IP Library Granted Patent US 9,176,358
Granted Patent B2
US 9,176,358 · App. 14/212,037 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Electrooptical device, electronic device, and control method for electrooptical device

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Patent No.
US 9,176,358
App. No.
14/212,037
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electrooptical device, an electronic device, a control method for an electrooptical device, and the like that can easily realize various characteristics that are difficult to realize with related art. An electrooptical device uses electrophoretic particles migrating in a dispersion medium for image display. The electrooptical device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, first electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in a first color and charged in a first polarity, and second electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in the first color and charged in the first polarity. The first electrophoretic particles and the second electrophoretic particles are disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. An absolute value of a charge quantity of the first electrophoretic particles is larger than an absolute value of a charge quantity of the second electrophoretic particles.

Claims (30)

1. An electrooptical device that uses electrophoretic particles migrating in a dispersion medium for image display, comprising:

a first electrode;

a second electrode;

first electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in a first color and charged in a first polarity; and

second electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in the first color and charged in the first polarity, wherein

the first electrophoretic particles and the second electrophoretic particles are disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and

an absolute value of a charge quantity of the first electrophoretic particles is larger than an absolute value of a charge quantity of the second electrophoretic particles.

2. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , further comprising

third electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in a second color and charged in a second polarity.

3. The electrooptical device according to claim 2 , further comprising

fourth electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in the second color and charged in the second polarity, wherein

an absolute value of a charge quantity of the third electrophoretic particles is larger than an absolute value of a charge quantity of the fourth electrophoretic particles.

4. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , further comprising

fifth electrophoretic particles that are pigmented in a third color and charged in the first polarity, wherein

an absolute value of a charge quantity of the fifth electrophoretic particles is different from the absolute value of the charge quantity of the first electrophoretic particles and from the absolute value of the charge quantity of the second electrophoretic particles.

5. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first electrophoretic particles and the second electrophoretic particles have different reflectivities with respect to light.

6. The electrooptical device according to claim 3 , wherein

the third electrophoretic particles and the fourth electrophoretic particles have different reflectivities with respect to light.

7. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the dispersion medium is pigmented.

8. An electronic device that displays an image, comprising the electrooptical device according to claim 1 .

9. An electronic device that displays an image, comprising the electrooptical device according to claim 2 .

10. An electronic device that displays an image, comprising the electrooptical device according to claim 3 .

11. An electronic device that displays an image, comprising the electrooptical device according to claim 4 .

12. An electronic device that displays an image, comprising the electrooptical device according to claim 5 .

13. An electronic device that displays an image, comprising the electrooptical device according to claim 6 .

14. An electronic device that displays an image, comprising the electrooptical device according to claim 7 .

15. A control method for an electrooptical device, comprising

controlling gradation of an image to be displayed by controlling a distance over which first electrophoretic particles migrate and a distance over which second electrophoretic particles migrate using the first electrophoretic particles and the second electrophoretic particles, the first electrophoretic particles being pigmented in a first color and charged in a first polarity, and the second electrophoretic particles having a different reflectivity with respect to light, being pigmented in the first color, and being charged in the first polarity by a charge quantity that is different from a charge quantity of the first electrophoretic particles.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2014
From: FUJIMORI, KEITARO; OGAWA, HIDEKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032442/0166 →