EP1204086A3 - Display unit, display device, and method for manufacturing the display device - Google Patents

Display unit, display device, and method for manufacturing the display device Download PDF

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EP1204086A3
EP1204086A3 EP01309224A EP01309224A EP1204086A3 EP 1204086 A3 EP1204086 A3 EP 1204086A3 EP 01309224 A EP01309224 A EP 01309224A EP 01309224 A EP01309224 A EP 01309224A EP 1204086 A3 EP1204086 A3 EP 1204086A3
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display device
display
hollow tube
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Shuichi Maeda
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New Oji Paper Co Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
    • G09F9/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
    • G09F9/37—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements being movable elements
    • G09F9/372—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements being movable elements the positions of the elements being controlled by the application of an electric field

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A display unit includes a transparent hollow tube member and at least one display element sealed in the transparent hollow tube member. The display element is capable of rotating independently in the hollow tube member. Also, the display element has a surface which is divided into a plurality of areas having different colors and is polarized to have at least two poles having a different electrification state. An image formed by a display device including the display units is kind to the eye in the same way as printed matter, and does not cause eyestrain due to flickering of emitted light.
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EP20010309224 2000-11-01 2001-10-31 Display unit Expired - Lifetime EP1204086B1 (en)

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JP2000334193 2000-11-01
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EP1204086A3 true EP1204086A3 (en) 2004-06-09
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Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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DE4008825A1 (en) * 1989-09-08 1991-03-14 Rose Walter Gmbh & Co Kg Graphic information display using masks - has slotted outer cover with rotational elements comprising sectors with varying optical properties
EP0913803A2 (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-05-06 Xerox Corporation Twisting-cylinder display
US5922268A (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-07-13 Xerox Corporation Method of manufacturing a twisting cylinder display using multiple chromatic values
US6055091A (en) * 1996-06-27 2000-04-25 Xerox Corporation Twisting-cylinder display

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE4008825A1 (en) * 1989-09-08 1991-03-14 Rose Walter Gmbh & Co Kg Graphic information display using masks - has slotted outer cover with rotational elements comprising sectors with varying optical properties
US6055091A (en) * 1996-06-27 2000-04-25 Xerox Corporation Twisting-cylinder display
EP0913803A2 (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-05-06 Xerox Corporation Twisting-cylinder display
US5922268A (en) * 1997-10-30 1999-07-13 Xerox Corporation Method of manufacturing a twisting cylinder display using multiple chromatic values

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EP1204086B1 (en) 2006-04-05

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