JP2006058665A - Image display plate - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display plate with which a large area screen is simply constructed while having an image memory property and having characteristics of quick response speed of switching between displayed images and further of excellent contrast. <P>SOLUTION: The image display plate has the image memory property and has the characteristics of the quick response speed and further of the excellent contrast, and is equipped with display panels 100-1-1, 100-1-2, 100-2-1, 100-2-2, forming a 2×2 matrix. These display panels have upper and the lower substrates and interdigital line electrodes respectively arranged on the upper and lower substrates. The respective interdigital line electrodes arranged on the upper substrate are electrically connected in row directions via flexible conductive materials 111-120, and respective interdigital line electrodes arranged on the lower substrate are electrically connected in column directions via flexible conductive materials 121-130. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is used for an electronic POP (point of purchase advertising) such as an electronic shelf label. For example, an image display board capable of repeatedly displaying and erasing an image as a particle moves using Coulomb force. About.

Such an image display board displays an image by directly applying an electrostatic field to the particles and causing the particles to fly and move by Coulomb force, has an image memory property, and has a fast response speed for switching display images. And it has the characteristic that contrast is favorable (for example, patent document 1).
JP 2003-248249 A

  Such an image display board having a memory property of image, a response speed of switching of a display image, and a good contrast is desired to have a large screen. It is difficult to configure a large screen using a display panel.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an image display board that can easily configure a large screen while having a memory characteristic of an image, a response speed of switching a display image, and a good contrast. Is to provide.

An image display board according to the present invention comprises:
An image display plate that encloses an image display medium in a sealed space between two opposing substrates at least one of which is transparent, applies an electric field to the image display medium, and moves the image display medium to display an image. There,
The image display board includes a display panel of m rows and n columns (m and n are integers of 2 or more),
These display panels have a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and comb line electrodes provided on the first and second substrates, respectively.
Each of the comb line electrodes provided on the first substrate is electrically connected in a row direction through a flexible conductive material, and each of the comb line electrodes provided on the second substrate is flexibly connected. Electrically connected in the column direction through a conductive material.

  According to the present invention, an image display board having a memory property that has a memory property of an image, a response speed of switching of a display image is high, and a good contrast is provided by m rows and n columns (m, n Is an integer greater than or equal to 2. These display panels include a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and comb-type line electrodes provided on the first and second substrates, respectively. Each of the comb-type line electrodes provided on the first substrate is electrically connected in the row direction through the flexible conductive material, and each of the comb-type line electrodes provided on the second substrate is allowed. Electrical connection is made in the column direction through a flexible conductive material.

  As a result, it is not necessary to separately input information constituting an original screen into mxn display panels, and one screen can be easily configured with mxn display panels. The image display board can easily configure a large screen while having a memory characteristic of an image, a response speed of switching a display image, and a good contrast.

  The image display medium may include two types of particle groups or powder fluids having different colors and chargeability. An electronic POP such as an electronic shelf label can be configured using the image display board according to the present invention.

An embodiment of an image display board according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front view of an image display board according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2A to 2C are side views of the image display board according to the present invention. As will be described in detail later, this image display board has a memory property of images, a response speed of switching of display images, and a good contrast, and has 2 rows and 2 columns. Display panels 100-1-1, 100-1-2, 100-2-1 and 100-2-2 are provided. These display panels include an upper substrate and a lower substrate, and comb-type line electrodes provided on the upper substrate and the lower substrate, respectively. Each of the comb line electrodes provided on the upper substrate is electrically connected in the row direction through the flexible conductive materials 111 to 120, and each of the comb line electrodes provided on the lower substrate is formed of the flexible conductive material. 121 to 130 are electrically connected in the column direction.

