Tuesday, May 31, 2016

MEMS industry Group -- MicroVision Feature

Thanks Phil!

MEMS & Sensors Events

Jari Honkanen, Director of Technical Marketing and Applications Development, MicroVision, Inc.

Jari Honkanen
Biography coming soon!

MEMS Laser Scanning: Platform for Next Generation 3D Depth Sensors

MicroVision’s MEMS Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) technology is a leading display technology for pico projection, heads-up-display, and augmented reality eyewear applications. The same flexible technology can also be applied to exciting new sensing applications, such as 3D depth sensing. Demand for small and low cost 3D depth sensing solutions is growing rapidly driven by increasing demand for new approaches for Natural User Interface, Machine Vision, Robotic Navigation, Metrology, and Advanced Driver Assistance System. This session will compare the existing 3D depth sensor solutions based on stereo cameras, structured light and 3D CMOS Cameras. It will then present a new MEMS Laser Scanning based depth sensor platform solution that will enable new generation of tiny 3D depth sensors with new capabilities such as dynamic variable resolution and variable acquisition speed. These dynamic scanning MEMS based depth sensors can become an enabling technology for a completely new set of innovative products and applications for years to come.

Intersil and MicroVision

A reminder that MicroVision is part of an ecosystem -- and all the parts of the ecosystem need to cooperate for everyone in it to prosper.

I see this as meaning that another critical companion component that we were waiting for is now ready.

See you at the ASM if you're there.

Intersil Press Release

From EE Times
The next generation of automotive head-up displays will offer HD resolution, and it will catapult the information projected to the windscreen into the area of augmented reality. For such data-rich, high-resolution displays, a new generation of laser sources along with the associated electronic environment will be needed. Intersil is now introducing a laser diode driver IC dedicated to such applications. Despite the high current it can switch, the ISL78365 has a very small footprint.
To project HD color images to the windscreen, the ISL78365 is pulsing four high-power laser sources with up to 750 mA, almost twice as high as competing solutions. The high current and fast switching speed of the new Intersil IC enable head-up displays (HUDs) with high resolution, color intensity and, certainly the most important of all, high frame rate.


Intersil Website

Intersil and MicroVision Partner (2012)

"Sep 05, 2012 (Marketwire via COMTEX) --MicroVision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS), a leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display technology, and Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors, today announced an agreement to partner on the development of advanced, integrated chipsets (ASICs) for MicroVision's patented high definition (HD) PicoP® display technology. This collaboration is expected to strengthen the technology and business roadmap for PicoP display technology by:"

Monday, May 30, 2016

Intel Acquires Itseez Facebook acquires TwoBigEars

There is a lot of tech money out there chasing opportunities.

As stockholders in MicroVision, that's great for us -- unless we accept too little for our shares.


PC-Tablet

Itseez based in San Francisco was founded in 2005 to make computer vision algorithms and software. Along with that, it also includes a suite of algorithms for automobiles called “advanced driver assistance systems.” This unique feature allows car hardware to recognize pedestrians and traffic signs and can help in detecting when a car drifts from its lane.
Apart from the automotive field, Itseez has also developed algorithms for robotics, surveillance, smartphones and sports analytics. Last month, Intel also announced the purchase of Yogitech, another IoT company. Other than this in 2015, it also brought Lantiq, which is known for making chips for smartphones.
Around 40% of Intel total revenue is generated through the data center and IoT Business. IoT has already helped Intel to survive in the time when PC market is seeing a decline in its popularity among the consumers and has contributed about $2.2 billion in revenue growth last year.
Now Itseez is incubating its next products: itSeez3D – a breakthrough consumer 3D scanning solution, a suite of ADAS algorithms and an embedded face solution Facense.
Itseez Products

Facebook Acquires TwoBigEars


Facebook has acquired a spatial audio technology company named Two Big Ears for an undisclosed amount. In a statement, the company said, “Our mission is to make VR audio succeed across all devices and platforms and continue to help creators make the best experiences for billions of people across the world.” Two Big Ears stated that support for its paid licenses will be wound down in the next 12 months.

Lenovo Loves Projection

Lenovo Blog

June 9 Live Event Link (10AM-1PM Pacific Time)

More at source.


Customers loved the projector, and their reaction helped spur integration of projectors into other products. For the past two years, our R&D teams have refined that technology and looked for the best opportunities to deliver a bigger, more sharable display to different customers – even business users. Earlier this year we launched our first module-based tablet, the ThinkPad X1 Tablet, which features swappable modules for extreme productivity, including a projector so you can easily present and share your screen.
Lenovo Smart Cast 
We’re also looking at which future products could benefit from a projector, and started with our Smart Cast smartphone concept product unveiled at Tech World 2015.
Equipped with an infrared camera sensor, the Smart Cast projector displays a virtual keyboard and responds to user gestures like typing. If brought to market, these type of advancements in projector technology will allow us to move beyond the traditional limitations of a physical device. Imagine – any tabletop or flat surface could be instantly turned into a keyboard for greater productivity and flexibility. You can see its potential brought to life in this virtual piano-playing demo from Tech World 2015.
As we as consumers continue to choose extremely mobile multimedia-optimized devices, I expect we’re going to see more and more products with second-screen capabilities, integrated or attachable – whether it’s a smartphone with a camera/projector combination, a laptop that projects a bigger display or even a projector that can be bought as a stand-alone device, like our pocket Pico projector.

