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining substantially transient information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining connection sequence information of two or more connections between two or more of the portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for filtering information based upon radius of bend associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

33. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for detecting information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

36. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information from one or more boundary transducers located approximate an edge of the electronic paper assembly associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

39. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining gyroscopic information associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

41. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining geographical position information associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

43. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to a global positioning satellite reference associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

46. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining edge detection information relative to one or more edges of the electronic paper assembly associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

49. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to radio frequency triangulation associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

51. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining map location information associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

53. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

55. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more conformations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

57. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more orientations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

60. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more orientations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

63. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more orientations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with respect to another object.

65. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more locations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with respect to another object.

68. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more changes in one or more sequences of two or more locations with respect to another object of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with respect to the object.

71. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining information associated with one or more sequences of two or more GPS locations of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly with respect to another object.

74. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending a selection of one or more portions of one or more display layers to display one or more content based upon the obtaining first information.

77. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more television applications.

80. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more eBook applications.

83. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more audio applications.

86. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more game applications.

89. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more entertainment applications.

92. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending public content to be displayed on one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly.

95. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending movie related content to the electronic paper assembly.

98. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending video related content to the electronic paper assembly.

101. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more instant messaging applications.

106. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more investment related applications.

109. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information comprises:

means for sending one or more activations for one or more portions of one or more walker- guidance applications configured to emit walking directions to be received by a walker.

223. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information of the electronic paper assembly relative to another electronic paper assembly.

224. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining radio frequency identification (RFID) information associated with one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

225. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining inclinometer information associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

226. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining accelerometer information associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

227. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining inertial information associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

228. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to a reference associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

229. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to a table top reference grid associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

230. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to other portions of the electronic paper assembly associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

231. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to a reference beacon associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

232. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to a light source associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

233. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining position information relative to an audio source associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

234. The system of claim 1, wherein the means for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly comprises:

means for obtaining location information associated with one or more positions of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly.

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111. A system separate from and communicatively linked to an electronic paper assembly, the electronic paper assembly having one or more portions of one or more regions, the system comprising:

circuitry for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

circuitry for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information.

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221. For a system separate from and communicatively linked to an electronic paper assembly, the electronic paper assembly having one or more portions of one or more regions, a method comprising:

obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information.

222. A system separate from and communicatively linked to an electronic paper assembly, the electronic paper assembly having one or more portions of one or more regions, the system comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly; and

one or more instructions for means for sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information.