Title :
AmbiKraf: A Nonemissive Fabric Display for Fast Changing Textile Animation
Author :
Peiris, Roshan Lalintha ; Tharakan, Mili John ; Fernando, Newton ; Chrok, Adrian David
Author_Institution :
Keio-NUS CUTE Center, Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
With this paper we present AmbiKraf, a none missive fast color changing fabric display. Our main motivation is to investigate the possibility of an actual fabric technology that can change the color in the form of a display. The core novelty of this paper addresses in presenting a base line technology that enables such a ubiquitous fabric display that lets the user interact with the actual fabric itself. Here, we use thermo chromic inks and Peltier semiconductor elements to achieve a rapid color changing display. The implemented controller is able to control the temperature with a high accuracy and thereby accurately control the color of the thermo chromic ink display. In addition the controller has fast heating/cooling ability which presents the ability for a relatively high speed display on the fabric. The calming nature of this animated fabric display is presented through few prototypes that ubiquitously combine the technology with daily fabrics. The paper describes the complete implementation of the system and presents a detailed analysis of the technical results.
Keywords :
colour displays; computer animation; textiles; thermo-optical devices; ubiquitous computing; AmbiKraf; Peltier semiconductor elements; fast changing textile animation; nonemissive fast color changing fabric display; thermochromic ink display; ubiquitous fabric display; Color; Controllability; Fabrics; Ink; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; animation; color changing; fabric; fast; nonemissive; peltier; textile; thermochromic;
Conference_Titel :
Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (EUC), 2011 IFIP 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1822-9
DOI :
10.1109/EUC.2011.13