Perspectives of Electronic Paper : Office Application

Abstract

The seventh technical committee of the Imaging Society of Japan has been studying about “Perspectives of Electronic Paper". Since 2004 the theme has been focusing on Office Applications. Scenes in an office are classified into deskwork, business and sales meeting, and mobile work, from which we extracted expected merits and functions of electronic paper. As a result, the necessity of two types of electronic paper has become evident. One is a paper type, of which we use multiple sheets for browsing, intensive reading, comparison, and a reminder, while the other is a display type, which we use for reading as a mobile display. Furthermore, technology forecasting of electronic paper is also conducted.