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Display device with moving pixel members

  • US 6,603,457 B1
  • Filed: 06/21/2000
  • Issued: 08/05/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A display device, comprising:

  • a plurality of pixel members disposed in succession, an endless guide means holding the plurality of pixel members movably therein;

    a pixel member-moving means disposed at a part of said guide means for circulating said pixel members along said guide means; and

    a pixel member color-changing means disposed at a part of said guide means for causing a color change of individual pixel members, wherein the colors of respective pixel members are changed by said pixel member color-changing means while being circulated by said pixel member-moving means to effect a display, and each of said pixel members has at least two surface portions having mutually different permittivities and colors, and said pixel member color-changing means comprises electrodes disposed to face said guide means for controlling a rotation of said pixel members depending on a polarity of voltage applied therebetween.

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