Speakers
Session 1: LED and Laser Devices
 Stefan Groetsch
Product Manager
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors
The New of Role of LED Light Sources in Projection Applications
The last year has proven that LEDs start to play a major role as a light source for projectors. First home theatre projectors arose on the market, many companion pico projectors were shown and also some cell phone embedded projectors could be found. To drive these new applications the LED Light source has different requirements: on one hand outstanding luminance and current capability for high brightness projectors and on the other hand the best efficiency and a small form factor for embedded projection with a limited power budget. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors will show that its brand new chip technology combined with its wide package portfolio is fulfilling these requirements.
 Janne Konttinen
Co-founder and CTO
EpiCrystals Inc.
Low-cost DeCIBEL Visible Lasers: Characteristics, Production Roadmap and Applications
Reduced visibility of speckle and improved stability over high-speed modulation and temperature variation can be obtained with a combination of a wide-spectrum, self-pulsating infrared laser diode and an extended wavelength acceptance nonlinear crystal for frequency conversion. DeCIBEL(r) technology utilizes these features and allows for low-cost manufacturing of visible laser light sources for high volume consumer applications. In this presentation, characteristics of these novel laser light sources will be summarized together with application-specific advantages in display industry. This presentation will also cover the latest performance data of green DeCIBEL laser light sources with up-to-date roadmap for high volume production.
 Stephane Bellosguardo
Director of Product Marketing - Display
Luminus Devices, Inc.
From Niche to Mass Market: Large LEDs Energize The Front Projection Market
Use of light emitting diodes in projection systems has long thought to be confined to devices with marginal adoption and limited commercial success, mostly due to performance levels that did not meet end user needs. LEDs specifically engineered for projection systems have invalidated this perception, dramatically increasing LED projector performance in recent years. This performance, combined with LED's unique features, directly enabled new applications and use models that extend well beyond portable projectors into mainstream projection applications. In this presentation, we will review the enabling factors to this rapid evolution and how these innovations are providing a new momentum in the projection market.
 Jan Bjernfalk
Director Sales & Marketing, Advanced Displays
Evans & Sutherland
A New Laser Device for Providing High-Power Visible Light Sources in an 8K Large Format Video Projector
In the course of developing the ESLP-8K, an ultrahigh resolution projector with 8Kx4K pixels and a silicon MEMS imaging device, Evans & Sutherland (E&S) has developed a novel type of light source to provide the very high power and high quality laser light required in this system. This approach employs a fundamentally new type of Continuous-Wave Single-Mode laser device based on a nonlinear mixing of near-infrared fiber lasers performed in a crystal resonator cavity. A second-generation version of these devices using Bond-in-Place (BIP) technology has recently been introduced. The results are extremely energy-efficient, with conversion efficiencies ranging from 60%-95%, and an overall wall-plug to light-out efficiency of up to 10%. The performance and system trade-offs of these BIP lasers will also be compared with other available solutions, including scalable clusters of the new generation of compact integrated semiconductor visible lasers (e.g. Necsel and others), which E&S has developed as well.
Session 2: Innovations in Projection Components & Systems
 Steve Saxe, Ph.D.
Laboratory Manager
3M Projection Systems
Advanced Polarization Technologies for LED-lit Projection Displays
Multilayer optical film (MOF) polarizers can provide a wide range of advantages to LED-lit projection displays. In LCoS systems, MOF polarizing beamsplitters enable high optical efficiency while enhancing contrast. MOF is also used for polarization recycling to increase efficiency. In DLP™ and LCoS systems, the MOF-based 3M™ Color Combiner efficiently merges the light from red, green, and blue LEDs within a compact volume. This paper reviews and compares various approaches to these optical functions in projection systems, presents the latest applications of 3M™ MOF optical components, and discusses expected adoption rates and market growth.
 Dr. Jonathan Waldern
Founder & CTO
SBG Labs, Inc.
