Patent ID: 6958842

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other; a display medium comprising an insulating liquid and electrophoretic colored particles dispersed therein and disposed between the first and second substrates; a first electrode and a second electrode for applying a voltage to the display medium so as to move the colored particles between the first and second electrodes to effect a display depending on a voltage applied to the first and second electrodes, with the first and second electrodes arranged to provide a matrix-type display device; and a plurality of light-transmissive insulating tubes containing different colors of the display medium and arranged in a prescribed order of the colors between the first and second substrates with the tubes extending in one direction of the matrix-type display device, wherein the second electrode is disposed to divide the tubes into plural sections in their longitudinal direction so that the respective sections can be independently driven.