电子纸及对它的要求

对电子纸的要求可以归结为柔性、便于阅读和多功能。本文重点研究电子纸的可读性。考虑到目前还没有哪一种电子显示器像阅读纸张那样舒适,类似纸张的可读性,应该是电子纸最重要的指标。本文综述了可读性电子纸概念的提出,及对它的要求、样式变化、应用和各种可选用的技术。作为实现可读性的指标,能够像阅读纸张和LCD时所显示的那样自由使用信息载体,来评估用户的舒适度。

What is Electronic Paper? The Expectations

The expectations for Electronic Paper can be summarized as flexibility, readability, and multi-functionality. This paper focuses on the goal of readability. Paper-like readability should be accepted as the most important target of Electronic Paper, when we consider that no existing electronic display is as comfortable to read as paper.A concept of readable Electronic Paper is proposed, and its expected properties, style variations, applications, and various candidate technologies are summarized. As an indication of the realization of readability,an evaluation of user comfort when conducting reading tasks on paper and an LCD shows that free handling of the medium is an important factor in achieving excellent readability.