Patent Application
20060284804
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a high efficiency electronic display device, especially to the like electronic paper display equipment made by electrophoretic display elements (EPD) and the adding cooperation for LED.
2. Background of the Invention
The electrophoretic display elements, called E-paper traditionally, are becoming more mature gradually in the field of electronic display equipment. The characteristics are low-rate of power consumption, thin thickness of 0.1 mm, display of self-maintain content, non-self-luminescence, etc.; wherein the low-rate of power consumption applying onto information display equipment may be a great advantage, and such equipment being operated based on battery without other power sources shall save a great cost of preparation. Thus the traditional LED display may be a disadvantage. In addition, the equipment for EPD having the features of lightweight and small size may be installed anywhere very easily, and this is superior than prior arts.
On the contrary, the main weakness of the equipment constructed by EPD is non-self-luminescence. Therefore at least one light source may be a necessity in a dark place or at night, and the low-rate of power consumption shall be lost. In the present situation, the sites for applying EPD are then restricted.
The inventor of the present invention has developed the technology related to the electronic display equipment for a long time and produced the device of the present invention. It is to combine the display equipment with EPD and LED; hence the device is able to display information by means of EPD in the daytime and LED light at night. The total amount of LED and related components of the device is 1/10 of the LED display traditionally used. Therefore the difference between the two devices is huge, because LEDs of the device of the present invention may be installed in the places where LEDs should be at night. Comparing with the EPD lighted by external light source, the present device is capable of saving 50˜80% energy.
LEDs only light up the area where EPD display, other area without the LED need having contrast luminance comparing with the LED light may promote the light effect. As aforesaid, the high efficiency electronic display device only needs 1/10 of the amount of LEDs and related components of traditional LED display; further, the device weight of the present invention is totally different.
The present device is not suitable for display equipment with small size and more display points per square unit. Generally, display point being 10 mm may be acceptable, but other smaller display points may be involved in the present invention.
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The present invention mainly provides a high efficiency electronic display device, which related to a like electronic paper display equipment made by EPD and the adding cooperation for LED, featuring to display information by means of EPD in the daytime and LED light while not having enough light.
To make it easier for our examiner to understand the objectives of the invention, structure, innovative features, and performance, we use a preferred embodiment together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the invention.
Of course, to complete the device may need some more components, such as:
The components mentioned above are not the main units of the present invention, and will not be further described.
While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.
Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiment. The description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
