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Image display apparatus

US7903323B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 1, 2010
Grant dateMar 8, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/1671
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image display apparatus comprising two substrates at least one of which is transparent, ribs for maintaining a distance between the substrates and display particles that are sealed between the substrates in a powder state, and displaying an image by generating an electric field between the substrates so that the display particles are moved,wherein of contact faces to the display particles in the gap between the substrates, at least the contact faces of ribs to the display particles have an arithmetic average roughness Ra in a range from 0.01 to 0.20 μm and an average interval Sm of irregularities in a range from 0.5 to 2.5 μm.

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