SBIR Phase I: Vivid pixel array for reflective, full-color digital signage

SBIR 第一阶段：用于反射式全彩数字标牌的生动像素阵列

• 批准号: 1548905
• 负责人: Roger Diebold
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Solchroma Technologies Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1548905&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Vivid; pixel; array

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project has three outcomes. Commercially, the introduction of the developed technology will capture a significant fraction of the $12.6B billboard and sign manufacturing market, contributing to its expansion and that of related markets such as indoor signage and architectural aesthetics. Environmentally, significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions  will be realized as the technology will consume up to 100x less energy relative to existing LED array-based digital signage. Additional reductions in physical waste will be considerable for locations switching from conventional printed materials to digital. Scientifically, advancing dielectric elastomer processing and fabrication with a commercial focus will contribute to overcoming technological hurdles preventing their commercial adoption in other fields.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project evaluates the feasibility of constructing prototype dielectric elastomer-based display modules on a commercially relevant scale. Processing and fabrication constraints currently inhibit rapid commercial growth of dielectric elastomer technology in the marketplace at a time when it is beginning to prove itself in niche markets such as audio-related haptics and laser speckle reduction. Through studying the feasibility of constructing a redesigned pixel, its ability to scale to array sizes acceptable for large-area digital signage, and its performance, a clearer determination of customer acceptance will be obtained. Successful completion of these objectives will result in a scalable, full-color, reflective display module, and de-risk the fabrication processes involved in manipulating hydrostatically-coupled dielectric elastomers on scales relevant for large-area applications.

该小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力具有三个成果：在商业上，所开发技术的引入将占据 12.6B 美元的广告牌和标志制造市场的很大一部分，从而有助于其扩张和发展。从环境角度来看，该技术将比现有的基于 LED 阵列的数字标牌消耗高达 100 倍的能源，从而显着减少温室气体排放。对于从传统印刷材料转向数字材料的地方来说，物理浪费将是相当大的，以商业为重点推进介电弹性体加工和制造将有助于克服阻碍其在其他领域商业采用的技术障碍。小企业创新研究 (SBIR) 阶段。我的项目评估了在商业相关规模上构建基于介电弹性体的原型显示模块的可行性，目前加工和制造限制阻碍了介电弹性体技术在市场上的快速商业增长。通过研究构建重新设计的像素的可行性、其扩展到大面积数字标牌可接受的阵列尺寸的能力及其性能，在音频相关触觉和激光散斑减少等利基市场中证明自己。成功完成这些目标将获得可扩展的全彩反射显示模块，并降低在秤上操纵流体静力学耦合介电弹性体所涉及的制造过程的风险。适合大面积应用。