WO2020122917A1 - Systèmes d'éclairage pour affichages réfléchissants - Google Patents

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WO2020122917A1
WO2020122917A1 PCT/US2018/065410 US2018065410W WO2020122917A1 WO 2020122917 A1 WO2020122917 A1 WO 2020122917A1 US 2018065410 W US2018065410 W US 2018065410W WO 2020122917 A1 WO2020122917 A1 WO 2020122917A1
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  • This invention relates to illumination systems for reflective displays. More specifically, this invention relates to a display and means for projecting patterned light onto at least a part of the display. This invention also relates to a method for directing spatially and spectrally modulated illumination on to a reflective display to improve contrast and colorfulness under ambient lighting conditions. Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to a display, intended primarily for outdoor use but which may also find some application indoors (in the sense of use within buildings, tents and other similar structures); these embodiments of the display of the present invention make use of a reflective bistable electro-optic display in conjunction with a light source arranged to illuminate the reflective electro-optic display.
  • optical property is typically color perceptible to the human eye, it may be another optical property, such as optical transmission, reflectance, luminescence or, in the case of displays intended for machine reading, pseudo-color in the sense of a change in reflectance of electromagnetic wavelengths outside the visible range.
  • gray state is used herein in its conventional meaning in the imaging art to refer to a state intermediate two extreme optical states of a pixel, and does not necessarily imply a black-white transition between these two extreme states.
  • E Ink patents and published applications referred to below describe electrophoretic displays in which the extreme states are white and deep blue, so that an intermediate "gray state” would actually be pale blue. Indeed, as already mentioned, the change in optical state may not be a color change at all.
  • black and “white” may be used hereinafter to refer to the two extreme optical states of a display, and should be understood as normally including extreme optical states which are not strictly black and white, for example the aforementioned white and dark blue states.
  • the term “monochrome” may be used hereinafter to denote a drive scheme which only drives pixels to their two extreme optical states with no intervening gray states.
  • electro-optic displays are known.
  • One type of electro-optic display is a rotating bichromal member type as described, for example, in U.S. Patents Nos. 5,808,783; 5,777,782; 5,760,761; 6,054,071 6,055,091; 6,097,531; 6,128,124; 6,137,467; and 6,147,791 (although this type of display is often referred to as a "rotating bichromal ball” display, the term "rotating bichromal member" is preferred as more accurate since in some of the patents mentioned above the rotating members are not spherical).
  • Such a display uses a large number of small bodies (typically spherical or cylindrical) which have two or more sections with differing optical characteristics, and an internal dipole. These bodies are suspended within liquid- filled vacuoles within a matrix, the vacuoles being filled with liquid so that the bodies are free to rotate. The appearance of the display is changed by applying an electric field thereto, thus rotating the bodies to various positions and varying which of the sections of the bodies is seen through a viewing surface.
  • This type of electro-optic medium is typically bistable.
  • an electrochromic medium for example an electrochromic medium in the form of a nanochromic film comprising an electrode formed at least in part from a semi-conducting metal oxide and a plurality of dye molecules capable of reversible color change attached to the electrode; see, for example O'Regan, B., et al., Nature 1991, 353, 737; and Wood, D., Information Display, 18(3), 24 (March 2002). See also Bach, U., et al., Adv. Mater., 2002, 14(11), 845. Nanochromic films of this type are also described, for example, in U.S. Patents Nos. 6,301,038; 6,870,657; and 6,950,220. This type of medium is also typically bistable.
  • Electrophoretic displays can have attributes of good brightness and contrast, wide viewing angles, state bistability, and low power consumption when compared with liquid crystal displays. Nevertheless, problems with the long-term image quality of these displays have prevented their widespread usage. For example, particles that make up electrophoretic displays tend to settle, resulting in inadequate service-life for these displays.
  • electrophoretic media require the presence of a fluid.
  • this fluid is a liquid, but electrophoretic media can be produced using gaseous fluids; see, for example, Kitamura, T., et al., "Electrical toner movement for electronic paper- like display", IDW Japan, 2001, Paper HCSl-1, and Yamaguchi, Y, et al., "Toner display using insulative particles charged triboelectrically", IDW Japan, 2001, Paper AMD4-4). See also U.S. Patents Nos. 7,321,459 and 7,236,291.
  • Such gas-based electrophoretic media appear to be susceptible to the same types of problems due to particle settling as liquid-based electrophoretic media, when the media are used in an orientation which permits such settling, for example in a sign where the medium is disposed in a vertical plane. Indeed, particle settling appears to be a more serious problem in gas-based electrophoretic media than in liquid-based ones, since the lower viscosity of gaseous suspending fluids as compared with liquid ones allows more rapid settling of the electrophoretic particles.
  • Numerous patents and applications assigned to or in the names of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and E Ink Corporation describe various technologies used in encapsulated electrophoretic and other electro-optic media.
  • Such encapsulated media comprise numerous small capsules, each of which itself comprises an internal phase containing electrophoretically-mobile particles in a fluid medium, and a capsule wall surrounding the internal phase.
  • the capsules are themselves held within a polymeric binder to form a coherent layer positioned between two electrodes.
  • microcell electrophoretic display A related type of electrophoretic display is a so-called "microcell electrophoretic display".
