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black the effect will be that in the none-reflective mode an observer will see a black pixel while in the reflective mode he will see a white pixel. 2
2.4.4.4 LC-Tec AB Cholesteric LCD LC-Tec started research and development into liquid crystal display in 1992 and in the 1995 it started production in
than LCDs. However, TLCDs do not have memory and cannot retain information placed in it indefinitely without some current supply. To get a complete RG
bi-stable i.e. it retains the information when the power is off; power is only needed to change the content. Acreos's elctrochromic display techn
2.4.7.2 Bridgestone (Quick Response – Liquid Powder Display, QR-LPD) The Quick Response–Liquid Powder Display was developed in March 2002 by Bridgesto
Technology Manu‐factureBi‐stabilityReflect.orViewingAngleCR RefreshRateRes. MatrixAddressingBichromal Gyricon Yes NA NA Long 100 dpi Acti
dominance of the market is so prominent to the extent that most people use “E-Ink” as synonym to E-Paper. In spite of its advantages E-paper still ha
3 Market Analysis 3.1 Method To be able to come up with a product that is marketable we had to conduct a market analysis of the products that are curr
3.3.3 Screen Technology The screen technology used in all the products that was investigated is Electrophoretic technology by E-Ink and the primary re
3.3.11 Supported Formats There is a wide variation in the number and type of formats supported by the E-Readers currently in the market. While MS-Offi
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viewing angle. The market analysis report has highlighted some crucial points regarding the small sales volume of E-Readers. A more detailed analysis
4 Use Cases 4.1 Use Case Model Use case is a system engineering approach that enables the system designer to show events as seen from the user’s pers
4.3 Use Case Specification Definitions: • EBR means Electronic-Book-Reader • User A is the user of the EBR. • Hard-arrow-keys are the Up, Down, Le
c)User A enters a search-string. d)User A initiates a search by pressing hard-enter-button. e)The total number of matching words is displayed. f)User
c)No WiFi station is found. d)User A cancels the search. e)Close WiFi. Alternative Flow 2: a-f) As in Basic Flow g) Password not accepted. h)Pass
d) User A turns off the camera. e)Camera is turned off. Alternative Flow 2: a-e) As in Basic Flow f)User A chooses “cancel” option. g)Go back to
5 Diagrams and Charts of the E-Reader 5.1 Introduction Diagrams and Charts are very efficient way of expressing ideas to the outside world, certainly
5.3 Collaboration Diagram The collaboration diagram also known as, communication diagram, focuses on the communication between different blocks of the
5.4 Block-Diagram It is not unusually to find out that people want to have one single device in their pocket that will enable them to complete most o
6 Implementation and Screenshots 6.1 Class Diagram of E-Reader In an object-oriented application, the class diagram represents the relationships bet
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6.2 Flow Chart of the E-Reader The flow chart in figure 6.2 represents the case where the user, after navigating from the main menu to sub menu, brows
6.3 Simulator Screenshots of the E-Reader The basic version of the software for the E-Reader has been implemented using the Nano-x framework. To utili
The screen in figure 6.4 will be shown to the user if the ‘Read Book’ option was selected from the previous menu (Main Menu). Pressing “LEFT” butto
The desired book is now open in figure 6.5 and the user can turn a page by pressing ”Left” or ”Right” button. Pressing”F2” initiates the search popup
While reading the book if the user wants to jump between the pages, she shall press ”F3” button. A pagelookup popup window will appear as seen in fig
7 E-Book Demo Hardware 7.1 Display technology Before commencing work on the hardware, we had to choose a suitable E-paper screen technology that is te
White State reflectivity: 30% (typical) Contrast Ratio: 8:1 (typical) Viewing Angle: > 70 degree Switching speed: 500 ms Colors: Black & White
Working on the thesis was fun but not without some obstacles. The configuration of Nano-X and other essential libraries for PC-simulation on Linux too
8 Conclusion 8.1 Results The thesis project was started with a lot of enthusiasm and quest for knowledge, this quest lead to the exploration of severa
8.2 Further Development Systems and programs are not carved on stone and this one is not an exception. The system design and block diagram of th
1 Purpose 1.1 Background Lundinova AB is a Lund based company that is into hardware, embedded software design and project management. The company has
