Displaying device and method thereof

• US 8,388,165 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2008
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yudong Zhang
• Original Assignee: Yudong Zhang
• Inventors: Zhang, Yudong
• Primary Examiner(s): Negron, Ismael
• Application Number:
  US12/218,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20100011637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,694 Days
• Field of Search: 362/116, 349/16, 404/42, 404/46, 404/48, 406/619, 404/89, 446/147, 174/521, 264/34, 264/496
• US Class Current: 362/116
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/04 Signs, boards or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/00 Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes on or in vehicles G09F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/10 and slideably mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/335 being organic light emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/35 being liquid crystals G09F9/302 takes precedence; liquid crystal materials C09K19/00; liquid crystal panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell per se G02F1/13

Abstract

The device comprises a visual effecter and a display, wherein the visual effecter comprises at least one encapsulated electronic-optical element; the display can be a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional display or any combination thereof; the display locates outside the visual effecter; and the display is subject to the visual effect of the visual effecter.

Claims

1. A method of making a displaying device comprising a visual effecter and a display, which comprises:

(i) immersing an electronic-optical element, a power supply, and an electronic element in a liquid material;

(ii) hardening the liquid material to form a visual effecter;

(iii) providing a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional display; and

(iv) placing the display outside the visual effecter so as to make the display subject to the visual effect of the visual effecter.

2. The method of according to claim 1, in which the electronic-optical element is liquid crystal device;

the display is customized; and

the displaying device is a key chain.

3. The method according to claim 1, in which the power supply is a photovoltaic cell.

4. The method according to claim 1, in which the hardened material is selected from glass, epoxy, silicone, polyurethane, polyester, polysulfide, allylic resin, and any combination thereof.

5. The method according to claim 1, in which the display is a 2-dimensional display comprising an image, a text, or any combination thereof;

and the medium for the display is selected from glass, paper, metal, magnetic layer, stone, polymer, and wood.

6. The method according to claim 1, in which the display is customized and is waterproof.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of joining the display with the visual effecter by chemical bonding, mechanical bonding, or any combination thereof.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of encasing the visual effecter and the display together within a transparent material.

9. The method according to claim 1, in which the displaying device is a tourist souvenir.

10. The method according to claim 1, in which the electronic element is an integrated circuit (IC).

11. The method according to claim 10, in which the integrated circuit is a flashing IC.

12. The method according to claim 1, in which the electronic-optical element is selected from a liquid crystal device.

13. The method according to claim 12, in which the liquid crystal device is a TN display.