LED Ultraportable Projection Display Light Engine Architecture Utilizing Electrically Switchable Bragg Gratings (SBG's)
SBG Labs has developed an LED ultra-portable projection display light engine architecture utilizing Electrically Switchable Bragg Gratings (SBG's) in which ""Digital Optics"" are recorded. This optical platform technology, called a DigiLensR, is enabled by SBG Labs' unique nano-composite material system called a Reactive Monomer Liquid Crystal Mix (RMLCM). SBG Labs' architecture addresses the critical packaging and efficiency requirements for a new emerging class of daylight-bright, ultra-compact projectors, while overcoming the light collection efficiency limitations of conventional optical architectures. The ability of the DigiLensR to time-sequentially combine light from multiple widely separated LEDs whilst separately correcting the individual R, G, B optical aberrations, provides a compact, thermally efficient method of combining light - even from two LEDs of the same color. The unique polarization management properties of the DigiLensR also enables an ultra-compact, high-brightness, low-cost light engine for 3D projection displays.
  Chih-Hsiao Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
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Dr. Giora Griffel
CTO
ALViS Technologies, Inc.
Novel Laser-MEM projection System Facilitates Head up Display on Transparent Materials
This presentation will describe a novel laser-MEM based projection system capable of displaying high resolution video and data on transparent material. The produced images can be viewed from virtually any position around the screen. The laser speckle phenomenon, which used to be the bottle neck of laser display technologies, is totally resolved. Proprietary optical design and scanning algorithm result in unprecedented brightness and image clarity. Applications include automobile Head up Display (HUD), infrared imaging, and large-scale projection display.
Dr. Kenneth K. Li
President and CEO
Wavien Inc.
Julius Horvath
Consultant, Business Development
Wavien Inc.
Ultra Long-life Light Sources for Projection Displays
Confirmed by recent lifetest results, the Dual Paraboloid Reflector (DPR(TM) system significantly extends the useful life of conventional UHP-type lamps while maintaining the useful light output. The resulting lower total cost of ownership (TCO) combined with enhanced performance, which provide market differentiation, are of particular interest in the educational market. The ultra long life DPR(TM) lamps also address ""Green"" movement and Carbon Footprint reduction needs for reduced total waste, contaminants, and energy consumption during the lamp manufacturing process. Announcements that major players in the projection display industry will support and adopt Wavien’s DPRTM are expected very soon.
Session 3: The Rebirth of Display Metrology
 Dr. Michael Rudd
Chief of AV Architecture
THX, Ltd
The "Display Measurements Standard (2009)" from the International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM)
The International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM) has just published its "Display Measurement Standard (2009)". This international committee has been established under the auspices of the Society for Information Display to document the acceptable display metrology practices. This new document builds upon the previous "Flat Panel Display Measurements Standard" (2001), which was published by the Video Electronics Standards Association. This new standard expands the metrology of display parameters such as Gamma, Contrast, Low Luminance, Viewing Angle and Screen Reflections. It also addresses Motion Artifacts for the first time. The metrology has also been expanded to additional types of displays, such as projectors and 3-D displays.
 Chris Chinnock
President
Insight Media
Updates in 3D Metrology and Classification
There are dozens of ways to create 3D displays, hundreds of terms to describe 3D, and many ways to measure and evaluate 3D displays. To date, there has been very little attempt to bring consensus to all of this, but this is changing. ICDM and 3D @ Home Consortium are leading the efforts to build consensus in the industry around these issues. In the presentation, we will describe a new 3D technology family tree, a new 3D glossary and 3D test measurements that are being develop for standardization. These are important first steps in the more rapid adoption of 3D in consumer ad professional markets.
Hubert Kostal, Ph.D.
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Radiant Imaging, Inc.