  • the charged particles and the fluid are not encapsulated within microcapsules but instead are retained within a plurality of cavities formed within a carrier medium, typically a polymeric film. See, for example, U.S. Patents Nos. 6,672,921 and 6,788,449, both assigned to Sipix Imaging, Inc.
  • electrophoretic media are often opaque (since, for example, in many electrophoretic media, the particles substantially block transmission of visible light through the display) and operate in a reflective mode
  • many electrophoretic displays can be made to operate in a so-called "shutter mode" in which one display state is substantially opaque and one is light-transmissive. See, for example, U.S. Patents Nos. 5,872,552; 6,130,774; 6,144,361; 6,172,798; 6,271,823; 6,225,971; and 6,184,856.
  • Dielectrophoretic displays which are similar to electrophoretic displays but rely upon variations in electric field strength, can operate in a similar mode; see U.S. Patent No. 4,418,346.
  • Electro-optic media operating in shutter mode may be useful in multi-layer structures for full color displays; in such structures, at least one layer adjacent the viewing surface of the display operates in shutter mode to expose or conceal a second layer more distant from the viewing surface.
  • An encapsulated electrophoretic display typically does not suffer from the clustering and settling failure mode of traditional electrophoretic devices and provides further advantages, such as the ability to print or coat the display on a wide variety of flexible and rigid substrates.
  • printing is intended to include all forms of printing and coating, including, but without limitation: pre-metered coatings such as patch die coating, slot or extrusion coating, slide or cascade coating, curtain coating; roll coating such as knife over roll coating, forward and reverse roll coating; gravure coating; dip coating; spray coating; meniscus coating; spin coating; brush coating; air knife coating; silk screen printing processes; electrostatic printing processes; thermal printing processes; ink jet printing processes; electrophoretic deposition (See U.S. Patent No. 7,339,715); and other similar techniques.)
  • pre-metered coatings such as patch die coating, slot or extrusion coating, slide or cascade coating, curtain coating
  • roll coating such as knife over roll coating, forward and reverse roll coating
  • gravure coating dip coating
  • spray coating meniscus coating
  • spin coating brush coating
  • electro-optic displays may be grouped functionally into two broad categories, namely emissive displays, in which the light is emitted from or transmitted through the active layer, and reflective displays, in which light is reflected from the active layer.
  • emissive displays conveys information by changes in its luminance and may be viewed in the absence of ambient light
  • reflective display conveys information by changes in its reflectance and cannot be viewed without ambient light.
  • Emissive displays may incorporate materials that are intrinsically electroluminescent (for example, organic light-emitting diodes, OLEDs) or may be constructed by combining a transmissive or reflective light modulator with a light source; for example, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) commonly combine a non-emissive light valve layer with a backlight.
  • Digital projectors may be regarded as emissive displays comprising a high-intensity light source and a light modulator plus appropriate lenses to deliver an image to a distant, reflective surface. All emissive displays have the disadvantage that their contrast and colorfulness both depend upon the intensity of ambient light. In very bright environments, such as sunlight, the emitted light may be overwhelmed and the displayed information difficult to see.
  • Reflective displays have the advantage that their contrast and colorfulness are not affected by the level of ambient light, indeed their contrast and colorfulness even improve in very bright light. However, reflective displays are obviously difficult to see in dim light.
  • a color filter array may be positioned so that an appropriate black-and-white image is viewed through the color filter array. Although a color image is thus provided to the viewer, the color filters necessarily reduce the amount of light reflected from the display in the white state, and the necessary sharing of the available display surface area between the different color primaries limits colorfulness and color gamut.
  • HDR display can be accomplished by combining two low dynamic range (or low contrast ratio) devices, and by generating from the HDR image two low dynamic range images for each of the display devices.
  • modulated backlights include the digital projectors or LED arrays described in U.S. Patent Applications Publication Nos. 2008/0137990 and 2008/0137976.
  • no equivalent solution is currently known to increase the contrast and colorfulness of reflective displays.
  • the system described in the‘486 patent is a large-size emissive (projection) display, and the patent does not disclose any device in which color projection means image and means for rendering a reflective image are incorporated into the same device, such that both images can be rendered in registration with each other.
  • the present invention seeks to increase the contrast and colorfulness of reflective displays, especially hand-held devices, under a wide range of ambient lighting conditions, by combining projected and reflective images.
  • bistable electro-optic displays may be useful is outdoor signs, especially traffic control devices.
  • traffic light and other traffic control signals have been relied upon incandescent bulbs to generate light; more recently, light emitting diodes (LED’s) have begun to be used for this purpose.
  • LED light emitting diodes
  • Both incandescent bulbs and LED’s require a continuous source of power, typically mains alternating current power, so that any disruption of the power supply due to equipment failure, weather conditions or traffic accidents will result in failure of the traffic lights, traffic hazards and major disruption of traffic flow.
  • Conventional traffic signals have other disadvantages, including:
  • traffic lights are located outdoors and hence are subject to harsh mechanical and environmental conditions; they must withstand mechanical damage and remain operational despite vandalism, mechanical shock and impact, extreme temperatures, and exposure to ultraviolet radiation;
  • the need (in some cases) for increasing traffic signal size may compromise performance in terms of power consumption, weight, and cost.
