The present disclosure is in the field of an electrophoretic device for switching between a transparent and non-transparent mode, comprising a fluid and particles, electrodes for moving said particles, and comprising various further elements, as well as uses thereof, in particular as a window blind.

Example electrophoretic dispersions for use in electrophoretic displays are provided. An example electrophoretic dispersion includes a first chemical entity and a second chemical entity. The first and second chemical entities are to be induced to reversibly interact to switch between a separated state and an optically active state in response to a change in an electromagnetic field passing through the electrophoretic dispersion to change an optical property of the electrophoretic dispersion. Electrophoretic display devices, methods for operating electrophoretic display devices, non-transitory machine-readable storage mediums, and methods for producing electrophoretic dispersions are also provided.

Flowable electrode materials and articles constructed therefrom that can be used to make edible electrical connections. The flowable electrode material may comprise a liquid and a salt, wherein the liquid and the salt are edible. The flowable electrode material can be used to create electrodes, and those electrodes may be incorporated into an electro-optic display comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electro-optic material located between the first electrode and the second electrode. In some embodiments, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the electro-optic material can be edible.

The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic display device comprising microcells filled with an electrophoretic fluid and a dielectric layer, which comprises a first type of magnetic filler material, a second type of nonmagnetic filler material, and a polymeric material. The first and second types of filler material physically interact with each other and they are fixed and aligned in the dielectric adhesive layer in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer exhibits anisotropic conductivity having higher conductivity in the z direction compared to the other two orthogonal directions.

A viewing angle adjusting member and an electronic device including the same are provided. The viewing angle adjusting member includes a first transparent film including a first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent film including a second transparent electrode layer, and a blocking material provided between the first transparent film and the second transparent film and containing nanoparticles configured to block light. The viewing angle adjusting member may be configured to adjust a position of the nanoparticles according to an electrical signal applied to at least one of the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer.

There are provided methods for driving an electro-optic display having a plurality of display pixels, a such method includes receiving an image, converting the image into a YCbCr image; and processing the YCbCr image to generate a luma image. The method further includes calculating variations in a local area for the YCbCr image to obtain a variation map, and calculating an effect ratio map using the calculated variation.

An example electrophoretic display assembly includes: an outer substrate; an inner substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed between the inner substrate and the outer substrate in a spaced apart relationship; and at least one substantially planar microstructure between the first and second electrodes, the microstructure containing an electrophoretic media. For example, the planar microstructures may be parallel to or perpendicular to the outer substrate. Also provided are example methods of fabricating electrophoretic display assemblies. A plurality of electrophoretic display assemblies may be combined to form an electrophoretic display, wherein each display assembly represents a pixel of the display device. The planar microstructures may increase the display quality, including the contrast or color capabilities of electrophoretic displays.

A control method of an electronic ink screen includes: outputting a first color driving signal to pixel(s) expected to display a first color in the electronic ink screen. The first color driving signal includes a first dither signal and a first color first pull-up signal in adjacent periods. The first dither signal includes a first rectangular wave signal, a first electric field cancellation signal and a first constant voltage signal. The first constant voltage signal is configured to drive first color charged particles in the pixel(s) expected to display the first color to move toward a side proximate to a display surface of the electronic ink screen, and the first color first pull-up signal is configured to drive the first color charged particles in the pixel(s) expected to display the first color to move toward the side proximate to the display surface of the electronic ink screen.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic paper, a display device, and a driving method. A plurality of first half-cup structures each includes charged dye particles with a single electric property are provided on the first driving backplane, a plurality of second half-cup structures each includes charged dye particles with a single electric property are provided on the second driving backplane; one first half-cup structure and the opposite second half-cup structures constitute a micro-cup structure, a electric property of the charged dye particles in the first half-cup structure is opposite to that in the second half-cup structure in the same micro-cup structure; a cross-sectional area of the respective second half-cup structures gradually decreases in a direction pointing from the second driving backplane to the first driving backplane; and a cross-sectional area of the respective first half-cup structures gradually decreases in an opposite direction.

A variable transmission electro-optic medium includes an encapsulated bistable dispersion containing a plurality of electrically charged particles and a fluid, the charged particles being movable by application of an electric field and capable of being switched between an open state and a closed state. The plurality of electrically charged particles may include a first set of charged particles and a second set of charged particles, such that a color of the first set of charged particles is the same as a color of the second set of charged particles, and the first set of charged particles has a polarity that is opposite to a polarity of the second set of charged particles.