Additive color electric paper without registration or alignment of individual elements
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1. A gyricon sheet comprising:
- a) a substrate having two opposed surfaces and at least two layers wherein one of the surfaces is a viewing surface, andb) a collection of optically anisotropic light modulating elements capable of being made rotatable wherein each element is capable of producing at least two observable aspects to an observer favorably situated to observe the viewing surface wherein one aspect is being substantially optically transparent and the other aspect is associated with a first component color wherein at least some of said elements are associated with a first component color, at least some of said elements are associated with a second component color different from the first component color, and at least some of said elements are associated with a third component color different from both the first and second component colors, wherein the elements associated with one of the component colors are substantially contained in a different layer from the elements associated with the other component colors, and wherein the first, second, and third component colors are chosen such that when at least a portion of the elements associated with the first, second and third component colors are arranged to present the aspect associated with the component color to be observed simuftaneously by an observer situated favorably to observe the viewing surface the observer would approximately view white.
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Abstract
Several variations in full-color additive gyricons are shown. Each gyricon shown has been designed for ease of construction by eliminating the need for precise placement of rotating elements, alignment between the gyricon layers, if any, and alignment between the gyricon sheet and the addressing device.
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27 Claims
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1. A gyricon sheet comprising:
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a) a substrate having two opposed surfaces and at least two layers wherein one of the surfaces is a viewing surface, and b) a collection of optically anisotropic light modulating elements capable of being made rotatable wherein each element is capable of producing at least two observable aspects to an observer favorably situated to observe the viewing surface wherein one aspect is being substantially optically transparent and the other aspect is associated with a first component color wherein at least some of said elements are associated with a first component color, at least some of said elements are associated with a second component color different from the first component color, and at least some of said elements are associated with a third component color different from both the first and second component colors, wherein the elements associated with one of the component colors are substantially contained in a different layer from the elements associated with the other component colors, and wherein the first, second, and third component colors are chosen such that when at least a portion of the elements associated with the first, second and third component colors are arranged to present the aspect associated with the component color to be observed simuftaneously by an observer situated favorably to observe the viewing surface the observer would approximately view white. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of using a gyricon device comprising:
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a) providing a light source having at least first, second, and third beams incident on a gyricon device having a substrate with two substantially parallel surfaces and containing at least two layers, wherein each layer comprises a plurality of optically and electrically anisotropic rotatable elements, at first, second, and third incidence locations, and b) modulating each of the first, second and third rays with an element contained within one layer of the gyricon device, and c) passing the first second, and third beams out of the gyricon device through a surface thereof substantially without further modulation from a modulating element situated in a different layer of the gyricon device such that a substantially full color gamut is provided while only modulating any one incident light beam by an element in any one layer.
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