  • the present invention seeks to provide a form of information display (which may have the form of a traffic light or other traffic control device) which overcomes the aforementioned problems of prior art devices.
  • this invention provides a hybrid emissive-reflective display which can improve the visibility of vehicle-mounted signs in high ambient light conditions, thus providing an added margin of safety and offering the possibility of lowering power consumption.
  • this invention provides a display device comprising a reflective display arranged to render a first image viewable through a viewing surface and a projection means arranged to render a second image viewable in reflection on the viewing surface, the reflective display and the projection means being mounted on a common frame.
  • This display device may hereinafter be called the “projection display” of the present invention.
  • This invention also provides a display device comprising a digital projector and a reflective surface mounted on a common frame, the digital projector comprising a light source, a projection lens and at least one additional optical element adapted to cause a projected image to be formed on the reflective surface, wherein the light passing from the light source through the projection lens is folded by more than 180 degrees in a plane containing the principal axis of the projection lens and a plane of symmetry of the at least one additional optical element before being reflected from the reflective surface.
  • This invention also provides a reflective display arranged to render a first image viewable through a viewing surface and a projection means comprising a light modulator arranged to render a second image viewable in reflection on the viewing surface, the first and second images being superimposed and having approximately the same width and height, the first image having wl pixels in the width dimension and hi pixels in the height dimension, where
  • the second image having w2 pixels in the width dimension and h2 pixels in the height dimension, where h2 ⁇ w2.
  • This invention also provides a display device comprising a reflective display arranged to render a first image viewable through a viewing surface and a projection means arranged to render a second image viewable in reflection on the viewing surface, wherein the frame rate of the reflective display differs from that of the projection means by at least 10 percent.
  • This invention also provides a method for rendering an image using a reflective display arranged to render a first image viewable through a viewing surface and a projection means arranged to render a second image viewable in reflection on the viewing surface, the method comprising:
  • this invention provides an information display comprising a bistable reflective display having a display surface and at least one light emitter arranged to direct light on to the display surface of the reflective display.
  • a bistable reflective display having a display surface and at least one light emitter arranged to direct light on to the display surface of the reflective display.
  • there are at least two separate reflective displays having display surfaces arranged to display differing colors, and independently controllable light emitters arranged to direct light on to the two display surfaces.
  • This form of the invention may have the form of a traffic light, with three separate reflective displays with display surfaces arranged to display red, amber and green respectively and three light emitters arranged to direct light on to the three display surfaces.
  • this form of the invention might, for example, have the form of a crosswalk sign with two separate display surfaces, one forming a red“DON’T WALK” sign and the other a white“WALK” sign, and two light emitters arranged to direct light on to the two display surfaces.
  • the necessary chrominance may be supplied either by the surface itself or by the light emitters.
  • the necessary chrominance may be supplied either by the surface itself or by the light emitters.
  • a display designed to simulate a conventional traffic light one could use three different colored electro-optic display areas (using either inherently colored media or monochrome media behind color filters) illuminated when necessary by white light emitters, or three monochrome electro-optic media areas illuminated by three different colored light emitters.
  • the latter is preferred since it provides a higher contrast ratio.
  • The“lit” or colored state of such a monochrome electro-optic medium/colored light emitter display requires that the electro-optic medium be set to its reflective (white) state and the light emitters be turned on so that colored light from the emitters is reflected from the electro-optic medium.
  • the electro-optic medium In the“unlit” or dark state of such a display, the electro-optic medium is set to its dark, non-reflective state and the light emitters are turned off, thus producing a very dark display surface and a high contrast ratio between the two states of the display.
  • this type of display does require constant use of the light emitters, its power demands can be made relatively modest; for example, the number of LED’s required as light emitters can be reduced as compared with a conventional LED traffic light, since each LED can illuminate a substantial area of the display surface, in contrast to the conventional LED traffic light in which the entire display surface must be covered with LED’s.
  • the LED’s in such a display of the invention will typically be arranged in a“light ring” around the periphery of a circular display surface, and providing LED’s in such a light ring is likely to be technically simpler than providing a larger number of LED’s in a compact array on the display surface of a conventional LED traffic light.
  • the appearance of the traffic light tends to be more attractive than that of a conventional LED traffic light, which suffers from pixelation due to the visibly separate LED’s on its display surface.
  • this invention provides an electrophoretic display comprising:
  • the electrophoretic medium comprising a fluid and two types of electrically charged particles disposed in the fluid and capable of moving through the fluid on application of an electric field to the fluid, one of the two types of particles being dark in color and the other being reflective and of a color different from that of the dark particles;
  • At least one rear electrode disposed on the opposed side of the layer of electrophoretic medium from the front electrode(s), the rear electrode(s) having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough; and a light source disposed on the opposed side of the rear electrodes from the layer of electrophoretic medium and arranged to direct light through the layer of electrophoretic medium,
  • the display having a first optical state in which the dark particles he adjacent the front electrode(s), so that the observer sees a dark color, a second optical state in which the reflective particles he adjacent the front electrode(s), so that the observer sees the color of the reflective particles, and a third optical state is which the dark particles he adjacent the rear electrode(s), the reflective particles the light source generates light, and the color of the reflective particles is visible to an observer.
