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Electronic whiteboard using electrophoretic display

US6831771B2 · kind B2 · utility

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39Claims
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Filing dateJan 8, 2003
Grant dateDec 14, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/094
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a display device which includes an array of sealed microcups containing particles of a designated electric and magnetic characteristic suspended in a solvent wherein a surface of a plurality of the sealed microcups constituting a transparent surface. The display device further includes an electromagnetic image writing/drawing pen for manually applying an electromagnetic field on the particles of the designated electric and magnetic characteristic in the microcups to form an image viewable from the transparent surface. More particularly, the particles of the designated electric and magnetic characteristic are charged particles and the writing and drawing pen is an electrical writing/drawing pen.

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