June release of Qualper Phone?

Link to this shared on the yahoo message board & sent to me through the contact form on this blog.

This is a google translate version of this article

Full Black & Poor's June release subversive new turn

Source: China Media News Editor: Zhou Hui Popularity: 1303 Published: 2016-05-29
Abstract: The reporter learned from the sources, the whole Pu (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will be released in a subversion of the traditional concept of the new product in June this year. Full Cape Optoelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is located in the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, established in January 2013 with a registered capital of 300 million yuan. Pre-registration period of four years the company has set the global elite force of painstaking research and development and product development,
     Reporters learned from sources at full Pu (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will be released in a subversion of the traditional concept of the new product in June this year. Full Cape Optoelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is located in the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, established in January 2013 with a registered capital of 300 million yuan. Register before the company has set a global power elite of painstaking research and development and product development, micro-laser technology and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS, Micro-Electro-Mechanical -System) combines, and applied to a 4-year period end mobile products.

   Full Pu Optoelectronics is a global MEMS micro laser projection technology leader.  Full Cape last night but had released MEMS projector phone industry caused quite a stir, let the world understand the difference between LED and MEMS projection projector mobile phone handsets.

  Now if you have a MEMS micro laser projector phone, you not only have a powerful smart phone, but also has a home theater, a giant 100-inch screen that you can use anytime, anywhere, it can link with Bluetooth audio system, It may be a wired connection. With it, you can become white wall screen, a mobile phone can carry personal private theater.

At the same time, a good helper of MEMS laser projector phone or white-collar workers and business presentations, a laser projector phone plus side of the white walls, the meeting will be able to meet the needs of a company. Travel meetings, to go out marketing, to avoid embarrassment PPT unconditionally open; business presentations, no focus, no time limit, by the place, you can play commercial video, to showcase platform for your professional image.     

   CEO Mr. Wang Jijun whole Cape itself is a legend, we grew with China by repetition on his hand, on behalf of the General Assembly in 2011 Zhejiang Zong, Li, Ma, Nan Cunhui, Wang Jijun and so did together at the forum share it. S & P currently has three products in the whole laser intelligent controller (virtual mouse), miniature projectors, and MEMS laser projector phone. Let's all eye-opening to subvert the traditional black technology products. This time he will bring us what kind of subversion? let us wait and see. (Wen / Zhou Hui)
             


                

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Foxconn offers 10X for SMART technologies

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Installation-International

Foxconn Technology Group has acquired Smart Technologies for a cash payment of $4.50 per Common Share, a deal which comes less than two months after Foxconn’s much publicised acquisition of Sharp.

“We are very excited by the proposed acquisition of Smart by Foxconn, who is the world’s largest electronics manufacturer,” said Neil Gaydon, president and CEO of Smart. “Smart has built an enviable global brand in both the education and enterprise spaces. The proposed transaction with Foxconn provides us with one of the strongest global electronics partners with access to significant resources, a broad range of new technologies, markets and financial resources that will enable us to accelerate our strategy and position Smart for significant future growth.”

The deal is subject to customary conditions for a transaction of this nature, which include court and regulatory approvals and the approval of 66 2/3% of the votes cast by Smart shareholders represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of Smart shareholders to be called to consider the agreement.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Moto Z Backplates

The Verge


One of the MotoMods seems easy enough to work out: it's a camera grip that appears to have its own sensor, lens, and flash. The other two are a little less obvious in function, but VentureBeat has reported that the MotoMods line will include cases with better speakers and a pico projector, and another leaked list suggests names for the range including "adventure," "theater," "stereo," "power," "style," and "pro camera."
Lenovo is likely to reveal the Moto Z at its Tech World conference in San Francisco on June 9th.

The Device-free future


SitePoint

For a few years we’ve asked ourselves this question: now that computers, mobiles and other computerized screens have overcome just about all of the limitations that previously frustrated us, what’s next? As Vauhini Vara writes in the New Yorker, we’re looking at the start of a post-device future. Computer technology is powerful and flexible enough that we can start to expand it beyond the basic screen-and-input paradigm, integrating it seamlessly into our environment.

