Dave Savastano08.28.14
With the rise of the wearable smart devices, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) showcases many futuristic, wearable devices with interactive touch control functions at Touch Taiwan 2014 with the theme of “Smart Living, Keep in Touch.”
Such devices include a wearable and foldable AMOLED wrist band with interactive touch control and display functions. Another highlight of the showcased product is a gesture-controllable Smart Glass, which can be used as a smart phone and camera. In addition, 30 items in materials, display panels and manufacturing processes for display and touch control devices will be displayed, aiming to create a smarter living supported by instinct-driven devices.
According to Janglin Chen, vice president and general director of ITRI’s Display Technology Center, because the wearable devices require the characteristics of light weight, slimness, small size and flexibility, the ultra-slimness and flexibility of AMOLED are ideal properties for making wearable devices.
In order to build up the supply chain of AMOLED of Taiwan and enable Taiwan’s manufacturers to cater for the international market, ITRI developed Foldable AMOLED with On-Cell Touch, which can be folded 10,000 times over a curve formed with a 7.5 mm radius. The thickness of the module is less than 0.1 mm. The module is developed with the FlexUp technology, which makes the display module flexible, difficult to break, water and oxygen-resistant, super light and thin.
ITRI integrates touch control panel with display panels, and plans to apply “the active foldable organic light emitting display modules” for making innovative hand-held devices to realize the product concept -- “when unfolded it is a tablet, and when folded it is a smart phone.” Even after the display has been folded 10,000 times, its touch control functions the same way. The device is a breakthrough of the traditional display panel, which cannot be folded.
Such devices include a wearable and foldable AMOLED wrist band with interactive touch control and display functions. Another highlight of the showcased product is a gesture-controllable Smart Glass, which can be used as a smart phone and camera. In addition, 30 items in materials, display panels and manufacturing processes for display and touch control devices will be displayed, aiming to create a smarter living supported by instinct-driven devices.
According to Janglin Chen, vice president and general director of ITRI’s Display Technology Center, because the wearable devices require the characteristics of light weight, slimness, small size and flexibility, the ultra-slimness and flexibility of AMOLED are ideal properties for making wearable devices.
In order to build up the supply chain of AMOLED of Taiwan and enable Taiwan’s manufacturers to cater for the international market, ITRI developed Foldable AMOLED with On-Cell Touch, which can be folded 10,000 times over a curve formed with a 7.5 mm radius. The thickness of the module is less than 0.1 mm. The module is developed with the FlexUp technology, which makes the display module flexible, difficult to break, water and oxygen-resistant, super light and thin.
ITRI integrates touch control panel with display panels, and plans to apply “the active foldable organic light emitting display modules” for making innovative hand-held devices to realize the product concept -- “when unfolded it is a tablet, and when folded it is a smart phone.” Even after the display has been folded 10,000 times, its touch control functions the same way. The device is a breakthrough of the traditional display panel, which cannot be folded.