Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090109145 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - When not receiving the next display-switch starting signal even after a specified time elapses from the application of a previous display driving voltage, a driving unit applies another preparatory driving voltage for generating a preparatory electric field capable of improving the response of colored particles to a driving electric field to an extent so as not to change the arrangement of the colored particles between pixel electrodes and a transparent electrode for a preparatory driving time. | 04-30-2009 |
20090207476 | ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE, ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, IMAGE DISPLAY MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an electrophoretic particle comprising a polymer component on a surface thereof which polymer component is a copolymer obtained from materials comprising at least a monomer component represented by a following general formula (I): | 08-20-2009 |
20100002287 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPERSION SOLUTION, IMAGE DISPLAY MEDIUM USING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electrophoretic dispersion solution includes a nonpolar solvent and plural kinds of electrophoretic particles. At least one kind of the electrophoretic particles has, on surfaces, a copolymer including a first monomer that has a charged group and a second monomer expressed by a first formula represented as | 01-07-2010 |
20110134508 | ELECTROPHORETIC LIQUID AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING ELECTROPHORETIC LIQUID - An electrophoretic liquid is disclosed that includes first particles that have the property of scattering light over an entire visible range and are positively or negatively charged; second particles that have the property of absorbing light of a specific wavelength range in the visible range and scattering light of ranges other than the specific wavelength range and are charged to a polarity opposite to that of the first particles; and a dispersion medium that has the property of allowing the light of the specific wavelength range absorbed by the second particles to pass through and absorbing the light of the ranges other than the specific wavelength range. In the electrophoretic liquid, the first particles and the second particles are dispersed in the dispersion medium. | 06-09-2011 |
20110222139 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrochromic display apparatus is disclosed that includes a stacked body which includes a display electrode and an electrochromic layer that are stacked on each other; a film which includes through holes, and is disposed on one of the display electrode and the electrochromic layer of the stacked body; and an opposed substrate on which an opposed electrode that faces toward the display electrode is formed. | 09-15-2011 |
20110279884 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT - An electrochromic display element including a display substrate, at least one display electrode, a counter electrode, a counter substrate, at least one electrochromic layer in contact with the display electrode, and an electrolyte layer between the electrochromic layer and the counter electrode, wherein the electrolyte layer contains a matrix resin having a three-dimensionally crosslinked structure and a mixture of a liquid crystal compound and an electrolyte, and wherein the mixture of the liquid crystal compound and the electrolyte is dispersed as a continuous phase in the matrix resin. | 11-17-2011 |
20120033286 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE, FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - An electrochromic display device includes a display substrate, a counter substrate facing the display substrate, counter electrodes formed on the counter substrate, at least first and second display electrodes arranged between the display substrate and the counter electrodes, the first display electrode and the second display electrode having a predetermined distance from each other, a first electrochromic layer arranged on the first display electrode and a second electrochromic layer arranged on the second display electrode, an electrolyte layer arranged between the respective first and the second display electrodes and the counter electrodes, and a protective layer made of an insulator material formed on a counter electrode facing side surface of one of the first and the second display electrodes such that the protective layer is sandwiched between the selected one of the first and the second display electrodes and a corresponding one of the first and the second electrochromic layers. | 02-09-2012 |
20120125414 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER - The photoelectric converter includes a substrate; and multiple cells located on the substrate so as to be overlaid. The first cell contacted with the substrate includes a transparent electrode located on the substrate, and a first photoelectric conversion layer located on the transparent electrode. The other cell or each of the others of the multiple cells includes a porous electroconductive layer located closer to the substrate and including an electroconductive material, and a photoelectric conversion layer located on the porous electroconductive layer. Each of the photoelectric conversion layers of the multiple cells includes an electron transport layer including an electron transport material, a dye connected with or adsorbed on the electron transport material, and a hole transport material. The hole transport material is also contained in voids of the porous electroconductive layer. | 05-24-2012 |
