Speakers

Session 1: Projection Light Sources 1: Lasers and Laser Speckle

Bill Beck
Co-founder, Executive Vice President Business Development
Laser Light Engines

Ultra-low Speckle Contrast, Fiber Deliverable High Power Laser Illumination System for Large Scale Projection Displays
Recent RGB laser demonstrations by Laser Light Engines (LLE) and others have stimulated interest in laser illumination for projection displays. LLE has developed what it believes to be the first practical fully despeckled, laser-based illumination system. This system is scaleable, exhibits excellent beam quality and polarization and can be delivered to projection optics via small diameter optical fibers. In addition, the combination laser + despeckling system can deliver solid-state laser produced, but fully incoherent and de-collimated illumination to spatial light modulator-based projectors. The system works with DLPTM, LCOS and LCD projectors. The system can provide illumination in wide gamut, DCI (Cinema gamut) and Rec 709 as it incorporates tunable RGB primaries. Results will be presented on despeckling to sub 1% speckle contrast ratio (SCR) levels, SCR measurement procedures, as well as other benefits of the system. Results for long distance remote light delivery via optical fiber and power aggregation from multiple "beamlines," providing brightness levels greater than those achievable from Xenon arc lamps, will also be discussed.

Dr. Paul Rudy
Vice President, Market and Sales
Kaai, Inc.

The Emergence of Direct Emitting Green and Blue Semiconductor Lasers for Display Applications
Recent progress in the commercialization of direct emitting green and blue semiconductor lasers holds promise to create a new category of laser displays. We will review the latest developments in green and blue laser diodes and describe the benefits of these laser sources for a variety of display applications.

Jacques Gollier
Senior Research Associate, Optics
Corning Inc.

Objective Image Speckle Measurements
Corning has developed an optical measurement technique and optical system to quantify the level of laser speckle in an optical display. A brief overview on several technical approaches to reduce speckle will be given as well as a description of the optical layout and speckle measurement system. We will explain the measurement system, test methodology, and report our findings.

This methodology allows industry participants to have a standardized quantitative method to measure speckle in an optical system. A summary will be given along with suggestions for additional improvements.

Alexander John
Senior Product Manager
OSRAM GmbH

Next Generation Lighting Solutions Enable New Opportunities for Mobile Projection Break
Mobile Projection is the next generation viewing experience and is becoming an essential part of our daily life. Mobile devices naturally limit the size of the embedded displays. Integrated projectors enable users to overcome the display limitation and not only to view, but to share, multimedia content. Many so-called companion projectors based on conventional imaging displays (LCoS, DLP, LCD) or MEMS-based flying spot projectors have been introduced and commercialized. Also cell phone and digital still camera embedded prototypes have been introduced. Rise of operating time of these devices, as well as the trend to higher resolution of recording media, such as digital still cameras and video cameras, simultaneously lead to a stronger demand for higher image quality in these projectors. However, today’s projection display technologies still limit the opportunities of mobile projection for embedding them in mobile devices (e.g. cell phones, PDAs, Netbooks, Notebooks, DSC) due to the lack of optical and electrical efficacy, the limitation in image resolution, and the physical size of its components. We report on a next generation laser light source module, especially designed for embedded projection based on the flying spot approach. The OSRAM Laser Module is based on best in class red, green and blue laser components and has an integrated laser driver providing the laser regulation and an intra-image frame color management, as well as optical beam collimation and combination. This light source module concept perfectly addresses the needs of embedded projection regarding image quality, high image resolution, low power consumption, high luminous efficacy, small size and height. It provides color stability across the whole image and omits flickering calibration lines as used in conventional laser projection approaches. Thus the embedded laser light source module will help to enable mobile projection at new performance levels to drive new opportunities.

Janne Konttinen
CTO
EpiCrystals Inc.

Development of Novel RGB Laser Light Sources Based on DeCIBEL® Technology
Low-cost and compact RGB light sources are essential components in emerging picoprojection display applications. Laser light sources would offer several important advantages over traditional light sources, but suffer from high characteristic speckle visibility and are expensive due to complex manufacturing processes. This talk will cover the latest progress in development of novel RGB laser light sources based on DeCIBEL(r) technology. Speckle visibility can be effectively reduced by increasing the spectrum width of the light source. Self-pulsating Q-switched laser architecture produces broad spectrum and can be stabilized by a Bragg grating with equivalent bandwidth. Folded emission through the semiconductor substrate allows for wafer-level integration of coupling micro-optics. When combined with an extended wavelength acceptance waveguide-type nonlinear crystal with integrated Bragg grating, the result is an ultra-compact, low-cost R/G/B light source with inherently reduced speckle, excellent beam quality and high modulation bandwidth suitable for high definition scanning beam projection.

