Claims
- 1. An electrostatically addressable display, comprising:(a) a substrate; (b) an encapsulated electrophoretic display medium disposed adjacent to said substrate; and (c) a movable electrode, wherein application of electronic charge by said movable electrode to said encapsulated electrophoretic display medium modulates an optical property of said encapsulated electrophoretic display medium.
- 2. The display of claim 1, wherein said substrate further comprises a clear conductive coating.
- 3. The display of claim 2, wherein said clear conductive coating comprises an ITO-coated polyester.
- 4. The display of claim 2, wherein the clear conductive coating is connected to ground potential.
- 5. The display of claim 2, further comprising a dielectric sheet disposed adjacent said encapsulated electrophoretic display.
- 6. The display of claim 5, further comprising a dielectric sheet adjacent said encapsulated display.
- 7. The display of claim 1, wherein said substrate further comprises an opaque conductive coating.
- 8. The display of claim 5, wherein said dielectric sheet further comprises a coating having low conductivity.
- 9. The display of claim 1, wherein said movable electrode comprises a stylus.
- 10. A method of addressing an electrostatically addressable display, comprising:providing said display, said display comprising a substrate, an encapsulated electrophoretic display medium disposed adjacent to said substrate, and a movable electrode; and applying an electrostatic charge from said movable electrode to said electrophoretic display medium to modulate an optical property of said encapsulated electrophoretic display medium.
- 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of scanning said movable electrode over said electrophoretic display medium.
- 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of scanning said movable electrode over said electrophoretic display medium is performed substantially contemporaneously with the step of applying an electrostatic charge from said movable electrode to said electrophoretic display medium.
- 13. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of scanning said movable electrode over said electrophoretic display medium and the step of applying an electrostatic charge from said movable electrode to said electrophoretic display medium are performed sequentially.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/504,896 filed Jul. 20, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,124,851, U.S. Ser. No. 08/983,404 filed Mar. 26, 1999, and U.S. Ser. No. 08/935,800 filed Sep. 23, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,120,588, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application claims priority to U.S. Ser. No. 60/057,133 filed Aug. 28, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/057,716, filed Aug. 28, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/057,122, filed Aug. 28, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/057,798, filed Aug. 28, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/057,799 filed Aug. 28, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/057,163 filed Aug. 28, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/057,118, filed Aug. 28, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/059,358, filed Sep. 19, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/059,543 filed Sep. 19, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/065,629, filed Nov. 18, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/065,630 filed Nov. 18, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/065,605 filed Nov. 18, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/066,147, filed Nov. 19, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/066,245, filed Nov. 20, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/066,246, filed Nov. 20, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/066,115 filed Nov. 21, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/066,334 filed Nov. 21, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/066,418 filed Nov. 24, 1997, U.S. Ser. No. 60/070,940 filed Jan. 9, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/071,371 filed Jan. 15, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/072,390 filed Jan. 9, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/070,939 filed Jan. 9, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/070,935 filed Jan. 9, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/074,454, filed Feb. 12, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/076,955 filed Mar. 5, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/076,959 filed Mar. 5, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/076,957 filed Mar. 5, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/076,978 filed Mar. 5, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/078,363 filed Mar. 18, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/083,252 filed Apr. 27, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/085,096 filed May 12, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/090,223 filed Jun. 22, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/090,232 filed Jun. 22, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/092,046 filed Jul. 8, 1998, U.S. Ser. No. 60/092,050 filed Jul. 8, 1998, and U.S. Ser. No. 60/093,689 filed Jul. 22, 1998, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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