  When the image display board is used, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the display panels 100-1-1, 100-1-2, 100-2-1 and 200-2-2 are widened so that one screen of double-sided spread is displayed. Display is performed. When not in use, when the upper substrate is a transparent substrate, it is folded in the direction of the arrow so that the display surfaces overlap as shown in FIG. 2B, and when the lower substrate is a transparent electrode, it is shown in FIG. Fold in the direction of the arrow so that the display surfaces overlap.

  According to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to separately input information constituting an original screen into two rows and two columns, that is, four display panels, and a single screen is easily configured by four display panels. As a result, the image display board has a memory property of images, a response speed of switching display images is fast, and has a good contrast, and a large screen can be configured easily. Can do.

  The flexible conductive material 111 to 130 is preferably made of a material having both flexibility and conductivity, but may be made of an opaque flexible conductive material such as copper, gold, or aluminum. In this case, the flexible conductive material can be seen on the viewing side, but it can be made invisible by making it as thin as possible. In addition, by using a flexible material for the binding of the substrates, a one-screen display that can be bent at the binding margin portion is made possible.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an image display element constituting the image display board according to the present invention and its display driving principle. In the example shown in FIGS. 3A to 3C, 1 is a transparent substrate, 2 is a counter substrate, 3 is a display electrode (transparent electrode), 4 is a counter electrode, 5 is a negatively chargeable image display medium, and 6 is a positive electrode. A chargeable image display medium, 7 is a partition wall.

  FIG. 3A shows a state in which the negatively chargeable image display medium 5 and the positively chargeable image display medium 6 are arranged between the opposing substrates (the transparent substrate 1 and the opposite substrate 2). When a voltage is applied to this state so that the display electrode 3 side is at a low potential and the counter electrode 4 side is at a high potential, the positively chargeable image display medium 6 is caused by Coulomb force as shown in FIG. The display electrode 3 side flies and moves, and the negatively chargeable image display medium 5 flies and moves to the counter electrode 4 side. In this case, the display surface viewed from the transparent substrate 1 side looks like the color of the positively chargeable image display medium 6. Next, when the potential is switched and a voltage is applied so that the display electrode 3 side is at a high potential and the counter electrode 4 side is at a low potential, as shown in FIG. 5 jumps to the display electrode 3 side, and the positively chargeable image display medium 6 jumps to the counter electrode 4 side. In this case, the display surface viewed from the transparent substrate 1 side looks like the color of the negatively chargeable image display medium 6.

  Between FIG. 3 (b) and FIG. 3 (c), it is possible to repeatedly display by simply reversing the potential of the power supply, and thus the color can be reversibly changed by reversing the potential of the power supply. . The color of the particles can be selected at will. For example, if the negatively chargeable image display medium 5 is yellow and the positively chargeable image display medium 6 is black, or the negatively chargeable image display medium 5 is black and the positively chargeable image display medium 6 is yellow, the display Is a reversible display between yellow and black. In this method, each particle is once attached to the electrode by mirror image force, so that the display image is retained for a long time even after the voltage is turned off, and the memory retainability is good. In FIG. 3, the electrodes are provided on the inner surface of the substrate, but may be provided on the outer surface of the substrate or inside the substrate.

  In the present invention, since each chargeable image display medium flies in the gas, the response speed of image display is high, and the response speed can be 1 msec or less. Further, unlike the liquid crystal display element, an alignment film, a polarizing plate, and the like are unnecessary, the structure is simple, and the cost and the large area are possible. It is stable against temperature changes and can be used from low to high temperatures. Furthermore, there is no viewing angle, high reflectivity, reflection type, easy to see even in bright places, and low power consumption. There is also a memory property of the display image, and power is not consumed when holding the image.

