Patent ID: 8022615

Claim:
A display device, comprising: a reflective display on which visual information is presented; at least one light emission layer arranged in an illumination pattern and comprising regions that include at least one component that emits light and regions in which the component that emits light is absent, the light emission layer being disposed in front of the reflective display, the light emission layer encompassing an area congruent with at least a visible portion of the reflective display, and generating light over such area in a distributed fashion; a first electrode comprising at least one electrical conductor, the at least one electrical conductor interfacing with a first side of the light emission layer and the at least one electrical conductor being arranged in the illumination pattern; a second electrode comprising at least one electrical conductor, the at least one electrical conductor interfacing with a second side of the light emission layer and the at least one electrical conductor being arranged in the illumination pattern; and a light diffusion layer disposed in front of the light emission layer, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode provide energy used by the light emission layer to illuminate.