ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HOLDING DEVICE WITH VOLTAGE-REGULATION COLOR-CHANGING ELEMENT

• US 20090231249A1
• Filed: 03/10/2009
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wintek Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wintek Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Sheng-Yuan, Wang, Wen-Chun, Liu, Chin-Chang
• Application Number:
  US12/401,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20090231249A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/83
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133308 Support structures for LCD panels, e.g. frames or bezels
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/13332 Front frames
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/23 for the control of the colour G02F1/03 - G02F1/21 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/38 using electrochromic devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0283 for providing a decorative aspect, e.g. customization of casings, exchangeable faceplate
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation

Abstract

An electronic device with at least one voltage-regulation color-changing element has a display section and a housing substantially surrounding the display section. The voltage-regulation color-changing element, which is provided on at least one of the display section and the housing and supplied with a voltage by a voltage source of the electronic device, is allowed to tune between different wavelength bands of reflected light to vary the color of at least part of the electronic device so as to provide specific visual effects.

Claims

1. An electronic device with at least one voltage-regulation color-changing element having a display section and a housing substantially surrounding the display section, the voltage-regulation color-changing element, which is provided on at least one of the display section and the housing and supplied with a voltage by a voltage source of the electronic device, being allowed to tune between different wavelength bands of reflected light to vary the color of at least part of the electronic device so as to provide specific visual effects.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a cellular phone, a personnel digital assistant, a notebook, a digital photo frame, an e-paper, an electronic notice board, or one of home electric appliances.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voltage-regulation color-changing element is allowed to tune a wavelength band that indicates a specific message.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a battery charge indicator provided on the housing and the voltage-regulation color-changing element being combined with the battery charge indicator.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voltage-regulation color-changing element is embedded in the electronic device.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display section comprises liquid crystal cells, the voltage-regulation color-changing element comprises a pair of electrodes and a cross-linked metallopolymer, and the pair of electrodes and the cross-linked metallopolymer are integrated into the liquid crystal cells.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voltage-regulation color-changing element brings color to gray-level pixel data shown on the display section.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voltage-regulation color-changing element is allowed to tune a wavelength band that varies according to the display data transmitted into the electronic device.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the voltage-regulation color-changing element comprises:

a pair of electrodes facing to each other;

a cross-linked metallopolymer provided between the pair of electrodes; and

multiple silica microspheres embedded within the cross-linked metallopolymer.

10. A holding device with at least one voltage-regulation color-changing element having a display section and a background section surrounding the display section, the voltage-regulation color-changing element, which is provided on both the display section and the background section and supplied with a voltage by a voltage source, being allowed to tune between different wavelength bands of reflected light to vary the color of the display section and the background section so as to provide specific visual effects.

11. The holding device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the holding device is a mural or a single piece of furniture.

12. The holding device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the display section of the holding device is combined with a plurality of voltage-regulation color-changing elements that are arranged to show at least one pattern, alphabet or symbol.

13. The holding device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the holding device is an electronic device.

14. The holding device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the background section is a housing of the electronic device.

15. The holding device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the holding device is a cellular phone, a personnel digital assistant, a notebook, a digital photo frame, an e-paper, an electronic notice board, or one of home electric appliances.

16. The holding device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the voltage-regulation color-changing element comprises:

a pair of electrodes facing to each other;

a cross-linked metallopolymer provided between the pair of electrodes; and

multiple silica microspheres embedded within the cross-linked metallopolymer.