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Electronic device with display viewable from two opposite ends

  • US 5,896,575 A
  • Filed: 02/28/1997
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wireless messaging device, comprising:

  • a receiver for receiving a message;

    a processor coupled to the receiver for processing the message; and

    a display electrically coupled to the processor for displaying an image including the message,wherein the display is constructed and arranged such that the image is viewable from first and second sides of the display, the first and second sides facing opposite one another, and such that the display is transparent except for an active portion which forms the image, allowing a single image to be seen from either side of the display, andwherein the display is further constructed and arranged such that it can be positioned in a first position in which the first side is visible to a user and in a second position in which the second side is visible to the user, andwherein the wireless messaging device further comprises a display position detector coupled to the display and coupled to the processor for cooperating with the processor to flip the image in order to maintain a correct orientation of the image, in response to the display being moved from the first position to the second position.

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