Patent ID: 7995262

Claim:
An electrochromic display device comprising: a first substrate; a first electrode provided on an upper surface of the first substrate; a second substrate formed by a transparent material, the second substrate being provided above the first substrate to be opposed to the first substrate; a second electrode provided on a lower surface of the second substrate, at least a part of the second electrode being formed with a transparent electrode material; and an electrochromic composition layer provided in between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the electrochromic display device is driven by a passive matrix drive in which the electrochromic display device performs a display by a first energization between the first electrode and the second electrode, and performs an erasion of the display by a second energization in a direction opposite to a direction of the first energization between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode comprises a plurality of electrodes which extend parallely, wherein the second electrode comprises a plurality of transparent display electrodes which extend parallely in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the first electrode, wherein a pixel is defined as a region surrounded by crossing points of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least a surface of the first electrode and of the second electrode is respectively oxidized, wherein the electrochromic composition layer comprises (i) a plurality of insulative partition walls which extend parallely in the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the first electrode and are arranged between respective adjoining transparent display electrodes of the second electrode, and (ii) an electrochromic composition introduced between respective adjoining insulative partition walls, the electrochromic composition including a supporting electrolyte, a polar solvent, and a leuco dye, and wherein the electrochromic display device displays a selected pixel by applying a voltage of a first potential difference between a first portion of the first electrode used as a negative electrode and a first portion of the second electrode used as a positive electrode, wherein the first portion of first electrode and the first portion of the second electrode define the selected pixel, and applies a voltage of a second potential difference smaller than the first potential difference so as not to cause any energization between a remaining portion of the first electrode used as the positive electrode other than the first portion of the first electrode and a remaining portion of the second electrode used as the negative electrode other than the first portion of the second electrode.