Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Suntak Park

Seung Koo Park

Jung Jin Ju

Min-su Kim

Bong Je Park

Sung Ryul Yun

Myung Hyun Lee

Jung Yun Do

Jin Tae Kim

Ki Uk Kyung

Young Sung Kim

Ki-Uk Kyung

Seongcheol Mun

Myung-Hyun Lee

Eun Jin Shin

Joong-Seon Choe

Jong-Moo Lee

Jeong Mook Lim

Mi Jeong Choi

Jae Woong Yoon

Jeong Muk Lim

Saekwang Nam

Jong-uk Lee

Min Su Kim

Joon Tae Ahn

Yongsoon Baek

Jong Moo Lee

Hyong Sik Won

Inwook Hwang

Seok Ho Song

JaeWoong Yoon

Sungryul Yun

Mi Joeng Choi

Han Saem Lee

Min-Su Kim

Mee Jeong Choi

Provided are a composition for a light transmittance control film, and a light transmittance control film. According to the inventive concept, the light transmittance control film includes a matrix part including a copolymer and a polymer chain which is grafted to the copolymer, and a dispersed part including a polymer derived from a first monomer, and are provided in the matrix part, wherein the polymer chain is derived from the first monomer, first light transmittance is shown while external force is applied, and second light transmittance which is greater than the first light transmittance may be shown after the external force is removed.

Light transmittance control film and composition for the light transmittance control film

An embodiment of the inventive concept provides a method of manufacturing a polymer film, the method including: preparing a first copolymer containing a first functional group; preparing a second copolymer containing a second functional group; preparing a first compound containing a third functional group; and performing a cross-linking reaction by mixing the first copolymer, the second copolymer, and the first compound, wherein the cross-linking reaction includes a reaction of the first functional group and the second functional group and a reaction of the second functional group and the third functional group, the first compound includes a polar group and any one group selected from among a vinyl group, an aryl group, and an acrylate group, and the third functional group has reactivity with respect to the second functional group, but does not have reactivity with respect to the first functional group.

Method of manufacturing polymer film and polymer film composition

The present invention relates to a shape-variable electronic device and an operation method of the same and, more specifically, the shape-variable electronic device includes: a substrate having a cell region; a light source unit on the cell region; and a flexible layer vertically spaced apart from the light source unit. The flexible layer includes an actuator part that changes a shape of the flexible layer, and the actuator part includes: a photo-thermal response part that receives light emitted from the light source unit and generates thermal energy; a deformation part which receives the thermal energy from the photo-thermal response part and of which mechanical stiffness is reduced; and a top electrode and a bottom electrode on both surfaces of the deformation part, respectively.

Shape-variable electronic device and operation method of the same

Provided is focal variable device system including a focus variable element including an absorbing layer, and an adjustable light source configured to cause an adjustable light to enter the focus variable element. The absorbing layer includes a thermal expansion material that absorbs the adjustable light and thermally expands.

Focal variable device system

Provided are a composition for a light transmittance control film, and a light transmittance control film. According to the inventive concept, the light transmittance control film includes a matrix part including a copolymer and a polymer chain which is grafted to the copolymer; and a dispersed part including a polymer derived from a first monomer, and are provided in the matrix part, wherein the polymer chain is derived from the first monomer, first light transmittance is shown while external force is applied, and second light transmittance which is greater than the first light transmittance may be shown after the external force is removed.

A reflective active variable lens includes an upper electrode, a lower electrode disposed in parallel to the upper electrode, a deformation part disposed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, a reflective part disposed on the upper electrode, and a support part disposed to surround the deformation part. Here, the deformation part and the support part are connected to each other to provide a single structure, the deformation part is expanded from an initial shape when an electric field is formed between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and the expanded deformation part is contracted when the electric field is removed and restored to the initial shape.

Reflective active variable lens and method of fabricating the same

Provided is a thin film type actuator having multi-operation points, capable of various feels of touch or sounds. The film type actuator includes an upper plate and a lower plate, formed of a single plate. Between the upper plate and the lower plate, pairs of electrode parts capable of attracting one another via an electrostatic force. Since each of the pairs of electrode parts functions as an operation point and the upper plate and the lower plate are formed of the single plate, movements of the respective operation points in such a way that a new physical movement different from an original individual movement is generated to generate a haptic feel or a sound. It is possible to generate various haptic feels or sounds by modulating and combining amplitudes and frequencies of the respective operation points.

