ACTIVE DRIVING TYPE VISUAL-TACTILE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20080218488A1
• Filed: 10/19/2007
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Yang, Yong Suk, Kim, Seong Hyun
• Application Number:
  US11/875,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218488A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0885 Pixel comprising a non-linear two-terminal element alone in series with each display pixel element
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters

Abstract

Provided is an active driving type visual and tactile display device, in which a flat panel display device for visually displaying an image and a haptic part for generating a tactile sense using an electrostatic force are integrated to generate textures according to an electrostatic force based on an image signal. As a result, visual and tactile senses may be simultaneously recognized. Since the display device enables a user to simultaneously see an image through a visual sense and perceive various textures through a tactile sense, the performance of a device is significantly improved. Therefore, various textures according to an image signal can be precisely realized by the generation of an electrostatic force per unit cell.

Claims

1. An active driving type visual and tactile display device comprising:

a flat panel display device for visually displaying an image and a haptic part for generating a tactile sense using an electrostatic force, which are integrated, the haptic part comprising unit cells, each of which comprises first to third transistors, a capacitor, and a transparent electrode; and

a detector for generating an electrostatic force between the transparent electrode and the detector when it approaches the transparent electrode of the haptic part, so that the detector senses the electrostatic force to simultaneously recognize visual and tactile information.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the detector is mountable on a finger.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the transparent electrode is formed of a transparent conductive oxide thin film.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the capacitor is connected between drains of the first and second transistors.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein scan pulse voltages are applied to gates of the first and second transistors, first and second address voltages are respectively applied to sources of the first and second transistors, and the capacitor and a drain of the third transistor are connected to drains of the first and second transistors.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the scan pulse voltages are applied to the gates of the first and second transistors and the first and second address voltages are respectively applied to the sources of the first and second transistors, so that a driving voltage that drives the haptic part is generated at both ends of the capacitor.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein an inverse-scan pulse voltage that is opposite to the scan pulse voltage is applied to a gate of the third transistor and the scan pulse voltage is applied to a source of the third transistor.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein when the scan pulse voltage is connected to the ground, the first and second transistors are turned off, and when the inverse-scan pulse voltage is applied to the third transistor, the third transistor is turned on, so that the driving voltage at both ends of the capacitor is maintained.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein when the detector approaches the transparent electrode while the third transistor is turned on, an electrostatic force is generated between the transparent electrode and the detector.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein when the detector moves on the unit cell of the haptic part, a shear force is generated by the generated electrostatic force and surface frictional force to recognize a tactile sense.

11. The device of claim 5, wherein the shear force is changed depending on the values and polarities of the scan pulse voltage, the inverse-scan pulse voltage, the first address voltage and the second address voltage applied to each unit cell of the haptic part.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the shear force is changed depending on the values and polarities of the scan pulse voltage, the inverse-scan pulse voltage, the first address voltage and the second address voltage applied to each unit cell of the haptic part.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein different polarity voltages are applied to the unit cells that are spatially adjacent to each other in the haptic part, so that a shear force and vibration are simultaneously generated by the generated electrostatic force and surface frictional force.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein the detector comprises a pad portion having an electrode array and a connection portion, wherein the pad portion comprises different types of electrodes, which are arranged in a zigzag, and different polarity voltages are applied to the different types of electrodes.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the different polarity voltages are applied to the different types of electrodes, so that the electrostatic force generated at both ends of the transparent and the detector is increased.

16. The device of claim 13, wherein the pad portion is coated with an insulating material.

17. The device of claim 1, wherein each unit cell of the haptic part further comprises an inverter formed of a p-type or n-type transistor, wherein the inverter inverses the polarity by receiving the scan pulse voltage to apply the voltage to the gate of the third transistor.

18. The device of claim 5, wherein each unit cell of the haptic part further comprises an inverter formed of a p-type or n-type transistor, wherein the inverter inverses the polarity by receiving the scan pulse voltage to apply the voltage to the gate of the third transistor.

19. The device of claim 1, wherein the first to third transistors are formed of p-type transistors.