Electronic book with multiple page displays

• US 6,124,851 A
• Filed: 07/20/1995
• Issued: 09/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Original Assignee: E Ink Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: Jacobson, Joseph M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shalwala, Bipin
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEWIS, DAVID LEE
• Application Number:
  US08/504,896
• Time in Patent Office: 1,895 Days
• Field of Search: 345/901, 345/100, 345/204, 345/121, 345/206, 345/173, 345/205, 349/86-89, 281/16, 434/317, 434/178
• US Class Current: 345/206
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/407 for marking on special material
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/4076 printing on rewritable, bistable "electronic paper" by a focused electric or magnetic field
• 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: G06F 15/0283 for data storage and retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0267 Details of drivers for scan electrodes, other than drivers for liquid crystal, plasma or OLED displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0275 Details of drivers for data electrodes, other than drivers for liquid crystal, plasma or OLED displays, not related to handling digital grey scale data or to communication of data to the pixels by means of a current
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/30 using electroluminescent panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/344 based on particles moving in a fluid or in a gas, e.g. electrophoretic devices electrophoretic devices per se G02F1/167
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3611 Control of matrices with row and column drivers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3674 Details of drivers for scan electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3685 Details of drivers for data electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/38 using electrochromic devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 10/462 Insulated gate field-effect transistors [IGFETs]
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 19/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic element specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching, covered by group H10K10/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/311 Flexible OLED
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/17 Passive-matrix OLED displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/30 Coordination compounds
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/60 Organic compounds having low molecular weight H10K85/10 - H10K85/50 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/901 Electronic book with display

Abstract

An electronic book comprising multiple, electronically addressable, page displays is described. Said page displays may be formed on flexible, thin substrates. Said book may additionally encompass memory, power, control functions and communications.

Claims

1. An electronically addressable display comprising:

a substrate having a surface;

an electronically addressable display media printed on said surface of said substrate; and

a plurality of analog or digital logic elements printed on said surface of said substrate, said plurality of printed logic elements matrix-addressing said printed display media.

2. The electronically addressable display of claim 1 wherein said display media is bistable.

3. The electronically addressable display of claim 1 wherein said substrate defines a plurality of apertures.

4. The electronically addressable display of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of address lines printed on said substrate, said address lines in electrical communication with said printed display media and said printed logic element.

5. The electronically addressable display of claim 1 wherein said printed logic element comprises a polymeric transistor.

6. The electronically addressable display of claim 1 wherein said printed logic element comprises an organic transistor.

7. The electronically addressable display of claim 1 wherein said printed logic element comprises a solution-deposited polymeric transistor.

8. The electronically addressable display of claim 1 wherein said printed logic element comprises an optoeletronic switch.

9. An electronically addressable display comprising:

a plurality of substrates integrated to form a display ensemble, each of said substrates having a surface;

an electronically addressable display media printed on said surface of each said plurality of substrates;

a plurality of analog or digital logic elements printed on said surface of each of said plurality of substrates, said plurality of printed logic elements matrix-addressing said printed display media.

10. An electronically addressable display of claim 9 wherein said display media is bistable.

11. The electronically addressable display of claim 9 wherein each of said plurality of substrates define a plurality of apertures.

12. The electronically addressable display of claim 9 further comprising a plurality of address lines printed on each of said plurality of substrates, each of said plurality of address lines in electrical communication with each respective printed display media and printed logic element.

13. The electronically addressable display of claim 9 wherein said printed logic element comprises a polymeric transistor.

14. The electronically addressable display of claim 9 wherein said printed logic element comprises an organic transistor.

15. The electronically addressable display of claim 9 wherein said printed logic element comprises a solution-deposited polymeric transistor.

16. The electronically addressable display of claim 9 wherein said printed logic element comprises an optoelectronic switch.