  • this invention provides electrophoretic displays utilizing a grid electrode.
  • the grid electrode may serve as a rear electrode of the electrophoretic display.
  • the grid electrode may be used to cluster black pigment into a relatively small area corresponding to the grid lines of the grid electrode.
  • a reflective backing may be used in combination with the grid electrode.
  • a relatively high degree of light may be reflected by the backing, providing an enhanced white state of the electrophoretic display.
  • the enhanced brightness may be achieved by a simple modification of the front plane laminate structure of the electrophoretic display, which could be implemented into electrophoretic displays having thin film transistor (TFT) technology as well as segmented electrophoretic displays.
  • TFT thin film transistor
  • the so-called“reflective particles” should not be completely reflective since in the third optical state completely reflective particles will not allow any light to pass through the electrophoretic medium.
  • the reflective particles must be sufficiently reflective to reflect a high proportion of the light incident upon the front electrode(s) when the display is in its second optical state but still sufficiently transmissive to allow light to pass through the reflective particles when the display is in its third optical state. As may be seen from the detailed Examples below, there is no difficulty in finding commercial pigments which meet these requirements.
  • the electro-optic medium may comprise a rotating bichromal member, electrochromic or electro-wetting material.
  • the electro-optic medium may comprise an electrophoretic material comprising a plurality of electrically charged particles disposed in a fluid and capable of moving through the fluid under the influence of an electric field.
  • the electrically charged particles and the fluid may be confined within a plurality of capsules or microcells.
  • the electrically charged particles and the fluid may be present as a plurality of discrete droplets surrounded by a continuous phase comprising a polymeric material.
  • the fluid may be liquid or gaseous.
  • Figures 1A-1C of the accompanying drawings are schematic diagrams illustrating artifacts associated with grazing angle projection in a projection display of the present invention.
  • Figures 2A-2C are schematic diagrams showing an arrangement of projected and reflective images in a projection display of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a side elevation of a projection engine used in a projection display of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a block diagram showing a method of controlling a projection display of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is a side elevation of part of an information display of the present invention in the form of a traffic light, with part of its housing broken away to show the light sources.
  • Figure 6 is a front elevation of the same part of the information display as shown in Figure 5.
  • Figure 7 is a three quarter view, from in front and to one side, of the sight source assembly of the information display shown in Figures 5 and 6.
  • Figure 8 is a schematic cross-section through an electrophoretic display of the present invention having the form of brake light for an automobile.
  • Figure 9 is a front elevation of the rear electrode of the electrophoretic display shown in Figure 8.
  • Figure 10 is a graph of L*a*b* values against time achieved by the electrophoretic display shown in Figures 8 and 9 in certain experiments described below.
  • Figure 11 illustrates an exploded view of an electrophoretic display having a rear grid electrode, according to a non-limiting embodiment of the present application.
  • Figures 12A and 12B are micrographs illustrating the clustering of black pigment near the grid lines of a grid electrode, according to a non-limiting embodiment of the present application.
  • the present invention provides a projection display in which means for projecting a color image and means for rendering a reflective image are incorporated into a single unit such that both images can be superimposed in registration with one another, so that a composite image of improved color quality, visible in a wider range of ambient illumination conditions, can be obtained, compared with that which could be rendered by either the reflective display or the projector alone.
  • the projected image In low light, the projected image is easily visible, its contrast being enhanced by the reflective image on to which it is superimposed. In bright light the projected image will fade but the reflective image will be well lit and seen to good advantage.
  • the intensity of the projected image be adjusted depending on the ambient illumination (whose intensity can be measured by means well known in the art, such as photodiodes, etc.). In very bright light the projector may be turned off completely.
  • the reflective display used in the projection display of the present invention can be any of the types previously described, including but not limited to electrophoretic, electro wetting, electrochromic, rotating bichromal, and reflective liquid crystal; electrophoretic displays may for example be of the magnetophoretic and/or frustrated total internal reflection subtypes.
  • electrophoretic displays may for example be of the magnetophoretic and/or frustrated total internal reflection subtypes.
  • Other types of reflective displays known in the art for example electronic liquid powder, micromechanical (interferometric), photonic crystal (structural color), electrohydrodynamic, and light valve/reflector, may also be employed.
  • the reflective display comprises an electrophoretic material comprising a plurality of electrically charged particles disposed in a fluid and capable of moving through the fluid under the influence of an electric field.
  • the electrically charged particles and the fluid may be confined within a plurality of capsules or microcells.
  • the electrically charged particles and the fluid may be present as a plurality of discrete droplets surrounded by a continuous phase comprising a polymeric material.
  • the fluid may be liquid or gaseous.
  • Projection means (“engines”) for use in the projections displays of the present invention may use various technologies including light sources such as color light-emitting diodes (LED) and solid state color laser sources, in conjunction with light modulators such as microdisplays made using techniques including liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS), deformable mirror displays (DMD) or scanning mirrors (a type of micro-electromechanical system, MEMS).
  • light modulators such as microdisplays made using techniques including liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS), deformable mirror displays (DMD) or scanning mirrors (a type of micro-electromechanical system, MEMS).