New Yorker

“Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the ‘device’ to fade away.” His point was that, because computing technology is becoming smaller and more powerful, computers can be built in all kinds of forms. Building devices is no longer hard. The difficult part—and the part that will distinguish products from one another—is the experience that computers facilitate.

It might seem odd, then, that on Wednesday, Pichai got onstage to hype a new device. Google Home, which the company unveiled at its annual conference for developers, is a “voice-activated home product,” in Google’s parlance, which means you can command it to do things and it will respond. It’s a cute little thing—if Wall-E had an affair with a salt shaker, their love child might look a bit like this—but it appears to have some pretty powerful capabilities: music, making dinner reservations, texting friends, and more.

Hopper Go

Tech Crunch

Add PicoP and you're off to the races.
















Originally announced at CES in January, the minuscule HopperGo is a 64GB USB drive with a built in wireless access point. The little device connects to your Dish Hopper 3 or Hopper 2 – essentially Dish’s DVR – and sucks down up to 100 hours of TV. You can then unplug the little bugger and watch for four hours on one charge through the Dish Anywhere app.

When I first pulled this little thing out of the box I thought they had sent the wrong thing. It is truly tiny – about as big as an Altoids tin if not smaller. There isn’t much in the way of an interface on the box, just a button to turn it on and a USB port. The real magic happens on the Hopper and in the Dish Anywhere app. To move video to the box you simply select the content and transfer it to the HopperGo. Then, when you are connected to the HopperGo via private wifi, you can watch up to 100 hours of TV.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Screen color compensation -- a feature that's ready?

What I think was mentioned in the Full Pu article.

Saw this a long time ago, and was thinking that actually using it in a portable projector would be a feature that we'd have to wait a long time for.

The language in the Full-Pu article (previous post) makes me think they're working on implementing this technology NOW. 

This could make portable laser projectors additionally awesome combine this with keystone correction and infinite focus, and we have some serious magic.

The original reference I had saved had a projector shining on a book case -- with many books of different colors and sizes - and the projection on it made the books disappear -- which is about what they're doing in the first sample where the stone wall is going away.

Screen Compensation




Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Full Pu Optoelectronics

Thanks Joe for finding this.

Joe and I had a discussion about this today. We kind of think that the most interesting things in this are which entities are missing from the list -- we've been suspicious for some time that Qualper is really a kind of "red herring" for some other company.

Which company that might be wouldn't be on their list of partners. The list of partners here is quite impressive.

The article is "scraped" because I want to be sure it is retained, and it's a translation (courtesy of Google translate) and I want to save the highlights in context.

Mentioned toward the bottom is something very interesting that I thought was a long way off.... adjusting a projection for color. (I'm in the process of relocating what I think that's about --- and it will blow your mind.)  SCHOLARLY ARTICLE ABOUT IT HERE


Full Pu Optoelectronics: Leading MEMS micro laser projection and lighting

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Description: Full Cape Optoelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is located in the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, established in January 2013 with a registered capital of 300 million yuan. Register before the company has set a global power elite of painstaking research and development and product development, micro-laser technology and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS, Micro-Electro-Mech period of four years ......

