Multi-colored liquid crystal display device with characters not displaying shifts in positions even upon color changes

Claim 1

A multi-colored liquid crystal display device having a viewing surface comprising: at least one display section exhibiting a given display pattern, said at least one display section including a plurality of closely adjacent display segments, the spacing between adjacent display segments being from about 0.5 to about 0.1 mm and each display segment having a width of from about 0.05 to about 0.1 mm, each of said display segments exhibiting substantially the same said given display pattern and each said display segment including means for receiving liquid crystals therein; said display segments of said at least one display section being adjacent each other in a direction substantially along said viewing surface and being so closely adjacent each other that, to a viewer, they appear to be in substantially the same position on said display device; liquid crystals of respective different absorption spectra sealed in adjacent display segments of said at least one display section, each display segment of said at least one display section containing liquid crystals of a different absorption spectrum such that said adjacent display segments provide respective different color displays when energized; and a source of electrical power coupled to said display segments for selectively energizing respective display segments of said at least one display section to selectively produce a display of said given display pattern in different colors without substantially changing the apparent position of said given display pattern with respect to a viewer.