  • Combinations of light source, light modulator and associated optics, such as beam splitters and projection lenses, are well known in the art, and can be packaged into such small dimensions that they are currently referred to as pico-projectors.
  • a pico-projector is embedded into a mobile reflective display device such as an electronic document reader (E-reader) or electronic book (E-book) to form a hybrid display.
  • Figure 1 A shows a projector 10 arranged to render an image on to a reflective screen 12 using angled projection, a term used to mean that the central chief ray has an angle of incidence greater than zero (and preferably, in the present invention, at least about 60°) to the normal to the display surface.
  • a large projection angle is desirable because it allows a more compact package, and it increases the range of angles over which the display can be viewed without projector components obstructing the field of vision.
  • folding optics may be used such that the projector may be located below the plane of the reflective screen, resulting in maximum compactness. These folding optics are omitted for clarity from Figure 1 A.
  • angled projection introduces image defects that sharply increase with projection angle: such defects include keystone distortion (see Figure IB) and anamorphic distortion (see Figure 1C). Not illustrated in Figures 1A-1C, but still significant, are visible blur (when the dimension of the angled screen exceeds the focus depth of the projector), fall-off of light intensity with projection distance (so that the luminance of the projected image is non-uniform), and other well-known optical aberrations such as chromatic aberration and astigmatism. [Para 65] In the projection display of the present invention, some of these artifacts may be corrected digitally.
  • keystone and anamorphic distortion, and fall-off of light intensity may be corrected by projecting an image which has been pre-distorted, spatially and/or in brightness, as is known in the art.
  • Such digital correction comes at the expense of some other attribute of the projected image.
  • spatial correction for keystone and/or anamorphic distortion will reduce the overall resolution of the projected image and light intensity correction will reduce image brightness.
  • some artifacts (such as blur) are not amenable to digital correction and must be corrected by a suitable choice of optical elements.
  • Figure 2 A shows a light source 20 modulated by a light modulator 22 to form an image that is projected onto a screen 24.
  • the modulator is in landscape orientation, but its image is projected onto the screen which is in portrait orientation.
  • Figure 2B shows a light source 20 modulated by a light modulator 22 to form an image that is projected onto a screen 28.
  • the modulator and the screen are both in landscape orientation.
  • Figure 2C shows a light source 20 modulated by a light modulator 26 to form an image that is projected onto a screen 24.
  • the modulator is in portrait orientation and its image is projected onto the screen which is in landscape orientation.
  • the light modulator of the projector having w2 pixels in the width dimension and h2 pixels in the height dimension, where
  • a disadvantage of the arrangement of Figure 2A is that square pixels in the light modulator 22 become anisotropic in the image projected onto the screen 24, leading to a mismatch between the sizes of the projected image pixels and the (square) pixels on the reflective display screen 24.
  • the reflective screen is 600 x 800 pixels (SVGA)
  • each pixel is square with a width of about 150 pm
  • the light modulator of the projection engine is 848 x 480 pixels (WVGA)
  • the resolution of the projected image cannot be more than about one half that of the image on the reflective display (i.e., the projected pixels, after correction for distortions as mentioned above, are on the order of 300 pm in size, and are not square).
  • the requirement that pixels of the projected image be mapped 1:1 onto the pixels of the reflective display may be relaxed if the achromatic (luminance) information of the combined image is carried by only one of the hybrid display components, either the projected image or the reflective image, or if the spatial frequency content of one of the achromatic image components is reduced so that the effect of misalignment is no longer visible.
  • This reduction in visibility of the mismatch in resolution is made possible by the human visual system’s different sensitivities of achromatic (luminance) and chromatic image components to position and motion.
  • the chromatic acuity of the human visual system is significantly lower than its luminance acuity such that the perception of sharpness, fine detail and readability of text in displayed images is dominated by the achromatic image component.
  • the achromatic image component is displayed on the reflective display because this display maintains its contrast under a wide range of ambient light levels, and the perceived contrast is even improved at very high ambient light levels, such as sunlight.
  • the input image is separated into achromatic (black-and-white) and chromatic (color-only) components. Examples of color image encoding systems that perform such a separation into one luminance component and two chrominance components include, but are not limited to, YCbCr, YIQ, YCC, CIELab, and oRGB.
  • the following methods may be used to display these achromatic and chromatic components using a projection display of the present invention.
  • the achromatic component may be displayed on the reflective image; the chromatic components being projected by a color projector onto this image.
  • the eye of the observer will recombine (fuse) the displayed achromatic and chromatic image components into a full color image. Since the chromatic acuity of the human eye is significantly lower than its achromatic acuity, the perception of sharpness, fine detail and readability of text will be dominated by the achromatic component.
  • the chromatic components projected onto the reflective image have lower resolution and sharpness than the achromatic component displayed and/or chromatic and achromatic components are out of registration, this will not disturb the perception of sharpness, fine detail and readability of the combined image.
  • the lower human visual sensitivity to motion of the chrominance components ensures that small variations over time of the relative positions of chromatic and achromatic image components, caused for example by vibration if the projector-to-reflective image alignment is not completely rigid, will not significantly disturb the perception of detail in the combined image.