Full Cape Optoelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is located in the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, established in January 2013 with a registered capital of 300 million yuan. Register before the company has set a global power elite of painstaking research and development and product development, micro-laser technology and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS, Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System) combines, and applied to a 4-year period end mobile products. Full Pu Optoelectronics is a global MEMS micro laser projection technology leader.
Full Cape photoelectric MEMS micro laser projection core technology breakthrough to create a "big screen anytime, anywhere" as a new life experience. By the recent launch of a new full-Pu Optoelectronics MEMS micro laser projection Mobile smartphone features and functions into one projection, triggering a visual revolution. Full Cape photovoltaic technology is bound to subvert the traditional, to lead a modern variety of mobile Internet terminal application and future virtual world. Relying on strong technical force and first-class software and hardware development team, all-Pu Optoelectronics R & D will become domestic enterprises to build great strength of the mobile Internet terminal micro laser projection, production and sales companies, providing extremely mobile terminal industry and end users competitive optoelectronic products, technologies and solutions.
Technology research and product development of the all-Pu Optoelectronics began in 2009. Through a strategic partnership with the United States as the company Micro (Microvision LLC), the whole Pu Optoelectronics MEMS micro-laser display technology to further enhance the system. In 2011, a resolution of 600x480 of MEMS micro laser projection modules successfully developed; in 2013, the resolution of up to 960x640 and 1080x720. Currently resolution reached 1920x720, is the most competitive on the market today micro laser projection modules. At the same time, design and improvement of the optical module has an optical laboratories in Tokyo, Japan, in order to continuously optimize the volume of the laser beam spatial correlation, optical loss, and the production process of the optical system. Currently MEMS micro laser projection technology has been completed industrialization, successfully used in micro projectors and projection smart phone.
Full Pu Optoelectronics global partners are major well-known companies from the United States, Japan, Korea and Europe, including: Maxim (Maxim), a microscopic (Microvision), Texas Instruments (TI), Broadcom (Broadcom), Qualcomm (Qualcomm) Corning (Corning), Sony (Sony), Hitachi (HITACHI), SEI (Sumitomo), Sharp (Sharp); Samsung (Samsang), modern (Hyundai), LG (LG); Osram (OSRAM); STMicroelectronics semiconductor (ST), Leica (Leica), Zeiss (Zeiss), and the like.
MEMS micro laser projection technology Pu photoelectric whole structure has two main parts. First, the laser modules in the three primary colors red, green and blue (RGB) laser tube through the internal optical system produces a color intensity and highly variable spatial correlation of a single pixel of the laser beam to achieve without focusing projection. Second, the biaxial MEMS mirror single pixel laser beam is projected to the synchronous scan mode using the pixel array scanning micromirror motion image little by little "draw" on the projection screen.
Compared with the traditional projection equipment halide lamp, a laser is a very efficient source. Halide lamp only a small portion of the light energy (2% to 3%) were transformed into heat and the rest are wasted. And halide lamp is expensive, easy to wear and tear, brightness decay rapidly, too sensitive to shock. The mechanical part of the laser projection system is small, the laser beam can be deflected by the mirror system has good stability. Run time of up to more than one million hours.
Color and brightness of each pixel in the image signal modulated by the laser, can produce 16 million colors (24-bit true color) at each pixel. Arising out of this image with extremely bright colors. Opening the laser tube can be shut. Such a small power consumption and high image contrast. Traditional light projection display system is always in a state of continuous illumination. A dark pixels light depends on the spatial light modulator (Spatial Light Modulator - SLM) excess light refraction on or absorbed.Since the light source can not be closed, the light utilization rate, high power consumption. In addition, the conventional projection display system can not produce a full black image, so its poor image contrast.
Design single pixel optical system ensures a high degree of spatial correlation of the laser beam, so projected images are always out of focus, clear. In other words, the whole Pu photoelectric MEMS micro laser projection without focus. Whether vertical or inclined angle is projected onto a plane, or invested in any three-dimensional surface of the body, the image is clear, is anytime, anywhere projection technologies in the true sense. So far, the market for all projection equipment projection distance when the focus changes are needed to bring portable projector experience problems.
More than a simple optical mechanical design for electronic circuit design challenges. The complexity of the circuit designer to precisely control the display of pixel location and pixel rate accurately modulated laser. Many complex functions can be integrated electronic circuitry allows the projector to display the miniaturization of portable electronic consumer products possible.
In summary, MEMS micro laser projection technology simple structure, small size, light path loss (loss of about 3%), low power consumption, wide range of colors, contrast, high resolution, without focus.
The main components of MEMS laser projection technology has MEMS laser modules (including MEMS micromirrors and RGB micro laser tube and optics), MEMS drive circuit, a laser drive circuit, image processing control circuit, as shown below.
l MEMS micromirrors
MEMS micromirror is made of single-crystal silicon by microelectronic technology combined with other special process. Typical process steps include oxidation, photolithography, ion implantation, dry etching, wet etching, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, plating, sputtering, bonding, high aspect ratio deep trench etching, laser scribing sheet and so on.
The reflecting surface of the micromirror is about one millimeter in diameter. Micromirrors micromirror arm connected with the frame, the arm micromirrors to micromirrors maximum angle as the rotational axis (horizontal projection angle) of 43 degrees. Frame by frame arm connected with the silicon substrate. Frame to frame arms as the rotation axis of the maximum angle (vertical projection angle) is 24 degrees.Quality micromirror system, mass distribution and stiffness of the axis of rotation determines the resonance frequency of the MEMS micromirrors, the final decision of the scanned image resolution.
Dimensional scanner chip size 4.65mm * 7.55mm. Entire MEMS chip and packaged together in a small magnet in the MEMS module. The magnetic field direction of the magnet provided with biaxial MEMS are a 45 angle. A single drive coil located on the frame, and accept a composite of two frequency drive signal to produce torque in a magnetic field, resulting in a two-dimensional rotating mirror. A sinusoidal signal at the same frequency as the resonance frequency of the MEMS mirror for driving horizontal scanning fast mirror, another frequency the same frame frequency sawtooth signal to drive slowly in the vertical scanning micromirror. Piezoresistive sensing mechanism to provide feedback signal (determine the position and motion of the micromirror) for the MEMS drive circuit.
MEMS micromirror advantage is that small size, light weight, stable performance, good repeatability, low power consumption.

