Twisting ball panel display
First Claim
1. An addressable display device comprising:
- a light transparent body having a plurality of optically anisotropic particles contained within dielectric liquid-filled cavities thereof, each of said particles having at least two dissimilar surfaces of contrasting optical characteristics and different Zeta potentials, the dissimilar surfaces of said particles and the distribution of said particles in said dielectric liquid causing said particles to have an electrical anisotropy, andaddressing means for applying an electric field across selected portions of said body whereby the particles contained within said selected portions of said body will rotate in accordance with their electrical anisotropy to provide a display in accordance with their optical anisotropy.
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Abstract
A display system in which the display panel is comprised of a plurality of particles which have an electrical anisotropy due to hemispherical surface coatings of different Zeta potential and their distribution in a volume of a dielectric liquid, and which also have an optical anisotropy due to the hemispherical surface coatings having different optical characteristics which may be due to the color or other optical properties of the hemispherical coatings. Under the action of an external electric field, the particles will rotate in accordance with their electrical anisotropy to provide a display in accordance with their optical anisotropy. The display has switching threshold and memory capabilities.
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17 Claims
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1. An addressable display device comprising:
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a light transparent body having a plurality of optically anisotropic particles contained within dielectric liquid-filled cavities thereof, each of said particles having at least two dissimilar surfaces of contrasting optical characteristics and different Zeta potentials, the dissimilar surfaces of said particles and the distribution of said particles in said dielectric liquid causing said particles to have an electrical anisotropy, and addressing means for applying an electric field across selected portions of said body whereby the particles contained within said selected portions of said body will rotate in accordance with their electrical anisotropy to provide a display in accordance with their optical anisotropy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An addressable display device comprising:
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a plurality of optically anisotropic particles contained within cavities of a light transparent body, said cavities being slightly larger than said particles such that said particles can have rotational movement but substantially no translational movement, said cavities also containing a liquid dielectric, each of said particles having at least two dissimilar surfaces of contrasting optical characteristics and different Zeta potentials, the dissimilar surfaces of said particles and the liquid dielectric being responsible for imparting an electrical anisotropy to said particles, and addressing means for electrically addressing selected portions of said body to provide rotation of the particles within said cavities within said portions of said body to provide a display.
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17. An addressable display device comprising:
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a light transparent body having a plurality of cavities therein, at least some of said cavities each containing a single optically anisotropic particle and a dielectric liquid, each optically anisotropic particle having at least two dissimilar surfaces of contrasting optical characteristics and different Zeta potentials so that each particle further exhibits an electrical anisotropy when distributed in said dielectric liquid, and addressing means for applying an electric field across selected portions of said body whereby the particles contained within said selected portions of said body will rotate in accordance with their electrical anisotropy to provide a display in accordance with their optical anisotropy.
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