SMART WINDOW SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME

• Main Authors: RYU, JONG HYUN, KIM, YONG HO, JUNG, JI SU, KIM, HONG SUK, TATSUHIROOTSUKA, SONGHYUNMIN, SEO, BYUNG HWA, BAE, JUN CHEOL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 23.03.2017
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION

The present invention relates to a smart window device using a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) and a control method thereof. The smart window device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a display element; an input device which receives a control command for the display element; and a control unit which determines the transparency of the display element based on the control command. Accordingly, the present invention can control the state of the display element through various kinds of input devices. 콜레스테릭 액정(CLC; Cholesteric Liquid Crystal)을 이용한 스마트 윈도우 장치 및 그 제어 방법에 관한 발명이다. 일 측면에 따른 스마트 윈도우 장치는 표시 소자; 표시 소자에 대한 제어 명령을 입력 받는 입력 장치; 및 제어 명령에 기초해 상기 표시 소자의 투명도를 결정하는 제어부;를 포함한다.