l MEMS drive
MEMS driver circuit provides a drive signal for the MEMS coil under closed loop control. Resonant-frequency component signal comprising a MEMS (e.g., 27kHz) and a frame rate signal components (e.g., 60Hz). MEMS driver circuit adjusts the drive signal to maintain the amplitude balance micromirror MEMS resonant motion by receiving a feedback signal.
Two-dimensional image is generated by scanning the laser beam back and forth micromirrors generated. Transverse resonant frequency signal with a micromirror system drive mirror, power required is minimal. Two-way video image scanning reduces the blanking interval, maximize the efficiency of the laser. The case of the same laser output power, lumens projector will be increased.
Vertical scanning is usually a standard sawtooth waveform. Uniform scanning the image from top to bottom quickly returned after the end of each frame at the top and start again. This process is also carried out in order to maintain a smooth and linear trajectory under closed loop control. Sawtooth frequency is generally around 50-60Hz, at relatively low resolution can be improved.
l Micro Laser Module
Laser display technology is based on red, green and blue, the three primary colors (RGB) continuous wave visible laser light source for the display technology, the most realistic reproduction of the objective world rich, bright colors, providing even more shocking expression. The advantage of laser is wide color gamut space, colorful, color saturation, high contrast, so the laser show is called "the human visual history of the revolution", is the future of display areas of focus of competition.
Gamut refers to the range of a display device capable of displaying a color. Color gamut coverage is up to the percentage of the human eye can recognize color space. This percentage is as high as possible on the display device, the higher the explanation, the more the color of the display device. Color gamut of the laser light source is higher than 90%, while the LCD (LED) is 27 percent of the color gamut, plasma (PDP) is 32% of the color gamut.
Number is the number of colors that can be displayed in color. The more colors can display more complex images, the level of the screen is also more abundant. The highest was 16.77 million colors (24-bit true color). Color laser on 24-bit true color.
Color saturation represents color shades or brightness of light depends on the color of the white light content, the higher the content of white light, namely the lower content of colored light, color saturation that is lower. Its value as a percentage, between 0 - 100%. When this value is 0. time. Black and white ash is colorless color, when low color saturation, it will pale, pure color and light saturation was 100%. High color saturation of the laser.
Contrast is the ratio of the projors are more vivid ; contrast ratio is small, then let the entire screen is gray. Laser contrast up to 80ected image between the brightest and darkest areas between the larger the ratio, the more gradual change from black to white level, thus richer color performance, image more clearly visible, bright col,000: 1.
Laser wavelength selection based on two considerations. First, the human eye photopic response wavelength. This reaction is generally Gaussian shape, the peak wavelength in the green, slightly lower on the red and blue wavelengths. White light required for red, blue power changes with wavelength changes rapidly. For example, the red wavelength from 650nm changed to 635nm, the human eye photopic response doubled. So the red laser tube power can be reduced by half still achieve the same desired photopic response, making the system more low power consumption. Similarly, the frequency of blue laser tube should try to choose a longer wavelength. Currently on the market blue laser tube wavelength between 440-445nm. In the future we should consider selecting upcoming 460-470nm wavelength blue laser tube.
The second consideration is the color gamut. Because the photopic response to peak in the green wavelength, green wavelength selection in order to achieve the best color display prevail. Green 530nm is a good choice, can be optimized to maximize the color gamut.
Full Pu Optoelectronics a wavelength of 630 micrometers red laser, green wavelength of 530 micrometers wavelength laser tube and 450 microns blue laser tube. Laser tube power in milliwatts.
Three-color laser beams RGB micro laser tube emitted get 3% of the light energy (below thick arrow beam) as a light control system feedback signal through the prism system, so that the remaining 97% of the light energy transmitted or reflected to a three beams meet forming a red light or a beam of white light, or a bundle of green or blue glow. Three-color laser tubes and optics are packaged together in the laser module.
l Laser Driver
The ability to directly modulated laser is the core of the system design. Laser Driver with traditional CRT driver had a lot of differences. First, CRT scanning, the lateral line from the left to the right to begin scanning, and then quickly return to the left side of the next scan line. MEMS laser display system, the use of modern advanced electronic circuit technology, scans odd lines may be from left to right, you can even scan lines from right to left. Secondly, the required horizontal scanning line pixel position change timing is not the same. MEMS micromirror motion during start-up and steering should have plus (minus) speed, but due to the inertia of the mirror, but slow down the speed of the micromirrors in the two extremes, resulting in a constant pixel clock signal emitted at the endpoint accumulate in together. If not corrected, ends bright images become deformed. One solution is to produce a virtual set of pixels.In the middle of the scan mirror highest speed lines, each corresponding to a virtual video pixel clock. At both ends of the scan lines, every 3-5 virtual video clock period corresponds to one pixel. This allows scanning line pixel distribution.
High-speed laser control each pixel, we need to quickly open and close the circuit and pixel high-level interfaces, resources, and function blocks. Due to the high capacitive load of high inductance laser, switch off the laser pixels have some challenges. By Maxim's unique pixel close US assistance function block, the pixels falling scooter 1ns. In addition, a three-channel DAC running at 250MHz to ensure high-definition video resolution.
LCD, DLP rear projection technology and other backlit at night because of leaks to produce shadows and ghost images. MEMS micro-laser display does not have a similar problem, because it is before the light irradiation technology. The laser beam is a pixel of a pixel coupled to the laser tube is not one hundred percent open most of the image is displayed. All black image laser tube can be completely shut down, power consumption is only 80mW. MAX3601 multiplication DAC can be safely and reliably from one lumen light intensity modulation of the night to 30 lumens bright sunlight.