Advances in Projection Display Performance Measurement and Calibration
Across the multiplicity of projection technologies (LCoS, LCD, DLP, laser) and applications (home theater, business, pico-projectors, multi-projectors) there is one constant – the visual performance of the projection display will be judged by human observers. Therefore, accurate and complete measurement of projector performance – based on human perception of brightness, color, and defects – is critical for performance assessment in development and quality control in production. In this presentation we discuss imaging colorimetry based measurement techniques that provide a comprehensive description of visual performance optimized for projection technologies. Two key ancillary outputs of these measurements are the ability to classify appearance as correlated to human perception and the ability to correct / calibrate screens for better performance in either production or on-site. By using a calibrated imaging colorimeter to accurately capture luminance and chromaticity information for the entire projected display in a single measurement sequence, important performance measurements are obtained, including display brightness and brightness uniformity, color and color uniformity, contrast ratio, gamma, gray scale, focus, distortion, convergence, and view angle performance. Using sophisticated, automated, image analysis, a comprehensive view of the display performance of the projector can be obtained. New analysis capabilities allow the image quality to be judged according to human perception of defects – quantification of performance on a JND (just noticeable difference) scale. In addition, the measurement data can also be used to perform display color balancing and gamma correction. The methods described are already being applied to increase production yield and customer satisfaction.
 Tim Anderson
Senior Product Marketing Manager
3LCD Technology
Projector Specifications: A Customer Perspective
In a time of shrinking budgets, purchases are under extreme scrutiny. During these times, providing buyers with a clear value proposition for your product is even more important. Projector specifications are important data points, but to become truly useful, the specifications need to translate into clear user benefits. Based on meetings with hundreds of projector buyers, 3LCD will share insights as to what specifications buyers are asking for, and what display metrology is required for shoppers to make informed decisions. Just how well are manufactures meeting the information needs of projector shoppers today? In terms of manufacturers meeting the information needs of projector shoppers today, we as an industry we have work to do. Projector buyers are increasingly asking for more information about energy consumption, connectivity, ease of use and performance areas like noise, color and real world contrast, and as manufacturers we need to offer this information in an easy-to-understand format. Brands that provide customers with the information they want and need in the form of a clear value proposition will be better poised to grow share in this competitive environment.
Session 4: Beyond 1080p
 Andrew Jamison
CEO
Scalable Display Technologies
Eye-limited Resolution Projection Displays: An Attainable Goal for the Simulation and Visualization Markets
This talk defines which type of customers need super high definition "eye limited" displays and why they need them. The components, systems architecture and design resolution will be addressed. The talk will define building blocks of "human visual acuity," image texturing, aliasing, projection technologies and screens as a framework for understanding to construct a display which is indistinguishable from reality.
 Sander Phipps
Product Manager/Projectors
Sony Electronics, Inc.
Beyond High Definition
With the advancement of imager technology, the ability to immerse a viewer in an ultra high resolution now exists. In reality the ""beyond HD experience"" can be divided in two genres. One being the Digital Cinema and the other being visualization and simulation applications. This discussion will focus on the latter. The visualization and simulation market is a rapidly expanding market. Technology developments and economic realities are making simulation and visualization a very popular alternative to older ways of training and concept development. Simulation and visualization require much higher resolutions than HD. The ultimate goal in these applications is to make the image generating devices and display devices capable of producing an image with greater output capability that the human interface can absorb. Some of the issues that need to be considered from a projection point of view will be discussed, i. e., pixel pitch as resolutions increase, blending, image warping color accuracy. This talk will also cover LCoS (SXRD) benefits due to narrow pixel structure.
 Paul Russo
Chairman & CEO
GEO Semiconductor Inc.
Larger Displays, More Pixels - What The World Needs Now!
Consumers want ever larger displays and ever more pixels. Larger displays (like photo blow-ups) require better video/image quality and fewer artifacts, since these become very visible – the only solution is more advanced video processing capable of correcting the many types of artifacts that can occur. And, of course, these larger displays must consume much less power for both environmental and energy cost reasons – this will encourage the development and use of new display technologies that can meet this challenge. New emerging pixel processing technologies, together with new display and solid-state illumination technologies, together with new system design approaches, will help lead us there. Investing early in technology transitions can lead to great financial returns.