  The image display board by this invention is comprised from the said image display element arrange | positioned at matrix form. An example of the schematic diagram is shown in FIGS. In this example, a 3 × 3 matrix is shown for convenience of explanation. An arbitrary n × n matrix can be formed by setting the number of lines of each comb-type line electrode to n.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the display electrodes 3-1 to 3-3 arranged substantially in parallel to the counter electrodes 4-1 to 4-3 arranged almost in parallel are substantially orthogonal to each other. In this state, it is provided on the transparent substrate 1 and the counter substrate 2. The display electrodes 3-1 to 3-3 each have two SW 3-1-1 and SW 3-1-2; SW 3-2-1 and SW 3-2-2; SW 3-3-1. And SW3-3-2; are connected to each other. Similarly, two counter electrodes 4-1 to 4-3 are provided in succession, SW4-1-1 and SW4-1-2; SW4-2-1 and SW4-2-2; SW4-. 3-1 and SW 4-3-2 are connected to each other.

  SW3-n-1 (n = 1 to 3) and SW4-n-1 (n = 1 to 3) play a role of switching between connection to the ground and connection to the SW of the next stage. SW3-n-2 (n = 1 to 3) and SW4-n-2 (n = 1 to 3) serve to switch the connection to the high voltage generation circuit 8 and the connection to the low voltage generation circuit 9. Fulfill. The entire SW constitutes the matrix drive circuit 10. Further, in this example, 3 × 3 image display elements are configured by being separated from each other by the partition wall 7, but the partition wall 7 is not essential and can be omitted.

  The operation of the matrix electrode composed of the display electrodes 3-1 to 3-3 and the counter electrodes 4-1 to 4-3 described above controls the opening and closing of each SW by the control of a sequencer (not shown) according to the image to be displayed. Thus, 3 × 3 image display elements are sequentially displayed. This operation is the same as that conventionally known.

In the image display device having the above-described configuration, the matrix drive circuit 10 applies a high potential V _H , a low potential V _L, and an intermediate potential V ₀ to each electrode of the matrix electrode as needed based on image data. The difference between the high potential _{V H} and the low potential _{V L} may be a voltage less than 200V. The intermediate potential V ₀ is set between them, and is usually preferably a ground potential. However, even at a constant potential in the vicinity thereof, an average potential (V _H + V _L ) / 2 of V _H and V _L , or high It may be a potential that changes in synchronization with the potential V _H and the low potential V _L. The application of the high potential and the low potential may superimpose a direct current or an alternating current thereon.

  In FIG. 4, the case where each electrode at the time of non-driving is switched by a mechanical relay and connected to the ground potential is illustrated, but switching by a SW using a semiconductor element may be used. Alternatively, it may be connected to the ground potential via a fixed resistor.

In the image display element used for the image display board according to the present invention, a high potential is applied to one electrode and a low potential is applied to the other electrode, and vice versa. An image is displayed by selection when a potential is applied and a high potential is applied to the other electrode. Here, in the matrix electrode driving, if a high potential or a low potential is applied to each electrode once and then each electrode is left in a floating state until the next voltage application, the potential is affected by the electric field from other electrodes. It fluctuates and the image display is disturbed. Therefore, in the present invention, when a drive voltage (high potential or low potential) is not applied to each electrode, the matrix drive circuit 10 is connected so that each electrode is connected to an intermediate potential V ₀ such as ground with low impedance. Is designing. Connecting to the intermediate potential V ₀ such ground 10MΩ or less, it is preferable preferably less resistance 1 M.OMEGA. If the resistance is too large, image display is disturbed, which is not preferable.

Hereinafter, each member which comprises the image display board by this invention is demonstrated.
As for the substrate, at least one substrate is the transparent substrate 1 from which the color of the image display medium can be confirmed from the outside of the image display plate, and a material having high visible light transmittance and good heat resistance is suitable. The substrate 2 may be transparent or opaque. Examples of substrate materials include polymer sheets such as polyethylene terephthalate, polyethersulfone, polyethylene, polycarbonate, polyimide, and acrylic, flexible materials such as metal sheets, and flexible materials such as glass and quartz. There are no inorganic sheets. The thickness of the substrate is preferably 2 to 5000 μm, more preferably 5 to 2000 μm. If it is too thin, it will be difficult to maintain the strength and the uniformity of the distance between the substrates, and if it is thicker than 5000 μm, a thin image display board will be obtained. Is inconvenient.

