Philips Research Press Release

3D displays and applications

Philips 3D Solutions, an emerging business in the Technology Incubator of Royal Philips Electronics, will demonstrate examples of its complete package of 3D displays and display signal processing. Philips’ new multi-view 3D display provides a richer, more informative, and more entertaining user experience, without the need for special viewing glasses.

With its new 42-inch 3D LCD monitor for the professional signage market, Philips 3D Solutions will demonstrate how 3D display technology can be used for high-impact in-store messaging for advertising or sales promotion, images, videos, and other forms of media suitable for a large screen. It will also show its 3D display and content rendering chip for mobile devices such as mobile phones. The display signal processing chip calculates 3D images out of 2D content in real-time, allowing users to enjoy any type of video content in 3D on their mobile devices.
 

Progress in rollable displays

At IFA 2005, Philips Polymer Vision, another emerging business in the Philips Technology Incubator, will unveil its latest mobile e-Reader concept Readius. Readius is a prototype of a connected consumer device for business professionals unwilling to sacrifice readability, mobility, performance, or weight in a pocket-sized, e-reader concept.

The Readius is the world’s first prototype of a functional electronic-document reader that can unroll its display to a scale larger than the device itself. With four gray levels, the monochrome, 5-inch QVGA (320 pixels x 240 pixels) display provides paper-like viewing comfort with a high contrast ratio for reading-intensive applications, including text, graphics, and electronic maps. Once the user has finished reading, the display can be rolled back into the pocket-size (100 mm x 60 mm x 20 mm) device.

 

+ Philips unveils ‘Rollable Display’ pocket e-Reader concept Readius at IFA 2005

Digital TV on portable devices

Philips will demonstrate its PDD2016 Digital Video Broadcast – Terrestrial (DVB-T) receiver module which is optimized for portable applications such as portable media players and PDAs. With a slim design and small form factor, the Philips PDD2016 DVB-T receiver module is ideal for manufacturers wanting to incorporate TV functionality into their handheld designs. These modules enable consumers to follow their favorite program, catch up on the day’s news or watch highlights of the latest football match from virtually anywhere.

The low power consuming and high performance module can also be provided with an optional embedded antenna, which is optimized for portable devices – a unique feature for both manufacturers and consumers.

As part of its continuous program of developing products for TV-on-the-go for a variety of portable devices, Philips is also offering other DVB-T reception modules. These modules are the PMD2016, which can be embedded in notebooks or web tablets, and the PCD2016, which is an external CardBus TV card.

The PDD2016 module is scheduled for mass production in the second half of 2005. Customer samples are available now.
 

New TV experiences by advanced video processing

A demonstration by Philips Research features a set of video processing techniques that turn TV images into a totally new viewing experience. Building on Philips’ line of renowned video-processing algorithms, such as Digital Natural Motion and Pixel Plus, these algorithms that are not related to picture quality are a new phenomenon in the consumer-electronics market.

As an example, ‘The Amazing Football Tracker’ allows television viewers to see the trajectory of a soccer ball as it moves across the field. The camera zoom and movement are derived from the broadcast television images. When this information is combined with the result of an algorithm that detects the location of the ball in the image, the image-processing technology creates a panoramic overview of the soccer field and captures the movement of the ball with a highlighted ball trajectory. The result: the intricate attack and defense patterns in a soccer play are revealed, giving viewers real-time insights into the action.
 

Photonic textiles turn fabric into intelligent displays

Another demonstration shows photonic textiles—fabrics that contain lighting systems and can therefore serve as displays. By integrating flexible arrays of multicolored light-emitting diodes (LEDs) into fabrics—and doing so without compromising the softness of the cloth—Philips Research is bringing these inert objects to life. Photonic textiles open up a wide range of applications in the fields of ambient lighting, communication, and personal health care.

To meet the challenge of creating light-emitting cloth objects that retain their softness, Philips Research and textile institute TITV Greiz have developed an interconnecting substrate made entirely of cloth. On these substrates, they have placed passive matrixes of 10 x 10 red, green and blue LED packages. The pixelated luminaries have been embedded in such everyday objects as pillows, backpacks, and floor mats, and prototype samples will be shown at the IFA.