Patent ID: 11911996
Assignee: CARDINAL CG COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC B  E  G  H | IPC B  E  G

Claim 11:
12. A tunable blinds structure, comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a patterned electric conductor arranged on a surface of the transparent substrate, wherein the patterned electric conductor includes a plurality of individually-addressable conductive strips arranged in a vertical or horizontal direction along the transparent substrate,
an elastomer structure arranged adjacent to the patterned electric conductor; and
a compliant electrode network of conducting fibers arranged on a surface of the elastomer structure, wherein the compliant electrode network is configured to compress the elastomer structure in a presence of an electric field between the compliant electrode network and one or more of the plurality of individually-addressable conductive strips to produce a voltage-dependent roughening of the surface of the elastomer structure, wherein the compliant electrode network is configured to be held at a first voltage potential, and wherein the plurality of individually-addressable conductive strips are configured to be selectively coupled to at least one second voltage potential different from the first voltage potential.