  Electrode forming materials for electrodes provided on the substrate as necessary include metals such as aluminum, silver, nickel, copper, and gold, and conductive metal oxides such as ITO, indium oxide, conductive tin oxide, and conductive zinc oxide , Conductive polymers such as polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene and the like are exemplified, and are appropriately selected and used. As a method for forming an electrode, a method of forming the above-described materials into a thin film by sputtering, vacuum deposition, CVD (chemical vapor deposition), coating, or the like, or mixing a conductive agent with a solvent or a synthetic resin binder. The method of apply | coating is used. The electrode provided on the viewing side substrate needs to be transparent, but the electrode provided on the back side substrate does not need to be transparent. In any case, the above-mentioned material that is conductive and capable of pattern formation can be suitably used. Note that the electrode thickness is not particularly limited as long as the conductivity can be secured and the light transmittance is not hindered, and is preferably 3 to 1000 nm, preferably 5 to 400 nm. The material and thickness of the electrode provided on the back side substrate are the same as those of the electrode provided on the viewing side substrate described above, but need not be transparent. In this case, the external voltage input may be superimposed with direct current or alternating current.

  About the partition provided as needed, the shape is appropriately set appropriately depending on the type of the image display medium involved in the display, and is not limited in general, but the width of the partition is 2 to 100 μm, preferably 3 to 50 μm. The height is adjusted to 10 to 500 μm, preferably 10 to 200 μm. In forming the partition walls, a both-rib method in which ribs are formed on each of the opposing substrates and then bonded, and a one-rib method in which ribs are formed only on one substrate are conceivable. In the present invention, any method is preferably used.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the display cells formed by the partition walls made up of these ribs are exemplified by a square shape, a triangular shape, a line shape, a circular shape, and a hexagonal shape as viewed from the substrate plane direction. The shape and the mesh shape are exemplified. It is better to make the portion corresponding to the cross section of the partition wall visible from the display side (the area of the frame portion of the display cell) as small as possible, and the sharpness of the image display increases. Here, examples of the method for forming the partition include a mold transfer method, a screen printing method, a sand blast method, a photolithography method, and an additive method. Among these, a photolithography method using a resist film and a mold transfer method are preferably used. In any method, the present invention can be suitably used.

  Next, the powder fluid as an image display medium used in the image display board of the present invention will be described. As for the name of the powder fluid as the image display medium of the present invention, the present applicant has obtained the right of “Electronic Powder Fluid (registered trademark)”.

  The “powder fluid” in the present invention is a substance in an intermediate state of both fluid and particle characteristics that exhibits fluidity by itself without borrowing the force of gas or liquid. For example, liquid crystal is defined as an intermediate phase between a liquid and a solid, and has fluidity that is a characteristic of liquid and anisotropy (optical properties) that is a characteristic of solid (Heibonsha: Encyclopedia) . On the other hand, the definition of particle is an object with a finite mass even if it is negligible, and is said to be affected by gravity (Maruzen: Physics Encyclopedia). Here, even in the case of particles, there are special states of gas-solid fluidized bed and liquid-solid fluids. When gas is flowed from the bottom plate to the particles, upward force is applied to the particles according to the velocity of the gas. Is a gas-solid fluidized bed that is in a state where it can easily flow when it balances with gravity, and it is also called a liquid-solid fluidized state that is fluidized by a fluid (ordinary) Company: Encyclopedia). As described above, the gas-solid fluidized bed body and the liquid-solid fluid are in a state of using a gas or liquid flow. In the present invention, it has been found that a substance in a state of fluidity can be produced specifically without borrowing the force of such gas and liquid, and this is defined as powder fluid.