  • the projector engine may be supplied with achromatic (luminance) image information that has been spatially filtered to improve overall image quality without re-introducing the registration requirement.
  • achromatic (luminance) channel may be low-pass filtered (blurred) so that the effects of misalignment and motion (vibration) between projected image and reflective image remain invisible, but the contrast of the combined image is increased as compared with an image where only the chrominance components are projected onto the reflective image.
  • Figure 3 shows an optical design for a projection display (generally designated 30) of the present invention.
  • the projection display 30 comprises a projector module 31 that itself comprises a light source and a spatial light modulator, as described above, as well as associated optical elements such as beam splitters needed to produce modulated images in the three primary colors (red, green and blue). This image is projected on to the viewing surface 38 of a reflective display using the following optical elements:
  • a projection lens or lens combination 32 (a) A projection lens or lens combination 32.
  • the lens plane of projection lens 32 meets the planes of the light modulator (in the projector module 31) and of the reflective display 38 (corrected for the folding of the optical path by mirrors 36 and 37) at a common line (i.e., the modulator, projection lens 32 and reflective display 38 are arranged to meet the Scheimpflug condition);
  • An aspheric achromat combination 33 designed to provide additional focusing of the projected image and to minimize chromatic aberration (this combination may alternatively be combined with projection lens 32);
  • a toroidal lens 34 which minimizes astigmatism caused by cone mirror 37 (described below).
  • the lens 34 may be eliminated if the mirror 37 has more complex curvature than a simple conic;
  • a folding mirror 36 which can be a plane mirror (preferably) or curved (for instance, conic); and
  • a cone mirror 37 which steers the beam to appropriate locations on the viewing surface 38 of the display.
  • FIG. 78 The optical elements in Figure 3 are shown in positions to project an image from projector 31 on to viewing surface 38. When not in use, they may be folded down to conserve space or the entire assembly comprising elements 31-37 may be detachable from the reflective display. Alternatively, folding mirror 36 may be arranged to be removable from the optical path, or replaced by another optical element, such that the projector 31 can project an image on to a distant surface instead of on to the viewing surface 38.
  • optical elements shown in Figure 3 may be replaced by diffractive or holographic elements, or by elements using nano-optical phase discontinuity technology.
  • the location of the projection engine may be at the top, bottom or side of the viewing surface 38 as viewed in portrait mode by a reader. If the projection engine is located at the bottom of the viewing surface 38, other elements of the display, such as a keyboard, may be located above mirror 37 such that the mirror is not visible to the reader.
  • the viewing surface 38 is shown as planar in Figure 3, this is not essential since flexible reflective displays are well known in the art, and curvature of the display surface may be used to simplify or improve the optical design described above. Additional elements, such as light baffles, may be incorporated to reduce stray light reflected specularly from any of the surfaces of the display.
  • the projection display of the present invention may also include elements required to drive the projector means and the reflective display. It is not necessary that the two displays always be driven synchronously. Thus, for example, it may be desired to switch the reflective display to its white state (or possibly a gray state), completely or in part of its area, and to project an image onto this white region using the embedded projector. This is desirable, for example, if video rate content is to be viewed. In the current state of the art, the rate of switching of certain reflective display technologies is not as high as that of projection engines.
  • the projection engine may run at 60 frames per second but the reflective display may be run at 15 frames per second with a subset of the frames to enhance the contrast of the video.
  • Figure 4 is a block diagram of one possible controller architecture of a projection display of the present invention.
  • the information to be displayed is loaded on to the controller by an input/output unit 4 and stored temporarily in memory 44 which also holds the necessary soft- and firmware.
  • a user interface 41 allows the viewer to control all necessary functions such as loading, saving, selecting, and deleting of information, and to initiate and progress through the viewing of the information.
  • An Image and Video Signal Processing unit 45 conditions the stored information for display, and executes image and video processing algorithms including, but not limited to, luminance and color correction, separation into components for reflective and projection display, image rendering to the display and projector resolution, dithering, geometric pre-distortion, and uniformity correction.
  • the processed image signals are then transmitted to the necessary hardware controllers.
  • An electrophoretic display controller 48 controls the pixels of the reflective display 51; a micro-display controller 47 controls those of the projector’s image modulator 50.
  • a Light Engine Controller 46 operates light sources 49 so that they can be adapted to the projected color image or video, and to ambient illumination levels, and switched off when not needed to conserve power from battery 42 which is supplied via a power controller 43.
  • This display may function as an outdoor information display suitable for all lighting conditions, across a wide temperature range, configurable to operate with no requirement for a mains power source.
  • the information display may consist of an electrophoretic display for daylight conditions, complemented by LED or similar light emitters for use in low light or other conditions.
  • the light emitters may also be required to assist in dim daylight conditions, or may be used at all times to provide desired colors.
  • the light emitters may be integrated into a front bezel or front illumination cavity to best suit the environment.
  • the information display of the present invention desirably requires very low power for operation, and the display may incorporate solar charging elements for self- sustaining operation without an external power supply. Since some types of electro-optic material do not function well in low temperatures, it may be necessary to incorporate a layer of front transparent or rear thermal material into the electro-optic portion of the display. Alternatively the light emitters may be able to generate sufficient heat to keep the electro optic material within its operating range. Other forms of heating of the electro-optic material may be activated as needed to ensure proper switching.