Color laser subject to continuous monitoring to ensure color consistency at various temperatures, and ensure the safety of the laser conditions. Also used the color sensor to compensate the brightness in daylight, shadow, night-time conditions.
l Image Processing
The video processor can accept RGB or YUV input. Use video buffer allows no dummy scan converted video input. Gamma correction and color space conversion of the input color application accurately mapped onto a wide color gamut laser. Scaling engine for converting low-resolution video content.
A unique virtual pixel composition (Virtual Pixel Synthesis, VPS) interpolation engine uses a high-resolution input pixel is mapped onto a sinusoidal horizontal trajectory. VPS is a complex electronic circuit functions replace the optical function best display. It is very effective input pixel mapped to the virtual coordinate grid resolution. In addition to the high pixel precision targeting video information to the sine sweep, VPS engine can optimize the image quality. VPS engine control by adjusting the overall brightness of the display in Figure coefficient to achieve luminance uniformity.
Optical distortion, including trapezoid, parallelogram, and certain types of pincushion distortion can be used to adjust the engine VPS pixel position to compensate. VPS engine also allows independent adjustment of each color pixel location. Even if the laser module assembly process of the three primary colors of the laser beam is not completely aligned, red, green and blue pixel position can be adjusted independently through the circuit so that the video image is perfectly aligned. This feature can also be used to modify MEMS laser display in a large optical system chromatic aberration.
Digital video to the laser drive mapping by an adaptive laser driver (Adaptive Laser Driver, ALD) to complete. ALD is a use of the optical feedback from the laser active laser characteristics with temperature compensation and aging of the closed-loop system.This ensures optimal brightness, color and grayscale display performance.
l MEMS laser modules
And laser modules and MEMS micromirror modules formed by the size of MEMS laser modules with one yuan fairly. Thickness of 6.2mm, weighing only 10g.
Full Pu Optoelectronics existing three products: laser intelligent controller, micro projector, and MEMS laser projector phone.
Laser Intelligent controller is a virtual keyboard line flying squirrel, 3D motion capture, portable laser pointer 4 in 1 is a plug and play mini-receiver, compatible with USB1.1 and USB2.0; laser controller stylish , flying squirrel keyboard + laser, lasts two hours; more moderate weight feeling, playing somatosensory game; strong sense of design, smooth body lines. Hand laser mouse with fashion technology.
Mini Projector is a private theater in your pocket. Using the latest MEMS micro laser projection technology, this small size portable projector makes big screen anytime, anywhere a reality show. This mini projector support 1080 HD quality; 40 lumens of brightness; the operation can be unplugged for 3-4 hours, coupled with mobile power supply to the operating day; light source life 20,000 hours; laser imaging, no focus, contrast ratio 80,000: 1 . The best projection distance 0.3m-3m, Projection Size: 10-200 inches; 11.5mm thin body; comes with Android version 4.4.2, built-in memory 32G, Bluetooth 4.0, WIFI2.5G / 5G (support WIFI hotspot, WIFI display), speaker power 1W.
Mini projector a mechanism Pa: Office projection, home theater, outdoor commercial speech, the three scenes!
The latest production of MEMS laser projector phone is phone + room + playroom playroom + + + Home Cinema Hall. The laser projector phone will MEMS micro laser projection technology with the Android mobile phone system perfect combination, carrying a number of patented technologies and full Poor's inventions, a new generation of trendy projector phone.
Machine size is only 148 × 70 × 11mm. Phone has pixels high, low power consumption, powerful, simple structure, wide range of colors, the machine uses the best display with a resolution up to 1080P, its color reproduction of 95 percent, compared with other products, color high reduction of more than 25% of similar products, so that a higher resolution phone screen more clearly. Meanwhile, the phone is a camera phone, the front camera of 500 million pixels, rear amounted to 13 million pixels.
Projection section, using the world's most advanced MEMS micro-laser technology.Brightness: 35 lumens, contrast ratio: 80,000: 1, Resolution: 1920 x 720, projection size: 200 inches (depending on environment); projection size ratio: 16: 9; laser imaging without focus; projectable file formats: Office document (ppt, pdf, Word, Excel), video (mp4,3gp, mov, mkv, avi, flv, mpeg), pictures (jpg, bmp, gif, png).
MEMS micro laser projection technology high efficiency photovoltaic whole Cape, small size, long life, high reliability and wide range of image color, contrast, high resolution, without focus, has a very broad application prospects. Here is the full S & P is developing photovoltaic products and the near future products, technical solutions Conception.
1. Ultra-wide-angle projection
The MEMS laser projection technology with the traditional set-top box or set-top box terminal cloud combined with an advanced optical system for MEMS laser projection out image correction, to achieve ultra-wide angle / short distance projection effects. Since the projection distance is short, the projected image will be greatly enhanced lumen.Plus colorful graphics, clear picture quality, high color saturation, high contrast, high resolution, this application can replace the current large-screen TV market. No expensive display, as long as the set-top box and a white wall, and more preferably configured Bluetooth speakers, digital TV, video on demand, time-shifted back to see, interactive games, home theater, home e-commerce readily available.
2. Pocket PC
Configure powerful CPU, reforming existing virtual keyboard technology combined with MEMS laser projection technology mobile phone, a pocket PC was born. It is a portable computer and a mobile phone, it is a projector. PC base is both a charger stand, a table and a long white wall, anytime, anywhere office, shareable, demonstrating, can games, film and television. Small size, easy to carry, for business entertainment essential goods.
3. Smart Glasses
This is a seemingly ordinary glasses. It may be glasses, reading glasses may be adjustable at any time. Equipped like a mobile phone independent operating system on the frame, by the user to install the software, games and other programs, to be completed by adding the schedule by voice or motion control, map navigation, interact with friends, take photos and video, video calls and other functions, mobile communications networks to achieve wireless network access. Display and virtual worlds is the perfect combination of electronic products.