  That is, the pulverulent fluid in the present invention is in an intermediate state having both the characteristics of particles and liquid, as in the definition of liquid crystal (liquid and solid intermediate phase), and is the characteristic of the above-mentioned particles. It is a substance that is extremely unaffected and exhibits a unique state with high fluidity. Such a substance can be obtained in an aerosol state, that is, a dispersion system in which a solid or liquid substance is stably suspended as a dispersoid in a gas, and the solid substance is used as a dispersoid in the image display device of the present invention. Is.

An image display board according to the invention encloses a powder fluid exhibiting high fluidity in an aerosol state in which solid particles are stably suspended as a dispersoid, for example, as an image display medium between opposing substrates, at least one of which is transparent. Such a powder fluid can be easily and stably moved by a Coulomb force or the like by applying a low voltage.
As described above, for example, the powder fluid used in the present invention is a substance in an intermediate state between fluid and particles, which exhibits fluidity by itself without borrowing the force of gas or liquid. This powder fluid can be in an aerosol state in particular, and in the image display device of the present invention, a solid substance is used in a state of relatively stably floating as a dispersoid in the gas.

  Next, the particles as the image display medium used in the image display board according to the present invention will be described. The particles can contain a charge control agent, a colorant, an inorganic additive, and the like, if necessary, in the resin as the main component, as in the conventional case. Examples of resins, charge control agents, colorants, and other additives will be given below.

  Examples of the resin include urethane resin, urea resin, acrylic resin, polyester resin, acrylic urethane resin, acrylic urethane silicone resin, acrylic urethane fluororesin, acrylic fluororesin, silicone resin, acrylic silicone resin, epoxy resin, polystyrene resin, styrene Acrylic resin, polyolefin resin, butyral resin, vinylidene chloride resin, melamine resin, phenol resin, fluororesin, polycarbonate resin, polysulfone resin, polyether resin, polyamide resin and the like can be mentioned, and two or more kinds can be mixed. In particular, acrylic urethane resin, acrylic silicone resin, acrylic fluororesin, acrylic urethane silicone resin, acrylic urethane fluororesin, fluororesin, and silicone resin are suitable from the viewpoint of controlling the adhesive force with the substrate.

  The charge control agent is not particularly limited. Examples of the negative charge control agent include salicylic acid metal complexes, metal-containing azo dyes, metal-containing oil-soluble dyes (including metal ions and metal atoms), and quaternary ammonium salt systems. Examples thereof include compounds, calixarene compounds, boron-containing compounds (benzyl acid boron complexes), and nitroimidazole derivatives. Examples of the positive charge control agent include nigrosine dyes, triphenylmethane compounds, quaternary ammonium salt compounds, polyamine resins, imidazole derivatives, and the like. In addition, metal oxides such as ultrafine silica, ultrafine titanium oxide, ultrafine alumina, nitrogen-containing cyclic compounds such as pyridine and derivatives and salts thereof, various organic pigments, resins containing fluorine, chlorine, nitrogen, etc. are also charged. It can also be used as a control agent.

  As the colorant, various organic or inorganic pigments and dyes as exemplified below can be used.

Examples of the black colorant include carbon black, copper oxide, manganese dioxide, aniline black, activated carbon and the like.
Examples of blue colorants include C.I. I. Pigment blue 15: 3, C.I. I. Pigment Blue 15, Bituminous Blue, Cobalt Blue, Alkaline Blue Lake, Victoria Blue Lake, Phthalocyanine Blue, Metal-free Phthalocyanine Blue, Phthalocyanine Blue Partial Chlorides, Fast Sky Blue, Indanthrene Blue BC and the like.
Examples of red colorants include bengara, cadmium red, red lead, mercury sulfide, cadmium, permanent red 4R, risor red, pyrazolone red, watching red, calcium salt, lake red D, brilliant carmine 6B, eosin lake, rhodamine lake B, Alizarin Lake, Brilliant Carmine 3B, C.I. I. Pigment Red 2 etc.