Appendix A A matrix showing the specifications of some E-Books that are currently available in the consumer electronic market BrandNameJinke
Di‐mensionsV8&V2194mmx133.6mmx13.4mm(7.6ʺx5.3ʺx.5ʺ)V3184mmx120.5mmx9.9mmPRS‐500175.6mmx123.6mmx13.8mm(6.9ʺby4.9ʺ
PrimaryDisplay(90mmby120mm)6‐inchSVGA800x6004greyscales,166.7ppi(90mmby120mm)6‐inchSVGA800x6004greyscales,166.7ppi(90mmby120
760mAhV3Li‐ion950mAhh Ah;2ndEdition~20%largerpolymerbattery,ACadapter(Attachment)h 100~240V,DC5V700mA5V1A LessThanLCDiesBa
reportedlyplanned,plantoopenspecsforBBeB? appshavebeenportedCPU V8Epson33LO548MHzV2&V3SamsungArm9200MHzFreeScaleDragon
SlotsMC,MemoryStickC CFTypeII,USBMemoryCard expansionslot.CardslotcardslotOtherInterfacesUSB1.1,headphoneUSB1.1,headphoneSTK‐1
integratedMP3playerDRMBuilt‐in Built‐inDRM‐free(Libre)STK‐101eREADERGen3MobiPocketMobi‐PocketBuilt‐inMobi‐PocketMobi‐Pocket? ? ? B
Service(iDS)ContentPartners? RandomHouse,Simon&Schuster,HarperCollinsSTK‐101IsoshuGen3Mobi‐PocketDeTijd,IFRA,Mobi‐Pocket? Mob
units SonyinsizeGen3SolddirectlybyBookeenandviawholesalers;3rdgenerationCybook(1stwithEInk)generalsaleswillbestartedinfiscal
Appendix B In this part of the thesis, low-level hardware system engineering is done for a multifunctional E-Book-Reader (EBR) that also doubles as a
2 Introduction to Reflective Displays 2.1 Reflective Displays "Reflective displays rely on ambient light for information display" [1]. Refle
Figure B 2 collaboration diagram, document search Collaboration diagram USB-Stick Collaboration diagram that show the interaction between an USB-Stick
Collaboration diagram Camera Collaboration diagram depicting the camera feature Figure B 5 collaboration diagram communication Collaboration diagra
Sequence Diagram Sequence diagram, USB-Stick Sequence diagram showing file transfer when an USB-Stick is mounted to the EBR Figure B 7 sequence d
Sequence diagram communication This sequence diagram depicts the communication between the EBR and an external server, through a WiFi. However, the in
Sequence diagram, camera The multifunctional EBR has a camera. The sequence diagram of the camera operation is show below. Figure B 9 sequence di
Sequence diagram, audio Depicted below is the sequence diagram for the audio recording feature. Figure B 10 sequence diagram, audio Use Case Map (se
Figure B 11 Use Case Map, Search Appendix C: Other Product Ideas The thesis also offered opportunity for product development brainstorm, during whi
2. The commuter is always aware of the latest sales promotion and community information. The end user will benefit from the hourly weather forecast.
Memory Dimensions: Maximum 10 mm by 10 mm by 0.50 mm (Built-in memories with RF Chip is also preferable) Size: Minimum 1 Mb EEPROM, NAND, NOR Memory
Figure C 2 The module above depicts the manager payment system for the pre-paid cards. The upper part of the diagram shows the interaction between t
2.2 E-Paper Disambiguation, E-paper falls into the family of reflective displays referred to as flexible-reflective displays. One could say that all
RF Transceiver Chip May not be required as it could be inbuilt in the CPU however, Carrier frequency: ISM-range and Minimum Data transfer rate: 212 K
A complete graphical illustration of the interaction between the central control station, bus stops, and the card is shown in figure 4 below. Long-Dis
Figure C 4 How it works: • The e-ticket sends the information to Control Module via the RF Transceiver. • The information is then placed in the FI
Bonvoyage Bonvoyage is a device to ease your journey by keeping the master in your key chain and the slaves inside your individual lugg
Look and Feel (Slave) It has no button but has its number written on its body for configuration purpose. Technical conflicts A preliminary investigat
Figure C6 Glossary API Application Programming Interface; which is a set of software libraries that can be used to write other applications. Ar
OTFT Organic Thin Film Transistors; are made up of organic semiconducting compounds. RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer. A kind of computer archi
[19] Ryo Sakurai et al: Color and Flexible Electronic Paper Display using QR-LPD® Technology, SID 06 DIGEST • 1925 [20] Sony:http://products.sel.sony
[56] http://www.lctecdisplays.com/M1-S1%20pictures.asp# 68
(d)Electrochromic Below the aforementioned E-paper technologies are presented in details. 2.4.1 Bichromal Displays The term Bichromal refers to the t
Figure 2.2: Image courtesy of E-Ink [5] 2.4.2.2 Sipix Microcup® Electrophoretic Display SiPix is a California based company that manufactures E-Pap
2.4.3.1 Liquavista: (High Efficiency Optical System, HEOS™) The HEOS trademark based on Electrowetting was developed inside Philips Research Labs aft
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