Electronic paper display device and method for displaying color with the same

• US 20120147451A1
• Filed: 07/18/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Hwan Soo, LEE, Young Woo, Kim, Sang Jin, Park, Jungmin
• Application Number:
  US13/137,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20120147451A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/296
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/026 based on the rotation of particles under the influence of an external field, e.g. gyricons, twisting ball displays based on orientable dipolar particles G02F1/172; based on electrophoresis G02F1/167
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/167 by electrophoresis
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/1681 having two or more microcells partitioned by walls, e.g. of microcup type
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2001/1678 characterised by the composition or particle type

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an electronic paper display device including rotating balls configured of hemispheres having colors that are in complementary relationship with each other. The rotating balls are selectively combined, thereby making it possible to represent red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow colors to the outside and control brightness and saturation of the colors.

Claims

1. An electronic paper display device comprising rotating balls configured of hemispheres having colors that are in complementary relationship with each other.

2. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating balls include first to third rotating balls configuring a single pixel, and

wherein the first rotating ball is configured of a first hemisphere having a red color and a second hemisphere having a cyan color,

the second rotating ball is configured of a third hemisphere having a green color and a fourth hemisphere having a magenta color, and

the third rotating ball is configured of a fifth hemisphere having a blue color and a sixth hemisphere having a yellow color.

3. The electronic paper display device according to claim 2, wherein the rotating balls further include a fourth rotating ball configuring the single pixel together with the first to third rotating balls, and

wherein the fourth rotating ball is configured of a seventh hemisphere having a black color and an eighth hemisphere having a white color.

4. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein when the rotating balls represent a red color, the red color exists within a closed curve formed by four points of (0.5113,0.3800), (0.5113,0.2800), (0.3753,0.3450), (0.3753,0.3150) within an xyY color space.

5. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein when the rotating balls represent a green color, the green color exists within a closed curve formed by four points of (0.3137,0.5477), (0.2183,0.5176), (0.3283,0.3852), (0.2997,0.3761) within an xyY color space.

6. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein when the rotating balls represent a blue color, the blue color exists within a closed curve formed by four points of (0.2685,0.1664), (0.1889,0.2269), (0.3166,0.2876), (0.2927,0.3057) within an xyY color space.

7. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein when the rotating balls represent a cyan color, the cyan color exists within a closed curve formed by four points of (0.1487,0.3800), (0.1487,0.2800), (0.2847,0.3450), (0.2847,0.3150) within an xyY color space.

8. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein when the rotating balls represent a magenta color, the magenta color exists within a closed curve formed by four points of (0.4417,0.1424), (0.3463,0.1123), (0.3603,0.2839), (0.3317,0.2748) within an xyY color space.

9. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein when the rotating balls represent a yellow color, the yellow color exists within a closed curve formed by four points of (0.4711,0.4331), (0.3915,0.4936), (0.3673,0.3543), (0.3434,0.3724) within an xyY color space.

10. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, wherein a color gamut of the electronic paper display device has a hexagonal shape formed by lines connecting coordinate values of red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, and yellow colors.

11. The electronic paper display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a barrier rib structure including cavities having the rotating balls positioned therein;

an electrode structure included in the barrier rib structure and applying a voltage to the rotating balls; and

insulating oil filled in the cavities.

12. A method for displaying a color with an electronic paper display device, the method comprising:

providing rotating balls configured of hemispheres having colors that are in complementary relationship to each other and an electrode structure applying a voltage to the rotating balls, such that the electrode structure selectively rotates the rotating balls, thereby displaying a color to the outside.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rotating balls include:

a first rotating ball configured of a first hemisphere having a red color and a second hemisphere having a cyan color;

a second rotating ball configured of a third hemisphere having a green color and a fourth hemisphere having a magenta color; and

a third rotating ball configured of a fifth hemisphere having a blue color and a sixth hemisphere having a yellow color, and

wherein the electrode structure applies a voltage to the first to third rotating balls, such that the first hemisphere, the fourth hemisphere, and the sixth hemisphere face a display surface of the electronic paper display device, thereby representing a red color.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rotating balls include:

a first rotating ball configured of a first hemisphere having a red color and a second hemisphere having a cyan color;

a second rotating ball configured of a third hemisphere having a green color and a fourth hemisphere having a magenta color; and

a third rotating ball configured of a fifth hemisphere having a blue color-and a sixth hemisphere having a yellow color, and

wherein the electrode structure applies a voltage to the first to third rotating balls, such that the second hemisphere, the third hemisphere, and the sixth hemisphere face a display surface of the electronic paper display device, thereby representing a green color.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rotating balls include:

a first rotating ball configured of a first hemisphere having a red color and a second hemisphere having a cyan color;

a second rotating ball configured of a third hemisphere having a green color and a fourth hemisphere having a magenta color; and

a third rotating ball configured of a fifth hemisphere having a blue color and a sixth hemisphere having a yellow color, and

wherein the electrode structure applies a voltage to the first to third rotating balls, such that the second hemisphere, the fourth hemisphere, and the fifth hemisphere face a display surface of the electronic paper display device, thereby representing a blue color.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rotating balls include:

a first rotating ball configured of a first hemisphere having a red color and a second hemisphere having a cyan color;

a second rotating ball configured of a third hemisphere having a green color and a fourth hemisphere having a magenta color; and

a third rotating ball configured of a fifth hemisphere having a blue color and a sixth hemisphere having a yellow color, and

wherein the electrode structure applies a voltage to the first to third rotating balls, such that the second hemisphere, the third hemisphere, and the fifth hemisphere face a display surface of the electronic paper display device, thereby representing a cyan color.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rotating balls include:

a first rotating ball configured of a first hemisphere having a red color and a second hemisphere having a cyan color;

a second rotating ball configured of a third hemisphere having a green color and a fourth hemisphere having a magenta color; and

a third rotating ball configured of a fifth hemisphere having a blue color and a sixth hemisphere having a yellow color, and

wherein the electrode structure applies a voltage to the first to third rotating balls, such that the first hemisphere, _the fourth hemisphere, and the fifth hemisphere face a display surface of the electronic paper display device, thereby representing a magenta color.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rotating balls include:

a first rotating ball configured of a first hemisphere having a red color and a second hemisphere having a cyan color;

a second rotating ball configured of a third hemisphere having a green color and a fourth hemisphere having a magenta color; and

a third rotating ball configured of a fifth hemisphere having a blue color and a sixth hemisphere having a yellow color, and

wherein the electrode structure applies a voltage to the first to third rotating balls, such that the first hemisphere, the third hemisphere, and the sixth hemisphere face a display surface of the electronic paper display device, thereby representing a yellow color.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein the rotating balls include a fourth rotating ball configured of a seventh hemisphere having a black color and an eighth hemisphere having a white color, and

wherein the electrode structure applies a voltage to the fourth rotating ball, thereby controlling brightness and saturation of the color represented by the rotating balls.