4. Smart bracelet
Wearable Smart hand ring sleep, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, skin humidity / temperature, exercise, calorie monitoring, health warning, and the surrounding environment, such as atmospheric pressure, humidity / temperature reporting is not only the needs of modern healthy living, and more understand themselves, challenge themselves, symbol of the pursuit of happiness.
Built MEMS laser projection function smart bracelet allows you to watch anytime, anywhere their own parameters signs, no smartphone, no need to download APP. Built-in camera can capture gestures let you easily operate the smart bracelet system.
5. Virtual projection (Cinema)
To make people naked eye 3D immersive virtual reality viewing sense, there must be a sufficient number of video channels. In accordance with the existing computer digital processing technology, multi-channel video signal acquisition and preservation is not difficult (in one or more image files). The key lies in the numerous affect the signal reduction is displayed in order to achieve a similar effect with the shooting.
The use of advanced MEMS laser projection display technology, allowing multiple projectors in a multi-directional projector and a computer image processing system, resulting in different projection images at different locations, to create a fantasy dynamic interactive experience, allowing you to enter the integration of the actual situation, Living wonderful world.
6. Outdoor billboard
In modern society, the rapid development of science and technology, outdoor advertising also cited a number of new materials, new technology, new equipment and become a work of art to beautify the city, it is one of the city's economic development level mark. Top advertising creative, excellent location, large size is regarded as a classic advertising critical to the success of outdoor advertising.
Currently, there are three large billboards. First, high-speed fixed static roadside billboards, mainly in the spotlight for lighting equipment. Screen advertising production installation required manpower and financial resources. Once the ad content and be a good time to show the same ads 24 hours remain unchanged, a small amount of information, advertising efficiency is poor. Second, the large LCD screen on the external walls of many commercial buildings. Informative, dynamic sense, but the pre-entity large display considerable investment. The third is the outdoor advertising means more expensive three sides. This device has three prism, screen advertising content using inkjet, computer pictures, or outdoor color cards and other materials. When these rotating prism, it can be composed of three different advertising images.
MEMS laser all-Pu Optoelectronics invention display billboard entity without the LCD screen, as long as the white wall "wall." Projector mounted on the top center of the billboard, mouth downward projection, the overall water. It can be a positive vote, can rear. Wireless connection, easy replacement advertising content. Different times, different ads, informative, and can be targeted. Screen high-definition, wide viewing area, dynamic and strong. Reduce environmental pollution caused by large-scale inkjet, make life more secure environment.
7. Laser lights
Full Cape Photoelectric laser modules can be used in the latest generation of lighting equipment. Laser light source lamp is a natural, low-glare lighting and low light pollution source. Color laser light source lamp is easy to achieve balance. The form and direction of the projected light beam emitted from the laser light can also be adjusted according to different conditions and requirements to provide different illumination and lighting applications to further improve in different conditions.
For example, when road lighting will produce light pollution impact on nearby residents, the laser light is yellow can be adjusted to reduce light pollution. Another example is when the festival of colors and light intensity of the laser light can be adjusted to changes in the expression of the festive atmosphere. Another example is emergency, laser can emit a specific color and flash mode to alert. The controller can be based on the clock signal for controlling the laser light on and off time, for example, turn on laser light at 19 o'clock, 6 o'clock in the morning and turn off the laser light.
Since the energy of the laser power supply, low power consumption, a small solar panel and / or a micro-wind power generation apparatus is equipped with a battery to provide uninterrupted power to the laser lights. This feature not only energy, but also without remote power and control wiring, there is provided a lighting Province construction and operation of facilities in remote areas of time and material, labor, energy-efficient solutions. Moreover, the laser light source reliable and durable, can further reduce operation and maintenance costs. Operational procedures with storage and wireless communication devices, laser lights can achieve wireless control system.
8. Laser headlights
Compared with conventional light sources (tungsten, halogen lamps, HID lamps, LED lamps), laser lights that converts electrical energy into light energy efficiency improved significantly. In addition, since the laser with high temporal and spatial correlation, before using the laser lights can reduce glare. Glare is the interference of a main cause of the driver's vision, it is a major security risk nighttime driving.Laser headlights in a variety of environments using reliable and durable and have a longer service life.
Full Cape Photoelectric laser modules can be made of laser headlights car controller issued the beam color and intensity. The irradiation direction of the laser lights may be in response to the car controller command signal (low light, high light, turn) change.
For example, usually produces a more intense clearer reflection when a dark object is irradiated with blue light. When driving at night, then adjust the headlights to produce laser light source modules having more blue light combination of a laser beam.On the other hand, when driving at night, a major safety hazard is the glare of oncoming headlights of vehicles produced. Due to the smaller yellow glare when driving close to the oncoming traffic, keeping ahead in the same direction of the vehicle, or when there is fog, car headlights then adjust the laser light source module to produce more red light and green light so that the combination of the laser beam is yellow. Some special vehicles, such as police cars, ambulances, fire engines, road maintenance vehicles, emergency vehicles, ice cream sale of vehicles, often using a special color light or flash alert other vehicles in the vicinity or unnoticed.
Full Cape Optoelectronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in good faith, innovation, mutual win core values, hope that the new and old partners for a better future.

