US Patent Issued to E Ink on May 26 for "Hybrid emissive/transmissive displays and combination displays including e paper and hybrid emissive/transmissive displays" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,108, issued on May 26, was assigned to E Ink Corp. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Hybrid emissive/transmissive displays and combination displays including e paper and hybrid emissive/transmissive displays" was invented by Alain Bouchard (Boston) and Dirk Hertel (Quincy, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid display including an emissive display adjacent a variable transmission display. The hybrid display device typically includes a controller. The emissive display provides an image that is viewable from a viewing location, and the variable transmission medium is positioned relative to the emissive display to partially alter the image at...