  • the information display of the present invention is ideal to replace existing street signage, such as traffic lights and crosswalk signs, because of the benefits of being lighter weight, lower power, more visible in solar glare, better vandalism resistance, ability to be deployed easily in emergency environments, at a similar bill of material cost to the prior art signage.
  • a simple traffic light system could be formed by three separate electro-optic segmented cells each behind a complementary color filter. Such a system may include multiple light emitters for each cell, these light emitters being directed towards the electro optic displays in a pattern to maximize the color visibility in low light conditions.
  • a simple cross walk sign could be of similar design to the traffic light, except instead of a single segmented electro-optic cell, the segmented cell could include multi- segmented icons or information.
  • Figure 5 of the accompanying drawing is a side elevation of one cell (generally designated 100) of a three cell information display of the present invention in the form of a traffic light; part of the drawing is shown broken away to show internal details of the cell.
  • the cell comprises a substantially hemicylindrical visor 102 (best seen in Figure 6) which has a form similar to that in prior art traffic lights and a lens 104.
  • a circular monochrome electrophoretic display 106 is disposed at the rear surface of the cell 100 and is provided with a single electrode (not shown) on each of its major surfaces to enable the display to function as a single pixel display.
  • a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED’s) 108 are disposed at uniform intervals around the internal surface of a collar 110 which surrounds the display 106 so that the light from the LED’s 108 is directed on to the surface of the display 106.
  • the collar 110 and the LED’s 108 are shown on a larger scale in Figure 7.
  • the LED’s 108 are of a single color, red, amber or green depending upon the particular cell of the traffic light.
  • an electrophoretic display comprising: at least one front electrode through which an observer can view the display; a layer of an electrophoretic medium comprising a fluid and two types of electrically charged particles disposed in the fluid, one of the two types of particles being dark in color and the other being reflective and of a color different from that of the dark particles; at least one rear electrode disposed on the opposed side of the layer of electrophoretic medium from the front electrode(s), the rear electrode(s) having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough; and a light source disposed on the opposed side of the rear electrodes from the layer of electrophoretic medium and arranged to direct light through the layer of electrophoretic medium.
  • This display has a first optical state in which the dark particles lie adjacent the front electrode(s), so that the observer sees a dark color, a second optical state in which the reflective particles lie adjacent the front electrode(s), so that the observer sees the color of the reflective particles, and a third optical state is which the dark particles lie adjacent the rear electrode(s), the reflective particles the light source generates light, and the color of the reflective particles is visible to an observer.
  • this aspect of the present invention will be described below primarily in its application as a brake light on a vehicle.
  • the electrophoretic display of the present invention is not limited to this application, and may be used as any form of vehicle or traffic signage, or in other applications, such as warning lights on control panels.
  • this electrophoretic display is designed to have the normal dark and colored states of a conventional dual particle electrophoretic display, together with an additional emissive state (especially useful in low light conditions) in which light from the light source passes through the electrophoretic medium and emerges displaying the color of the colored particles.
  • the display 200 has the form of a brake light for a vehicle and comprises a moisture barrier film 202 (which serves to protect the remaining components of the display 200 from ambient moisture, including spray when the vehicle is driven in wet conditions), a substantially transparent front electrode 204, an adhesive layer 206 and a layer of electrophoretic medium (generally designated 208).
  • the layer of electrophoretic medium 208 is an encapsulated electrophoretic medium comprising numerous capsules having capsule walls 210 enclosing a dielectric fluid 212 in which are dispersed red particles 214 and black particles 216, the red and black particles bearing charges of opposite polarity.
  • a rear grid electrode 218 Behind the layer 208 (i.e., to the left as illustrated in Figure 8 is a rear grid electrode 218; as best seen in Figure 9, this grid electrode 218 comprises wires 220 arranged in a hexagonal pattern leaving most of the area of the electrode 218 occupied by hexagonal apertures 222.
  • a light source in the form of an incandescent bulb 224 equipped with a parabolic reflector 226.
  • the electrophoretic display comprising components 202-218 may be secured to the reflector 226 with a layer of optically clear adhesive; the bulb 224 and reflector 226 may form part of a prior art vehicle brake light.
  • the display 200 is provided with a voltage source (not shown) for establishing a potential difference between the electrodes 204 and 218.
  • the potential difference between the electrodes 204 and 218 is set to attract the black particles 216 adjacent the electrode 204 and the red particles 214 adjacent the electrode 218, so that the display assumes a first optical state in which the surface of the brake light appears dark. Note that in this state it does not matter whether the bulb 224 is or is not lit, since no light will emerge from the display 200; however, to conserve power and increase bulb life, the bulb 224 will normally be turned off.
  • An appropriate drive scheme involving voltage or pulse width modulation may be used in the display 200 to produce a state of defined visibility.
  • Such a driving scheme could be synchronized to a clock or to a light sensor or a temperature sensor to produce the desired visibility level at any time of the day.
  • a red and black pigment dispersion was prepared containing Solsperse 17k as a charging agent.
