Patent ID: 8243237

Claim:
A device comprising: an illumination device to provide light; and a display comprising: a plurality of transmissive pixels to receive and transmit, to a user, the light provided by the illumination device, and a plurality of transflective pixels that differ from and are substantially co-planar with the plurality of transmissive pixels, where each of the plurality of transflective pixels includes: a transmissive section to receive and transmit, to the user, the light from the illumination device, and a reflective section to receive and transmit, to the user, ambient light, where the plurality of transmissive pixels and the transmissive sections, of the plurality of transflective pixels, are illuminated, by the illumination device, when the illumination device is activated, and where the plurality of transflective pixels are associated with a shape, and the ambient light illuminates the reflective sections, of the plurality of transflective pixels, and not the plurality of transmissive pixels, such that the shape is visible to the user when the illumination device is deactivated.