Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359268000 | Complementary device | 18 |
20090002800 | ELECTROCHROMIC MIRROR - An electrochromic mirror includes an electrochromic film, an electrically conductive reflective film formed at one thickness direction side of the electrochromic film, an electrically conductive film provided at one thickness direction side of the electrochromic film and at a side of the electrically conductive reflective film that is opposite from the electrochromic film, an electrolytic solution containing lithium ions and enclosed between the electrically conductive reflective film and the electrically conductive film, and a reduction reaction compensation unit. In the electrolytic solution, due to applying a voltage such that the electrically conductive film is made positive and electrically conductive reflective film is made negative, the lithium ions move toward the side of the electrochromic film and are provided to a reduction reaction of the electrochromic film. The reduction reaction compensation unit compensates the reduction reaction. | 01-01-2009 |
20100091352 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides a novel electrochemical display element, which can realize bright white display, high-contrast black and white display, and full-color display by a simple member construction, and a method for driving the display element. The display element is characterized in that it comprises opposed electrodes, and an electrolyte, an electrochromic compound, a metal salt compound, and a white scattering material between the opposed electrodes, and multicolor display of three or more colors is carried out by black display, white display, and display of color other than black by driving the opposed electrodes by taking advantage of 1) a color change as a result of oxidation and reduction reactions of the electrochromic compound, and 2) a color change as a result of reduction precipitation and oxidation dissolution of a metallic element contained in the metal salt compound in at least one of the opposed electrodes. | 04-15-2010 |
20100091353 | DISPLAY ELEMENT AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Provided is a novel electrochemical display element which performs bright white display, high contrast black/white display and full-color display with a simple member configuration. A method for driving such display element is also provided. The display element contains an electrochromic compound, which is colored or has its color disappear due to oxidation or reduction, a metallic salt compound, an electrolyte and a white scattered material, between opposing electrodes. The display element substantially performs multiple color display of three colors or more, i.e., black display, white display and colored display other than black, by driving operation of the opposing electrodes. | 04-15-2010 |
20100142027 | DISPLAY MEDIUM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display medium is provided. The display medium includes a pair of electrodes disposed so as to have a gap therebetween, an electrolyte disposed between the pair of electrodes, an electroconductive porous layer disposed at least one of the pair of electrodes at the side facing the other electrode, a first electrochromic dye held by the porous layer, a second electrochromic dye dispersed in the electrolyte and forming a color different from the color of the first electrochromic dye. Both the first electrochromic dye and the second electrochromic dye are oxidation dyes which form colors by an electrochemical oxidation reaction and are rendered color-faded by an electrochemical reduction reaction, or reduction dyes which form colors by an electrochemical reduction reaction and are rendered color-faded by an electrochemical reduction reaction. The threshold values of voltages applied to the pair of the electrodes for changing from a color-faded state to a colored state of the first electrochromic dye and the second electrochromic dye satisfy a specific relationship. | 06-10-2010 |
20100172011 | SEMI-ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS HAVING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE REDOX ACTIVITY, PROCESS AND KIT FOR MANUFACTURING THIS MATERIAL, ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE DEVICE AND GLAZING UNITS USING SUCH A SEMI-ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL - This semi-electroactive material comprises a self-supporting polymer matrix, inserted into which is an electroactive system comprising or constituted by:
| 07-08-2010 |
20100208325 | ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS HAVING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REDOX ACTIVITIES RESPECTIVELY, PROCESS AND KIT FOR MANUFACTURING THIS MATERIAL, ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE DEVICE AND GLAZING UNITS USING SUCH AN ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL - This electroactive material comprises a self-supporting polymer matrix, inserted into which is an electroactive system comprising or constituted by:
| 08-19-2010 |
20100220378 | SELF-POWERING DISPLAY FOR LABELS AND CARDS - A device is disclosed that combines a battery system with an electrochromic system by judicious selection of electrodes and the connection of the appropriate electrodes to generate internal as well as external current flows. This system allows the elimination of a battery component reducing cost and improving manufacturing yield by reduction of the number of parts and number of interconnections. However, the design can be further extended to the combination of a battery system with a sensing system. | 09-02-2010 |
20110096388 | Flexible and printable electrooptic devices - This invention discloses how EC devices can be fabricated as tags or labels; and further the materials used, device structures and how these can be processed by printing technologies. In addition, systems using displays of such EC devices and their integration with other components are described for forming labels and tags, etc, that may be actuated wirelessly or powered with low voltage and low capacity batteries. | 04-28-2011 |