Yellow colorants include chrome yellow, zinc yellow, cadmium yellow, yellow iron oxide, mineral first yellow, nickel titanium yellow, navel yellow, naphthol yellow S, Hansa Yellow G, Hansa Yellow 10G, Benzidine Yellow G, Benzidine Yellow GR, Quinoline Yellow Lake, Permanent Yellow NCG, Tartrazine Lake, C.I. I. Pigment Yellow 12 etc.
Examples of green colorants include chrome green, chromium oxide, pigment green B, C.I. I. Pigment Green 7, Malachite Green Lake, Final Yellow Green G, etc.
Examples of the orange colorant include red chrome yellow, molybdenum orange, permanent orange GTR, pyrazolone orange, Vulcan orange, indanthrene brilliant orange RK, benzidine orange G, indanthrene brilliant orange GK, C.I. I. Pigment Orange 31 etc.
Examples of purple colorants include manganese purple, first violet B, and methyl violet lake.
Examples of white colorants include zinc white, titanium oxide, antimony white, and zinc sulfide.

  Examples of extender pigments include barite powder, barium carbonate, clay, silica, white carbon, talc, and alumina white. Examples of various dyes such as basic, acidic, disperse, and direct dyes include nigrosine, methylene blue, rose bengal, quinoline yellow, and ultramarine blue.

Examples of inorganic additives include titanium oxide, zinc white, zinc sulfide, antimony oxide, calcium carbonate, lead white, talc, silica, calcium silicate, alumina white, cadmium yellow, cadmium red, cadmium orange, titanium yellow, Examples include bitumen, ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, cobalt green, cobalt violet, iron oxide, carbon black, manganese ferrite black, cobalt ferrite black, copper powder, and aluminum powder.
These pigments and inorganic additives can be used alone or in combination. Of these, carbon black is particularly preferable as the black pigment, and titanium oxide is preferable as the white pigment.

  Further, the particles as the image display medium of the present invention preferably have a uniform average particle diameter d (0.5) in the range of 0.1 to 50 μm. If the average particle diameter d (0.5) is larger than this range, the display is not clear, and if it is smaller than this range, the cohesive force between the particles becomes too large, which hinders the movement of the particles.

Furthermore, in the present invention, regarding the particle size distribution of each particle, the particle size distribution Span represented by the following formula is set to less than 5, preferably less than 3.
Span = (d (0.9) −d (0.1)) / d (0.5)
(However, d (0.5) is a numerical value indicating the particle diameter in μm that 50% of the particles are larger than this, and 50% is smaller than this, and d (0.1) is a particle in which the ratio of the smaller particles is 10%. (Numerical value expressed in μm, and d (0.9) is a numerical value expressed in μm for a particle size of 90% or less.)
By keeping Span within a range of 5 or less, the size of each particle is uniform and uniform particle movement is possible.

  Furthermore, regarding the correlation between the particles, the ratio of d (0.5) of the particles having the minimum diameter to d (0.5) of the particles having the maximum diameter among the used particles is set to 50 or less, preferably 10 or less. It is essential.

The particle size distribution and the particle size can be obtained from a laser diffraction / scattering method or the like. When laser light is irradiated onto particles to be measured, a light intensity distribution pattern of diffracted / scattered light is spatially generated, and this light intensity pattern has a corresponding relationship with the particle diameter, so that the particle diameter and particle diameter distribution can be measured. .
Here, the particle size and particle size distribution in the present invention are obtained from a volume-based distribution. Specifically, using a Mastersizer2000 (Malvern Instruments Ltd.) measuring instrument, the particles are put into a nitrogen stream and the attached analysis software (software based on volume-based distribution using Mie theory) The diameter and particle size distribution can be measured.

