TuVe: A Shape-changeable Display using Fluids in a Tube

Saya Suzunaga, Yuichi Itoh, Yuki Inoue, Kazuyuki Fujita, Takao Onoye

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We propose TuVe, a novel shape-changing display consisting of a flexible tube and fluids, in which the droplets flowing through the tube compose the display medium that represents information. In this system, every colored droplet is flowed by controlling valves and a pump connected to the tube. The display part employs a flexible tube that can be shaped to any structure (e.g., wrapped around a specific object), which is achieved by a calibration made to capture the tube structure using image processing with a camera. A performance evaluation reveals that our prototype succeeds in controlling each droplet with a positional error of 2 mm or less, which is small enough to show such simple characters as alphabetic characters using a 7 × 7-pixel resolution display. We also discuss example applications, such as large public displays and flow-direction visualization, that illustrate the characteristics of the TuVe display.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2020
EditorsGenny Tortora, Giuliana Vitiello, Marco Winckler
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450375351
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020 Sept 28
Event2020 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2020 - Salerno, Italy
Duration: 2020 Sept 282020 Oct 2

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference2020 International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2020
Country/TerritoryItaly
CitySalerno
Period20/9/2820/10/2

Keywords

  • Droplet As Pixel
  • Flexible Display
  • Nonvolatile Display
  • Substantial Display
  • Tube Shape Display

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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