WO2006031347A3 - Methods and apparatus for driving electro-optic displays - Google Patents

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WO2006031347A3
WO2006031347A3 PCT/US2005/028965 US2005028965W WO2006031347A3 WO 2006031347 A3 WO2006031347 A3 WO 2006031347A3 US 2005028965 W US2005028965 W US 2005028965W WO 2006031347 A3 WO2006031347 A3 WO 2006031347A3
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Karl R Amundson
Robert W Zehner
Theodore A Sjodin
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E Ink Corp
Karl R Amundson
Robert W Zehner
Theodore A Sjodin
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Priority to JP2007525873A priority patent/JP4672727B2/en
Priority to EP05816183.7A priority patent/EP1784813B1/en
Publication of WO2006031347A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006031347A2/en
Priority to PCT/US2006/030092 priority patent/WO2007016627A2/en
Priority to JP2008525154A priority patent/JP5765875B2/en
Publication of WO2006031347A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006031347A3/en
Priority to HK09108130.5A priority patent/HK1130357A1/en
Priority to JP2012264095A priority patent/JP2013047855A/en

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Abstract

Waveforms for driving electro-optic displays, especially bistable electro-optic displays, are modified by one or more of insertion of at least one balanced pulse pair into a base waveform; excision of at least one balanced pulse pair from the base waveform; and insertion of at least one period of zero voltage into the base waveform. Such modifications permit fine control of gray levels.
PCT/US2005/028965 2004-08-13 2005-08-15 Methods and apparatus for driving electro-optic displays WO2006031347A2 (en)

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CN2005800274744A CN101390148B (en) 2004-08-13 2005-08-15 Methods and apparatus for driving electro-optic displays
JP2007525873A JP4672727B2 (en) 2004-08-13 2005-08-15 Method and apparatus for driving an electro-optic display
EP05816183.7A EP1784813B1 (en) 2004-08-13 2005-08-15 Methods and apparatus for driving electro-optic displays
PCT/US2006/030092 WO2007016627A2 (en) 2005-08-01 2006-08-01 Methods for driving electro-optic displays
JP2008525154A JP5765875B2 (en) 2005-08-01 2006-08-01 Method for driving an electro-optic display using a plurality of different drive schemes, electro-optic display driven by a plurality of different drive schemes, apparatus comprising a display driven by a plurality of different drive schemes
HK09108130.5A HK1130357A1 (en) 2004-08-13 2009-09-04 Methods and apparatus for driving electro-optic displays
JP2012264095A JP2013047855A (en) 2005-08-01 2012-12-03 Method for driving electro-optic display

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