Speaker: Greg Neal, Principal Engineer, Video Algorithms

Speaker: Greg Neal, Principal Engineer, Video Algorithms Title: The LED Backlight Balancing Act Abstract: The past two or three years have seen a significant increase in the use of LEDs to provide a backlight for LCDs. The common LED backlight techniques will be...

Speaker: Ingemar Jansson, Edmund Sandburg and Chris Stuart, HDI

Speaker:  Ingemar Jansson, Edmund Sandburg and Chris Stuart, HDI Title: Next-Generation 3D Television (including a demo at HDI-US Inc.) Abstract: We are in the early days of 3D television and 3D movie proliferation. While there are many competing technologies for 3D...

Speaker: Dr. Roger Hajjar, Prysm, Inc.

Speaker: Dr. Roger Hajjar, Prysm, Inc. Title: The Prysm Laser Phosphor Display Abstract: The application of recently available, energy-efficient, short-wavelength, visible, laser-light-generating sources in combination with efficient utilization of multi-colored...

Speaker: Candice Elliott (CEO Nouvoyance)(MSR-SVC)

Speaker: Candice Elliott (CEO Nouvoyance)(MSR-SVC) Title: Pen Tile technology Abstract: PenTile™ technology utilizes subpixel rendering to enable higher resolution displays. Since Samsung acquired this technology from Clairvoyante, Nouvoyance has continued the...

Speaker: Kurt Akeley, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley (MSR-SVC)

Speaker: Kurt Akeley, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley (MSR-SVC) Title: Fixed-Viewpoint Volumetric Displays Abstract: Conventional stereoscopic displays force viewers to focus on a single display surface, decoupling focus distance from convergence distance and...

Speaker: Dick McCartney (National Semiconductor)

Speaker: Dick McCartney (National Semiconductor) Title: LCD Electronics Abstract: This lecture will overview the theory of operation of LCD drive electronics. Issues related to panel size, format, response time requirements, motion images, color gamut, refresh rate,...