ASM - What I Expect

The Annual Stockholder's meeting is coming up next week.

I can't get a definitive list of what will be present for demos, but I do expect that most of what was available at CES will be available at this meeting.

Seeing pictures of the Qualper phone is one thing -- holding it in your hand and watching it work is quite something else -- what I saw wasn't a poorly made prototype.

Of course I could be wrong about any of these being present -- I can't get a definitive list... but when you see this... it's very impressive.

See some of you next week.


PicoBit


RoBoHon
Android TV  with picop
Keystone Correction Demo
Brighter Engine



Monday, May 23, 2016

Multiple Fruit Company Rumors

I'm not a big fan of Apple Rumors. 

Today's price spike apparently brought to you by one of those.

I'm not quite sure where, but today on Investorshub there was some going on.

Benzinga

Of course I know we're worth WAY more than $5/share.

Gigantic Pile of Tech Cash

With the right trigger, a whole lot of new tech could be invested in and sold. I think PicoP display -- and after that AR is the right trigger... 

Who's holding cash?

More at the source.

Apple (AAPL)Microsoft (MSFT)Alphabet (GOOGL)Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Oracle (ORCL) are sitting on $504 billion, or 30%, of the $1.7 trillion in cash and cash equivalents held by U.S. non-financial companies in 2015, according to an analysis released Friday by ratings agency Moody's Investors Service.  That's even more cash concentration than in previous years, as these five companies held 27% of cash in 2014 and 25% in 2013. Apple alone is holding more cash and investments than eight of the 10 entire industry sectors.

Friday, May 20, 2016

Microsoft Sells Nokia to Foxconn

IBTimes

Nokia phones set to return.

Microsoft's future in the mobile phone business is now entirely dependent on its Lumia smartphone range after the software giant confirmed on Wednesday that it was selling the feature phone part of the business to a subsidiary of Foxconn and HMD Global, a Finnish company, in a deal worth $350 million — including the rights to use the Nokia brand on future feature phone devices.

The deal involves all of Microsoft's feature phone assets, which were purchased from Nokia as part of a $7.1 billion deal that is now seen as a major mistake. Those assets include brands, software and services, care network and other assets, customer contracts, and critical supply agreements.
The Microsoft deal is expected to close in the second half of 2016, the company said in a statement. Foxconn, also trading as Hon Hai Precision, is the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It produces some of the world's most popular consumer electronics, including the iPhone and iPad, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Surface tablets.  

Projection Concept

Cool projection concept.

This will be a lot easier with the PicoBit or other PicoP enabled projector.

#WALKPro3D | WALKABOUT Projection - 3D Magic Control Characters...Everywhere! from PRICKIMAGE on Vimeo.