 Norbert Hildebrand
Business Development Manager
Insight Media
Market Segmentation Beyond 1080p
After Full HD (1080p) has become a household staple around the world, the race for more pixels continues. While several display technologies are capable of achieving display resolutions far beyond 1080p and products are being sold around the world, it is not clear which applications would have a demand for increased resolutions.
In this presentation we will explore the commercial market space and discuss potential market segmentation. Further we will describe an evaluation method especially useful for new and developing technologies. Finally we discuss one market segment in detail.
Session 5: Recession Strategies for the Display Industry
 Gary Kayye
CTS
rAVe [Publications]
Not Quite Symbiotic
In the days of the CRT projector, there was a symbiotic relationship between display manufacturers and AV-integration firms. In fact, many integration firms actually led with projectors and large-screen monitors during their sales calls and, believe it or not, a display was once the most profitable component in the average meeting room system. What the heck happened? Now, there’s virtually no support either way. It’s far from symbiotic. Displays have matured such that some of them have even reached late majority buyers and the margins are less than selling a cable to connect it to a MAC laptop! AV-integration firms seem to have virtually given up on leading with displays in the sales process and a few have even gone as far as to tell their clients to buy them on the web and they’ll integrate everything else around it in the room design. Both sides are to blame, but the need for symbiosis is critical – or we’ll all be out of a job. Seriously. That’s what this discussion will address.
 Chris McIntyre-Brown
Head of Professional and IT Division
Futuresource Consulting
Dealer and Manufacturer Perspective
With so many key sectors and markets suffering during the last year, objectivity and the ability to see beyond the headlines has been tough. So what is the real picture for the displays industry? In reality many of the changes in vendor and reseller strategy have been quietly simmering for a number of years and the credit crisis has simply sped up the pace of change. This presentation will explore those strategies and how the displays industry will shape up over the next few years.
 Rajeev Mishra
Director, Projector Marketing and Development
Epson America, Inc.
Reinventing the Future
The current economic climate is, of course, having a significant impact on the projector business and manufacturers in the short term. However, key to the future stability and health of the projection industry will be how manufacturers respond to these immediate economic issues and position the industry as a whole for growth and innovation beyond these current financial struggles. Like it or not, much like most other display technologies, the projection industry is heading toward commoditization. But the end result of lower price points and razor thin margins that come in a commoditized market is not a foregone conclusion. By examining key market opportunities, evolving customer needs and uncovering opportunities to add value through innovation, projector manufacturers, suppliers and resellers can not only stave off the rising commoditization tide, but better compete against the threats of flat panel displays in the home, conference room, classroom and beyond.
Session 6: 3D Projection Displays
 Ben J. Averch
Global Product Manager, Eyewear Displays
Microvision, Inc.
3D Content Meets 3D Laser Projector
3D content is proliferating rapidly. Movies, games and increasingly live sports and concert films are being filmed in 3D. One unique challenge facing this emerging category is the lack of in-home 3D displays. 120 hz LCD panels and plasma screens typically require shutter glasses for viewing 3D content, but next generation display technologies employ passive 3D glasses, which are lighter weight, lower cost and more acceptable to the wearer. Microvision's laser scanning pico projector platform enables 3D content in the home, viewed through lightweight passive glasses, without the purchase of a new, large, expensive flat panel monitor. During this presentation, we will address the burgeoning 3D content market and the unique value proposition for a mobile 3D laser projector.
 Dermot Quinn
Product Development Director
Digital Projection Limited
Stereoscopic Projection: A Comparison of Approaches and Addressing the Challenge of Emerging Markets
The presentation firstly summarises the pro's and con's of existing active stereo display techniques and considers their applicability to different markets. The technical and cost challenges to be overcome to bring active stereo within the reach of broader markets such as Industrial Design, E-Cinema and home theatre will be explored.
 Paul Carey
Product & Channel Management
Flexible Picture Systems
A Novel Stereographic Viewing Solution
All projection options for stereographic viewing ultimately suffer from compromise. Active, frame sequential systems, have temporal effects. Passive eyeware and active selection can add cross talk during the transition. Chromatic selection with current techniques is inefficient requiring high light output.