20120139824 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION APPARATUS - A disclosed electrochromic display element includes a display substrate, a counter substrate facing the display substrate, display electrodes arranged between the display substrate and the counter substrate, electrochromic layers formed on the respective display electrodes, a plurality of drive elements arranged on the counter substrate at predetermined intervals, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged on the drive elements, a charge retention layer formed over the pixel electrodes as a continuous layer, the charge retention layer being formed of a mixed film including a polymer and one of electric conductive microparticles and semiconductor microparticles, and an electrolyte layer sandwitched between the display substrate and the charge retention layer. | 06-07-2012 |
20120139825 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrochromic display device includes a display substrate, a counter substrate facing the display substrate, counter electrodes arranged on the counter substrate, an electrolyte layer arranged between the display substrate and the counter electrodes, display electrodes separately arranged from one another between the display substrate and the counter electrodes, electrochromic layers to develop or reduce a color by redox reactions, the electrochromic layers being formed on the respective display electrodes arranged such that the electrochromic layers face the set of the counter electrodes, a voltage applying unit to select one of the display electrodes to connect the selected display electrode and the counter electrodes to apply a voltage between the connected display electrode and counter electrodes, a disconnecting unit to disconnect the unselected display electrodes from the counter electrodes, and an interelectrode connecting unit to connect the display electrodes. | 06-07-2012 |
20120154892 | ION CONDUCTOR AND ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An ion conductor includes a mixture including an electrolyte including a salt including inorganic or organic pairs of negative and positive ions, and a low-molecular liquid crystal material. Further, an impedance of the ion conductor varies in accordance with an increase of a voltage applied to the ion conductor due to an orientation response of the low-molecular liquid crystal material, the impedance being determined by an AC impedance method. | 06-21-2012 |
20130250394 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an electrochromic display device including a display substrate, a display electrode provided on the display substrate, a first electrochromic layer provided on the display electrode, an intermediate display electrode provided above the first electrochromic layer separately from the first electrochromic layer, a second electrochromic layer provided on and contacting the intermediate display electrode, an opposed substrate, an opposed electrode provided on the opposed substrate, and an electrolyte solution provided between a surface of the display substrate on which the display electrode is formed and a surface of the opposed substrate on which the opposed electrode is formed, wherein the intermediate display electrode contains a rod-shaped, whisker-shaped, or long-fiber-shaped electrically conductive fine particle, and at least a portion of a space in the electrically conductive fine particle is filled with a material forming the second electrochromic layer. | 09-26-2013 |
20130258439 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND AN ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device, including a step of applying and attaching a fine particle with a predetermined particle diameter to a display substrate, a step of film-forming a transparent electrically conductive film after the fine particle is applied thereto, a step of removing the fine particle to remove a transparent electrically conductive film attached to a surface of the fine particle and to form a display electrode having a fine through-hole at a position at which the fine particle has been attached thereto, and a step of forming an electrochromic layer on the display electrode. | 10-03-2013 |
20130335802 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrochromic display device includes an electrochromic display element including a display electrode, an electrochromic layer provided on the display electrode, an opposing electrode facing the display electrode, and an electrolyte layer sandwiched between the display electrode and the opposing electrode. The electrochromic display device further includes a switching element, and a electric storage element. The display electrode is connected with the opposing electrode by a power source or the electric storage element via the switching element, and when performing driving, part of electric charges, which are stored in the electrochromic display element, are applied for charging the electric storage element, or electric charges in the electric storage element that has been charged are used for driving the electrochromic display element. | 12-19-2013 |
20140078569 | ELECTRO-CHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DRIVING METHOD - An electro-chromic display element, and a display apparatus and a driving method using the same are provided. | 03-20-2014 |
20140268284 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an electrochromic display element, including a display substrate, an opposed substrate that is opposed to the display substrate, an opposed electrode being formed at a display-substrate-opposed side of the opposed substrate, a first display electrode and a first electrochromic layer being laminated at an opposed-substrate-opposed side of the display substrate, a single porous film being formed between the display substrate and the opposed substrate, a second display electrode and a second electrochromic layer being laminated at a display-substrate-opposed side of the porous film, a third display electrode and a third electrochromic layer being laminated at an opposed-substrate-opposed side of the porous film, and an electrolyte being present between the display substrate and the opposed substrate. | 09-18-2014 |