Patent ID: 8248546

Claim:
An electronic blind, comprising: a pair of substrates including a first substrate and a second substrate, said first and second substrates being film substrates; polymer/liquid crystal composite material interposed between said first and second substrates; a first electrode at the first substrate serving as a common electrode for the blind; and a plurality of second electrodes patterned onto a face of said second substrate in line form at intervals from one side to an other side of said face of said second substrate, each one of the plurality of second electrodes serving as an electrode for a corresponding line portion of the blind, said each one of the plurality of second electrodes being individually controllable to determine a light passage state for said corresponding line portion, wherein the light passage state for one segment of the blind differs from the light passage state of another segment of the blind, wherein said one segment comprises at least one line portion and wherein said another segment comprises at least one other line portion.