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Liquid crystal photograph

  • US 4,754,271 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1987
  • Issued: 06/28/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A liquid crystal photograph comprising:

  • a thin two-piece interconnecting plastic casing having a thickness of approximately one-sixteenth of an inch and is small enough to fit into a shirtpocket;

    liquid crystal display means situated upon a first section of said two-piece interconnecting plastic casing for viewing a data-sourced photographic image;

    microelectronic circuitry operating means situated within said two-piece interconnecting plastic casing for responding to a plurality of viewer selected input display functions;

    externally programmable storage means comprising a second section of said two-piece interconnecting plastic casing for storing within a readable memory data representing a plurality of still picture frames to be viewed on said display means;

    control means for controlling reading of said still picture frames from said storage means and for determining the visual duration of said picture frames presented on said liquid crystal display means, including sequencing means responsive to said viewer inputs for providing a plurality of imaging formats ranging from a still picture freeze-frame to a time-delayed auto-sequence to an animated image;

    connection means situated upon both pieces of said two-piece interconnecting casing for allowing said storage means comprising said second section to be inserted into said first section whereupon said display section is situated; and

    extended energizing means wherein a plurality of solar cells are connected so as to provide a permanence of power to said display to the extent that a viewer may continuously realize said display due essentially to the presence of ambient visible light.

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