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Granted Patent B2
US 12,601,949 · App. 18/058,775 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Color electrophoretic display

Inventors: Ian French (Hsinchu, TW); Po-Yuan Lo (Hsinchu, TW); Liang-Yu Lin (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
G02F1/167G02F1/1677G02F1/133514
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Patent No.
US 12,601,949
App. No.
18/058,775
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The color electrophoretic display includes a display region, a pixel array, a display medium layer, and a color filter array. The display region includes multiple sub-pixel regions. The pixel array corresponds to the display region in position. The display medium layer is located on the pixel array. The color filter array is located on the display medium layer. The color filter array includes multiple color resists. A portion of the color resists include a first pixel fill factor, another portion of the color resists include a second pixel fill factor, the second pixel fill factor is smaller than the first pixel fill factor, and the first pixel fill factor and the second pixel fill factor are smaller than 60%.

Claims (32)

1 . A color electrophoretic display, comprising:

a display region comprising a plurality of sub-pixel regions;

a pixel array corresponds to the display region in position;

a display medium layer located on the pixel array; and

a color filter array located on the display medium layer, wherein the color filter array comprises a plurality of color resists, a portion of the color resists comprises a first pixel fill factor, another portion of the color resists comprises a second pixel fill factor, the second pixel fill factor is smaller than the first pixel fill factor, the first pixel fill factor and the second pixel fill factor are smaller than 60%, and the color resists comprise:

a first color resist and a second color resist arranged along a first direction and each has a first color; and

a third color resist and a fourth color resist arranged along the first direction and each has a second color different from the first color;

wherein the first color resist and the fourth color resist have the first pixel fill factor, and the second color resist and the third color resist have the second pixel fill factor, the second color resist is adjacent to the third color resist, and the second color resist and the third color resist are located between the first color resist and the fourth color resist.

2 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel fill factor is in a range from 40% to 60%, and the second pixel fill factor is in a range from 30% to 50%.

3 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 1 , wherein the second color resist is located between the third color resist and the fourth color resist, and the second color resist is adjacent to the fourth color resist.

4 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 1 , wherein the color resists further comprise:

a fifth color resist and a sixth color resist each having a third color, the third color is different from the first color and the second color, and the first color resist, the second color resist, the third color resist, and the fourth color resist are located between the fifth color resist and the sixth color resist.

5 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 4 , wherein areas of the fifth color resist and the sixth color resist are greater than areas of the first color resist, the second color resist, the third color resist, and the fourth color resist.

6 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 4 , wherein a reflectance of the fifth color resist and the sixth color resist are greater than a reflectance of the first color resist, the second color resist, the third color resist, and the fourth color resist.

7 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 1 , wherein the color resists further comprise:

a fifth color resist having a third color and the first pixel fill factor, and the third color is different from the first color and the second color; and

a sixth color resist each having the third color and the second pixel fill factor, wherein the fifth color resist and the sixth color resist are arranged along the first direction.

8 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 7 , wherein the second color resist and the third color resist are located between the first color resist and the fourth color resist, the fifth color resist is adjacent to the second color resist and the third color resist, and the fifth color resist is located between the second color resist and the third color resist.

9 . A color electrophoretic display, comprising:

a display region comprising a plurality of sub-pixel regions;

a pixel array corresponds to the display region in position;

a display medium layer located on the pixel array; and

a color filter array located on the display medium layer, wherein the color filter array comprises:

a first color resist and a second color resist arranged along a first direction and each has a first color; and

a third color resist and a fourth color resist arranged along the first direction and each has a second color different from the first color;

wherein the first color resist and the fourth color resist have a first pixel fill factor, the second color resist and the third color resist have a second pixel fill factor different from the first pixel fill factor, and an area of each of the first color resist and the second color resist corresponds to an area of one of the sub-pixel regions, the third color resist is located between the second color resist and the fourth color resist, and an interval between the second color resist and the third color resist along the first direction is greater than an interval between the third color resist and the fourth color resist along the first direction.

10 . He color electrophoretic display of claim 9 , wherein the first pixel fill factor is in a range from 40% to 60%, and the second pixel fill factor is in a range from 30% to 50%.

11 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 9 , wherein an area of each of the third color resist and the fourth color resist corresponds to an area of one of the sub-pixel regions.

12 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 9 , wherein the color filter array further comprises:

a fifth color resist having a third color and the first pixel fill factor, and the third color is different from the first color and the second color; and

a sixth color resist each having the third color and the second pixel fill factor, wherein the fifth color resist and the sixth color resist are arranged along the first direction.

13 . The color electrophoretic display of claim 12 , wherein an area of each of the fifth color resist and the sixth color resist corresponds to an area of two of the sub-pixel regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2022
From: FRENCH, IAN; LO, PO-YUAN; LIN, LIANG-YU
To: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 111100187 · Jan 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230213833A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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