20110216389 | ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE DEVICE HAVING A CONTROLLED THICKNESS OF AN ELECTROACTIVE MEDIUM AND THAT IS OF SIMPLIFIED MANUFACTURE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF - This device comprises the following stack of layers: a substrate having a glass function (V | 09-08-2011 |
20110222138 | ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION OF THE ELECTRIC CHARGES OF THE ELECTROACTIVE MEDIUM - This device comprises the following stack of layers: a first substrate having a glass function (V | 09-15-2011 |
20120038966 | ELECTROCHROMIC MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH THE SAME - In an electrochromic module and a display device integrated with the electrochromic module, the electrochromic module is installed on a surface of the display device and includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate. A transparent conductive element and an electrochromic layer are disposed between the two substrates, and the material of the electrochromic layer is prepared by dissolving an indicator into a solvent, and electrons are used to change the valence of ions inside the material, such that a coloration is resulted from reduction and oxidation caused by supplying and removing electrons to the ions respectively, and the electrochromic coloration rate is quicker and more uniform than present existing electrochromic materials. Unlike achromic mechanism that produces a decoloration by the oxidation and reduction of organic electrochromic materials, the electrochromic module and the display device have the advantages of a quick decoloration and a small driving voltage. | 02-16-2012 |
20120044561 | ELECTROCHROMIC MODULE COMBINED WITH ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MATERIALS AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMBINED WITH THE ELECTROCHROMIC MODULE THEREOF - In an electrochromic module combined with organic and inorganic materials and a display device combined with the module, the display device has the electrochromic module installed on a surface of an image display module, and the electrochromic module comprises a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, and a transparent conductive element and an electrochromic layer disposed between the substrates, and the electrochromic layer is made of mixing an organic material and an inorganic material into a solvent. With the transfer of electrons between the organic and inorganic materials, the valence of ions of the materials is changed. By gaining electrons for a reduction, and losing electrons for an oxidation, a color change is achieved, and the invention has the advantages of high speed, uniformity, and a low driving voltage. | 02-23-2012 |
20120212793 | ACTIVE-MATRIX ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a display device arrangement, which includes a plurality of electrochromic pixel devices arranged in a matrix. First a plastic insulating layer is provided comprising passages for electrical conductors. Thereafter, in optional order, electrical conductors are provided in the passages, pixel layers are printed on one side of the insulating layer, and control layers are printed on the other side of the insulating layer. By this method the manufacturing of a printed electrochromic pixel device is improved. | 08-23-2012 |
20140126037 | TUNABLE BRAGG STACK - A tunable photonic crystal device comprising: alternating layers of a first material and a second material, the alternating layers comprising a responsive material, the responsive material being responsive to an external stimulus, the alternating layers having a periodic difference in refractive indices giving rise to a first reflected wavelength; wherein, in response to the external stimulus, a change in the responsive material results in a reflected wavelength of the device shifting from the first reflected wavelength to a second reflected wavelength. | 05-08-2014 |
20160011482 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE COMPRISING THREE OR FOUR LAYERS | 01-14-2016 |
20160033839 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE INCLUDING CARBON-BASED MATERIAL AND VIOLOGEN-BASED COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The following description relates to an electrochromic device including a carbon-based material and a viologen-based compound, a method for producing the electrochromic device, and use thereof. There is provided the electrochromic device including an active layer arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode, in which the active layer includes a carbon-based material and a viologen-based compound, and the carbon-based material and the viologen-based compound are bonded to each other through a non-covalent interaction. | 02-04-2016 |
20160054632 | ELECTRODEPOSITION ELEMENT AND MIRROR DEVICE - An electrodeposition element is provided which includes a first substrate including a first member and an electrode arranged above the first member, a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate and including an electrode, and an electrolyte layer arranged between the electrodes of the first substrate and the second substrate, and including an electrodeposition material that contains silver. When a voltage is applied between the electrodes of the first substrate and the second substrate such that the first substrate side is negative and the second substrate side is positive, a reflective surface made of a silver thin film and reflecting light, which is incident from a direction normal to the first and second substrates, in a direction not parallel to the incident direction of the light is formed above the electrode of the first substrate. | 02-25-2016 |
20170235203 | ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT AND ELECTROCHROMIC DIMMING ELEMENT | 08-17-2017 |