Dual projector passive systems, either polarized or chromatic selection, offer the best performance providing the two projectors can truly behave as one. At infinity, both eyes see the same image and hence we argue for absolute registration. This presentation describes an electronic registration system suitable for all applications, from academic through cinema, that ensures the best stereographic viewing experience.
Session 7: Prospects for Lower Lumen LED/Laser Projectors
 Matthew Brennesholtz
Senior Analyst
Insight Media
Pico and Toy Projector Forecast
Pico projector sales volumes are increasing rapidly, in some cases more rapidly than the expectations of their manufacturers. One side effect of this is in the toy industry. The toy projector industry is dominated today, as it has been for over 100 years, by film-based projectors and it remains one of the last bastions of new products using film-based projection technology. The low prices for projection engines, derived from the high volumes in the pico projector market, is driving the price of electronic projection modules down to the point where toy makers can afford to design them into toys. This presentation will look at the relationship between toy and pico projectors and give forecasts for both markets.
 Karl Guttag
CTO
Syndiant Inc.
How Can We Ship Over 100 Million Pico Projectors Per Year?
How to ship over 100 million pico projectors a year is a multifaceted question. It involves issues of consumer demand, price elasticity, functionality, manufacturing cost, and manufacturing capacity. The companies with experience in high volume consumer products are saying that to reach a volume of 100 million units a year the whole projector including the light modulator, light sources, electronics, and optics will have to cost about $20US, and the light modulator will have to cost less than half this amount. This presentation will cover how LCOS can achieve the manufacturing capacity and cost goals required to meet a greater than 100 million unit a year opportunity.
 Dr. William Coggshall
President
Pacific Media Associates
There's Big Demand for Small Projectors
Shipments of battery-powered pico projectors and wall-powered personal projectors, all under 200 lumens of brightness, are ramping strongly today. But the market is still taking shape, and it will be a long time before there are any clear winners. Which technology platform will predominate? How many companion units will be demanded vs. ones embedded in mobile phones or other mobile devices. How will demand split between consumers and professional users? What are the killer apps for pico projectors and personal projectors?
 Bruce F. Spenner
Director of Microdisplay Marketing
Micron Technology
The Future Looks Bright for Projection Technology
In mid-May Displaytech became part of the Micron family. We invite you to come and learn more about the opportunities Micron has in store for FLCOS microdisplays, take a more in-depth look at the "F" in FLCOS, and catch a glimpse at some of the exciting applications on the horizon. The challenge we face as an industry is not the technology or the manufacturing capacity - we have that. The bigger obstacle for us to overcome is building the demand. As an industry, the ball is in our court to excite the broader electronics industry on the potential of this new projection technology.
Session 8: Prospects for Higher Lumen LED/Laser Projectors
 Sharon Dragan
World Wide Product Line Manager – Projection – Live Events & Video Lighting
Barco NV
Future Large Display Technology- Quantum Leap or Only a Derivative?
The audio visual display market has become crowded by different types of projectors using different types of technologies. The main technology of high brightness projectors continues to be based on LCD & DLP (yes also LCOS…), but is it the future direction? This presentation will review the high brightness projector market, focusing on the different technologies; from current DLP & LCD future directions, to future technologies such as OLED; LED for high brightness projectors; and the status of laser technology for high brightness markets.
 Juergen Kraenert
Managing Director
LDT Laser Display Technology GmbH
Application of Scanning Laser Projection Systems and Future Prospects for Higher Resolution and Lumen
An industrial direct scanning laser projector will be presented and the functional principle and the properties of the main component and the laser projector are discussed. Based on the unique properties of the scanning laser projection the fields of application in flight simulation, planetariums and virtual reality for industrial needs are shown. There are ways to achieve a higher resolution more than 10 Mio. pixel per picture and light output more than 10.000 lm.
 Bill Beck
President & CEO
Laser Light Engines
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