Film haptic system having multiple operation points

Disclosed is a blend prepared by mixing a prepolymer and a vinyl monomer, wherein the prepolymer is prepared by a condensation reaction between a first compound represented by the formula Ar&#x2014;H, where Ar comprises (a) a crosslinkable moiety at one end, (b) a moiety selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, &#x2014;COO&#x2014;, &#x2014;CO&#x2014;, &#x2014;COS&#x2014;, &#x2014;SO&#x2014;, and &#x2014;NH&#x2014;, and (c) one or two repeating units selected from the group consisting of: where A is carbon or nitrogen, and X is hydrogen or halogen; and a second compound consisting of an aromatic moiety. Additionally disclosed is a polymer sheet that is a crosslinked product composed of the blend.

Blend prepared by mixing a prepolymer and a vinyl monomer and a polymer sheet obtained therefrom

Provided are a microlens array film and a display device including the same. The microlens array film includes a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode facing each other and a flexible polymer layer placed between the first and the second transparent electrodes. Lenses may be freely deformed by regulating voltages applied to the first and second transparent electrodes.

Microlens array film and display device including the same

Provided is a touch screen for generating a haptic sense that may minimize a structure added for haptic generation by simultaneously employing a single electrode layer that constitutes an existing touch panel as an electrode layer for transferring the haptic sense. A touch screen for generating a haptic sense according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a touch panel including at least one substrate, each formed with at least one electrode, and an additional electrode to generate the haptic sense on a portion touched on the touch panel using an electrostatic force that occurs between the additional electrode and a predetermined electrode among the at least one electrode.

Haptic actuating touch screen

A touch panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pressure detection unit including a light-source unit configured to generate an optical signal, an optical waveguide configured to transfer the optical signal, a sensing unit contacting with the optical waveguide to receive the optical signal according to an intensity of pressure applied externally, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive the optical signal transferred through the optical waveguide from the sensing unit; and an actuator contacting with the pressure detection unit to cause a deformation of a material according to the pressure intensity, wherein the actuator provides a tactile feedback through a vibration according to the pressure intensity.

Touch panel providing tactile feedback in response to variable pressure and operation method thereof

An optical waveguide for optical interconnection including a polymer sheet comprising a crosslinked product of a prepolymer, the prepolymer prepared by condensation reaction between a first compound represented by the formula Ar&#x2014;H, where Ar comprises (a) a crosslinkable moiety at one end, (b) a moiety selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;O&#x2014;, &#x2014;S&#x2014;, &#x2014;COO&#x2014;, &#x2014;CO&#x2014;, &#x2014;COS&#x2014;, &#x2014;SO&#x2014;, and &#x2014;NH&#x2014;, and (c) one or two repeating units selected from the group consisting of: where A is carbon or nitrogen, and X is hydrogen or halogen; and a second compound consisting of an aromatic moiety.

Compound containing crosslinkable moieties, prepolymer, blend and polymer sheet obtained therefrom, and waveguide for optical interconnection

The present disclosure relates to a surface light emitting apparatus including: a light source bar including a light source for generating an optical signal; at least one optical distributor for dividing the optical signal generated in the light source into a plurality of optical signals; a light guide plate for confining the plurality of optical signals divided by the optical distributor in an inside thereof and transfer the optical signals; and a scattering pattern formed on a surface of the light guide plate and for emitting a light by the optical signal transferred through the light guide plate.

Surface light emitting apparatus including an optical distributor

Disclosed is a display device including a plurality of channels for forming a specific pattern, in which each of the channels includes: a light source module comprising one or more light sources for generating optical signals having different wavelengths; a driving module for controlling on/off or strength of the optical signal generated in the light source module; an optical waveguide for transferring the optical signal generated in the light source module to an outside without a loss of the optical signal; and a scattering pattern for scattering the optical signal transferred through the optical waveguide and displaying the scattered optical signal to the outside.

Display device

Disclosed is a bidirectional optical transceiver module having an efficient optical coupling structure. The bidirectional optical transceiver module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first structure which has a hexahedron shape, has four side surfaces of which two side surfaces are formed to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a bottom surface, and is transparent to both a transmitted light component and a received light component; and at least one second structure which has a planar shape, is inserted in the first structure so as to form a right angle with the bottom surface of the first structure and be tilted by a predetermined angle from a direction of the transmitted light component or the received light component, and is transparent to one of the transmitted light component and the received light component and reflective of the other one.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Suntak Park