August 8, 2007 at 15:18Crystal Reorientation Display for Better Image Display
The production technology of various devices and peripherals for PCs is moving not only towards improving the performance characteristics, but also in the direction of increasing ergonomic properties. This trend has not bypassed and LCD monitors. And the point here is not so much in the form of the case, ease of installation on the table or ways to attach external "tweeter speakers." Developed by Taiwanese researchers Wayne Cheng and Chi-Nan Wu, a prototype monitor is able to reorient liquid crystals and change the power of each emitting diode. Thus, the display is reconfigurable and allows you to get a clear picture from any (within reasonable limits) angle of view.
Due to the use of a miniature camera and specialized software that reorients the display depending on the user's position, the monitor can show a clear, sharp and “turned” picture to the viewer at any angle. According to the developers, this technology will be most useful in screens (for example, built-in video cameras), which users often look at not from a direct angle, but from a certain angle. And adjusting the screen without moving it physically in this situation is a good opportunity. For example, surgeons working with modern equipment must accurately appreciate the technology.
The problems of this technology at the moment are the complexity of the production of displays and the high cost of it, as well as the fact that it is optimized for only one user. The developers are going to solve the first problem at the next stage of the research by replacing the camera with infrared sensors (this is both cheaper and easier to integrate into various equipment). But how the sensors and the changing display will behave when there are several pairs of eyes watching him is not yet clear.
via NewScientistTech
Due to the use of a miniature camera and specialized software that reorients the display depending on the user's position, the monitor can show a clear, sharp and “turned” picture to the viewer at any angle. According to the developers, this technology will be most useful in screens (for example, built-in video cameras), which users often look at not from a direct angle, but from a certain angle. And adjusting the screen without moving it physically in this situation is a good opportunity. For example, surgeons working with modern equipment must accurately appreciate the technology.
The problems of this technology at the moment are the complexity of the production of displays and the high cost of it, as well as the fact that it is optimized for only one user. The developers are going to solve the first problem at the next stage of the research by replacing the camera with infrared sensors (this is both cheaper and easier to integrate into various equipment). But how the sensors and the changing display will behave when there are several pairs of eyes watching him is not yet clear.
via NewScientistTech