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Originally Posted by ApK
As I read the patent, it looks like the idea would be that the eink display turns translucent to show the video display, but opaque when it itself is in use, and in that state it would still need front lighting, like any other opaque surface.
Also, that a back-lightable eink-type display may one day be invented doesn't change anything right now.
I can imagine a display where the "white" part was phosphorecent, or fluorescent like the white surface of a fluorescent light bulb, opaque to visible light, but energized from below, and then self-illuminated with a perfectly even glow.
Hmm...should I have spoken to a patent lawyer before posting this....? |
Ha! That's a very cool idea. The backlight would probably only have to be on for a brief time while the screen is flashing to a new state, thus dropping the power required even more.
I suppose they could also impregnate the white balls with tritium to always make them glow (for about 10 years, anyway), like on watch faces, but I suspect people wouldn't be too happy with radioactive devices.