  • the red pigment Paliotan Red L 3745 was treated with the silane Z6030 and coated with poly(lauryl methacrylate) substantially as described in Example 28 of U.S. Patent No. 8,822,782.
  • An electrophoretic medium comprising of 50 weight per cent pigment with 10:1 Red/Black ratio and 25 mg/gm of Solsperse 17k in Isopar E was made and tested in a liquid test cell. As shown in Figure 10, the medium achieved a red state of 45a* and a dark state of 10 L* (0.01% reflectance).
  • the electrophoretic medium of the present invention is not, of course, confined to the use of red particles. Provided one of the particles is highly absorbing, the other particle may be reflective (white), colored, retro-reflective or transparent. One or more dyes may also be included in the fluid to achieve desired color states in the display.
  • some embodiments of the present invention may include an electro-optic display having a grid electrode.
  • the electro-optic display may be an electrophoretic display including two or more pigments, for example a white pigment and a black pigment each comprising electrophoretic particles.
  • the grid electrode may be configured as a rear electrode for the display and may be used in combination with a white or reflective background. An example of a reflective background is a mirror.
  • a highly reflective surface may be positioned behind the electro-optic layer (e.g., the electrophoretic medium) and a suitably configured electrode is operated to pull the black pigment to narrow lines, thus exposing a majority of the reflective surface.
  • the exposed reflective surface returns the transmitted light back towards and through a Lambertian white pigment layer resulting in an improvement in white state.
  • the electrode is configured as a grid, though not all embodiments are limited in this manner.
  • FIG 11 illustrates an embodiment in which an electrophoretic display includes a rear grid electrode.
  • the display 1000 includes a front electrode 1020, a rear electrode 1040 and a backing layer 1060.
  • An electro-optic layer 1080 is disposed between the front and rear electrodes.
  • the front electrode 1020 may be a layer of indium tin oxide (ITO), and optionally may be on a transparent substrate, such as a substrate of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)(not separately shown).
  • ITO indium tin oxide
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • the electro-optic layer 1080 may be an electrophoretic layer including a continuous (binder) phase and a discontinuous phase.
  • the continuous phase is omitted for ease of illustration.
  • the discontinuous phase is shown as including a plurality of capsules 1100, but may also be encapsulated within polymer-dispersed droplets or microcells.
  • the capsules or droplets preferably have an aspect ratio, i.e. ratio of width to height, of about 1 :3 to 3:1, more preferably about 1:2 to 2:1.
  • One or more, and in some cases each, capsule 1100 may include black and white pigments formed of suitable electrophoretic particles which may be controlled by the front and rear electrodes. Five capsules 1100 are illustrated, but any suitable number may be used.
  • the rear electrode 1040 may be a wire- grid electrode as illustrated and may be formed of any suitable material, e.g. an electroformed mesh of conductive material, such as Al, CrMo, NiB, Ag, and CNT, among others.
  • the spacing of the grid and the width of the wires can be adjusted to maximize the open area while maintaining sufficient electric field uniformity to achieve a smooth appearance of the front surface.
  • the pitch of the grid lines is selected to approximately correspond to the sizing of the capsules 1100.
  • the wire-grid electrode preferably has a light transmissivity of at least 85%.
  • the electro-optic layer comprises an encapsulated medium
  • the area of each of the open spaces between the plurality of grid lines forming the rear electrode e.g. the area of one of the squares making up the grid in Figures 12A and 12B
  • the area of each of the open spaces between the plurality of grid lines forming the rear electrode is approximately the same as the cross-sectional area of the capsules, microcells, or droplets containing the electrophoretic particles, preferably the ratio between the area of the open spaces between the grid lines and the cross-sectional area of the capsules, microcells, or droplets is about 1:5 to 5:1, more preferably about 1:4 to 4:1.
  • the backing layer 1060 may be reflective, such as being a mirror, or may be a white layer. Although the display 1000 is shown“exploded” for clarity, in actual practice the mirror back should be positioned as close behind the rear electrode 1040 as possible.
  • Figures 12A and 12B represent images of an electrophoretic display with a grid electrode, and were made using a microscope.
  • the imaged display included black pigment only.
  • the figures illustrate how the black pigment 2040 within the capsules 2020 is pulled to the grid lines (or wires) 2000 of the rear grid electrode.
  • the figures demonstrate that the charged black electrophoretic particles cluster onto the microwires of the grid electrode rather than evenly distributing in the capsules, exposing the majority of the open area between the micro wires.
  • This operation effectively achieves shutter mode operation of the display without requiring conventional shutter mode waveforms. As described herein, this behavior is used to draw the black pigment onto a small fraction of the back surface of the capsules, exposing a highly reflective back surface to recover the transmitted light.
  • a single black pigment with a grid creates a black and white display with the white backing present.
  • the black pigment is moved to the front of the display (i.e., is dispersed), the display is in a dark state.
  • the black pigment is moved to the grid, the display is in a white state.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'affichage (30) comprenant un affichage réfléchissant (38) agencé pour rendre une première image visible à travers une surface de visualisation et un moyen de projection (31-37) agencé pour rendre une seconde image visible en réflexion sur la surface de visualisation, l'affichage réfléchissant (38) et le moyen de projection (31-37) étant montés sur un cadre commun.
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