  The charge amount of the image display medium naturally depends on the measurement conditions, but the charge amount of the particles constituting the image display medium in the image display plate is almost equal to the initial charge amount, the contact with the partition wall, the contact with the substrate, and the elapsed time. It was found that the saturation value of the charging behavior of the particles constituting the image display medium is a governing factor, depending on the accompanying charge decay.

Furthermore, in the present invention, when a dry image display medium is used, it is important to manage the gas in the gap surrounding the image display medium between the substrates, which contributes to improved display stability. Specifically, it is important that the relative humidity at 25 ° C. is 60% RH or less, preferably 50% RH or less, more preferably 35% RH or less with respect to the humidity of the gas in the gap.
The void portion refers to an electrode, an occupied portion of an image display medium (particle group or powdered fluid), an occupied portion of a partition wall (when a partition wall is provided), an image display plate seal portion from a portion sandwiched between mutually opposing substrates. The gas part which the so-called image display medium excluding touches shall be pointed out.
The gas in the gap is not limited as long as it is in the humidity region described above, but dry air, dry nitrogen, dry argon, dry helium, dry carbon dioxide, dry methane, and the like are preferable. This gas needs to be sealed in the image display board so that the humidity is maintained. For example, filling of the image display medium and assembly of the image display board are performed in a predetermined humidity environment. It is important to use a sealing material and a sealing method that prevent moisture from entering.

The distance between the substrates in the image display plate according to the invention is not limited as long as the image display medium can be moved and the contrast can be maintained, but is usually adjusted to 10 to 500 μm, preferably 10 to 200 μm.
The volume occupation ratio of the image display medium in the space between the opposing substrates is preferably 5 to 70%, more preferably 5 to 60%. If it exceeds 70%, the movement of the image display medium is hindered. If it is less than 5%, the contrast tends to be unclear.

  The image display board according to the present invention is a reversible that encloses an image display medium between two opposing substrates at least one of which is transparent, applies an electric field to the image display medium, and moves the image display medium to display an image. Therefore, it can be suitably used to display complicated information such as characters and images.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and many changes and modifications can be made.
For example, in the above embodiment, the case where an image display board is configured using a display panel with 2 rows and 2 columns has been described, but an image is displayed with a display panel with a natural number of rows of 2 or more and a natural number of columns of 2 or more. A display board can also be comprised.

  Although the combination of the two colors in the above embodiment is black and white, any combination having a dark / light color relationship with each other can be used, or a combination of colors with intentionally close contrast can be used. In addition, color display can be performed using a color filter.

It is a front view of the image display board by this invention. (A)-(c) is a side view of the image display board by this invention, respectively. (A)-(c) is a figure which shows an example of the display element used for the image display board by this invention, and its display drive principle, respectively. (A), (b) is a figure which shows an example of the image display board by this invention which each arrange | positioned the display element in the matrix form. It is the figure which illustrated the shape of the partition in the image display board by the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transparent substrate 2 Counter substrate 3 Display electrode 4 Counter electrode 5 Negatively chargeable image display medium 6 Positively chargeable image display medium 7 Bulkhead 8 High voltage generation circuit 9 Low voltage generation circuit 10 Matrix drive circuit 100-1-1, 100- 1-2, 100-2-1, 200-2-2 Display panel 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127 , 128, 129, 130 Flexible conductive material

Claims (2)

An image display plate that encloses an image display medium in a sealed space between two opposing substrates at least one of which is transparent, applies an electric field to the image display medium, and moves the image display medium to display an image. There,
The image display board includes a display panel of m rows and n columns (m and n are integers of 2 or more),
These display panels have a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and comb line electrodes provided on the first and second substrates, respectively.
Each of the comb line electrodes provided on the first substrate is electrically connected in a row direction through a flexible conductive material, and each of the comb line electrodes provided on the second substrate is flexibly connected. An image display board which is electrically connected in a column direction through a conductive material.   2. The image display board according to claim 1, wherein the image display medium includes two kinds of particle groups or powder fluids having different colors and chargeability.

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