EP1784813A4 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROOPTICAL INDICATIONS - Google Patents

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTROOPTICAL INDICATIONS

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EP1784813A4
EP1784813A4 EP05816183A EP05816183A EP1784813A4 EP 1784813 A4 EP1784813 A4 EP 1784813A4 EP 05816183 A EP05816183 A EP 05816183A EP 05816183 A EP05816183 A EP 05816183A EP 1784813 A4 EP1784813 A4 EP 1784813A4
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Prior art keywords
electrooptical
indications
controlling
electrooptical indications
controlling electrooptical
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1784813B1 (en
EP1784813A2 (en
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Karl R Amundson
Robert W Zehner
Theodore A Sjodin
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E Ink Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/34—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source
    • G09G3/3433—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source using light modulating elements actuated by an electric field and being other than liquid crystal devices and electrochromic devices
    • G09G3/344—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters by control of light from an independent source using light modulating elements actuated by an electric field and being other than liquid crystal devices and electrochromic devices based on particles moving in a fluid or in a gas, e.g. electrophoretic devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G3/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
    • G09G3/20—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
    • G09G3/2007—Display of intermediate tones
    • G09G3/2077—Display of intermediate tones by a combination of two or more gradation control methods
    • G09G3/2081—Display of intermediate tones by a combination of two or more gradation control methods with combination of amplitude modulation and time modulation
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    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2310/00—Command of the display device
    • G09G2310/06—Details of flat display driving waveforms
    • G09G2310/061—Details of flat display driving waveforms for resetting or blanking
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    • G09G2310/00—Command of the display device
    • G09G2310/06—Details of flat display driving waveforms
    • G09G2310/065—Waveforms comprising zero voltage phase or pause
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G2310/00—Command of the display device
    • G09G2310/06—Details of flat display driving waveforms
    • G09G2310/068—Application of pulses of alternating polarity prior to the drive pulse in electrophoretic displays
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
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    • G09G2320/00—Control of display operating conditions
    • G09G2320/02—Improving the quality of display appearance
    • G09G2320/0204—Compensation of DC component across the pixels in flat panels
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    • G09G2320/00—Control of display operating conditions
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    • G09G2320/0252—Improving the response speed
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    • G09G2320/00—Control of display operating conditions
    • G09G2320/04—Maintaining the quality of display appearance
    • G09G2320/041—Temperature compensation
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    • G09G2340/00—Aspects of display data processing
    • G09G2340/02—Handling of images in compressed format, e.g. JPEG, MPEG
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    • G09G2360/00—Aspects of the architecture of display systems
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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)
  • Electrochromic Elements, Electrophoresis, Or Variable Reflection Or Absorption Elements (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal Display Device Control (AREA)
EP05816183.7A 2004-08-13 2005-08-15 Methods and apparatus for driving electro-optic displays Expired - Lifetime EP1784813B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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US60124204P 2004-08-13 2004-08-13
US52237204P 2004-09-21 2004-09-21
US52239304P 2004-09-24 2004-09-24
PCT/US2005/028965 WO2006031347A2 (en) 2004-08-13 2005-08-15 Methods and apparatus for driving electro-optic displays

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EP1784813A2 EP1784813A2 (en) 2007-05-16
EP1784813A4 true EP1784813A4 (en) 2011-09-21
EP1784813B1 EP1784813B1 (en) 2016-12-14

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JP (3) JP4672727B2 (en)
KR (1) KR100885140B1 (en)
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WO (1) WO2006031347A2 (en)

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