Patent ID: 7639571
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G02F,G04G

Abstract:
1. A timepiece comprising: a display panel having electrophoretic particles between two opposing substrates; a drive circuit unit having a display drive unit for applying an electric field between the substrates and a timekeeping unit for keeping time information; a plurality of first electrodes being rendered in the shapes of a plurality of symbols used to display time information content on one of the substrates; and a second electrode being disposed on the other substrate for applying a voltage between the first electrodes and the second electrode, the plurality of first electrodes being rendered for each type of symbol, each of the first electrodes for the same type of symbol being rendered at a different position on the surface of the one of the substrates, each of the plurality of first electrodes for the same type of symbol being electrically connected to each other.