Greg Niven
Vice President Sales & Marketing
NECSEL

Successful Laser Products for Large Venue Projectors
Over the past few years, many lessons have been learned in order to make a succesful laser product for large venue projectors. This talk will provide insight into what qualities the projector manufacturers strive to deliver and the tradeoffs that have been made.  These tradeoffs go far beyond the usual "cost and speckle" considerations.  In addition, a brief update will be provided on the current market conditions and Necsel's relationship with Ushio.

Session 2: Green Displays

Amit Jain
President, CEO and Founder
Prysm, Inc.

Introducing Laser Phosphor Display (LPD) – Ecovative Large Format Display Solution
As costs and concerns around energy usage grow, so too does the need for new display technologies that consume significantly less power. Video walls are notorious for using enormous amounts of energy. But is this possible while keeping price tags reasonable and maintaining picture quality at a time when HD is becoming the norm? In this session, Prysm will explore new ways in which designers, retailers, event pros, and advertising and facilities managers are creating and maintaining more energy efficient displays. Using real-life examples from its new technology for large format display screens, Laser Phosphor Display (LPD), Prysm will share ways that designers are keeping costs low while providing superior visual quality and the ultimate in brightness capabilities.

Annika Overödder
Business Area Manager Communications Technology, Projectors
TCO Development

Easier Product Selection through New Eco-and Performance Standard
Easier product selection through new eco-and performance standard Session Objective –The recently launched standard - TCO Certified Projectors is the first third party certification program to combine green factors and usability in design, along with the proprietary “TCO Image Size” feature which allows consumers and installers to more easily select the ideal projector based on the intended use and viewing surface. The purpose of the Certification is to provide buyers with an objective tool that more easily allows for direct comparison between brands, and that makes it easier to identify a projector that has been fully tested for environmental and high performance design. Attendees will be given an overview of the standard along with the background and development process behind the criteria.

Session 3: Picoprojector Module Design

Stephen Willett, Ph.D.
Lead System Engineer
3M Company - Mobile Interactive Solutions Division

MM200+ Advanced Projection Engine: Pushing the Limits of Étendue
3M’s second-generation optical engine, the MM200, set the performance standard for LCOS picoprojectors and powers 3M’s latest MPro120 and MPro150 Pocket Projectors. Careful analysis of the optical design, however, reveals even further opportunities to deliver brightness to the screen. 3M is now developing the MM200+ optical engine, built on the same optomechanical platform, but with nearly twice the lumen output and higher resolution. These advances are enabled by a rigorous understanding of the system étendue and the real limits of optical throughput. This paper will review the detailed optical designs, compare the MM200 and MM200+, and provide insights on how to deliver optimum performance from picoprojector designs.

Prof. Crystal L. M. Fok
Project Manager, Display System Division, LED Program
HK Applied Science and Technology Research Institute

LED-based Ultra-compact Optical Engine Design
This paper focuses on design of an optical engine for pico projector to be embedded in mobile devices. We present a Light Emitting Diode (LED)-based ultra-compact optical engine design of 4 cm3. Our objective is to minimize the size of the optical engine such that it could simply embed into any mobile device.

Hans Stöhr
Director Business Development
Jabil | Sypro Optics GmbH

Embedded Pico Projection Engines Design – It’s all about Lumens per Watt
With the development of new microdisplay technologies and the progress in highly efficient solid state light sources like LEDs, lasers and miniaturized optical systems, Pico Projection technology is gaining momentum as a means to view large screen images from mobile devices, overcoming the limitations of the devices’ small displays. The total market for mobile products relevant to integrated pico projection technology is forecasted at more than 2 billion units in 2012, with cell phones being the largest opportunity. For this growth potential to materialize however, the current challenges in pico projection engine design for cell phones need to be resolved: cost, low power consumption, small size and high volume manufacturing capabilities. This session will show how it basically is all about Lumens per Watt – the achievable brightness per energy unit. This relation influences all key specifications such as light output, power consumption, size, heat management. We will analyze why the DLP®-based engine platform design with the entire projector included in the engine - the embedded projection engine (EPE) concept – is the only viable solution to meet the industry requirements of cost, size and power consumption while providing excellent image quality and brightness. We will also cover requirements for microdisplays, light sources and other key components.

Karl Guttag
CTO
Syndiant, Inc.

Why Resolution Matters Break
Most pico designs seek to find the right combination of resolution, brightness, price, and size. It seems that resolution is the first thing given up in most pico projectors to date. But when we give up resolution, we give up the user interfaces and image quality that business people and consumers have come to expect from computer interfaces and HDTV. Syndiant thinks resolution does not have to be traded off to achieve the same levels of cost, brightness, and size. One key to enabling high resolution pico projectors is reducing the “power per pixel” of the microdisplay so that most of the power can be dedicated to the light sources, be they LED or Lasers to improve brightness. A and small pixel size on the microdisplay necessary to meet the size as well as the cost requirements as resolution increases. This talk will discuss the issues and trade-offs for enabling high resolution pico projectors with higher light efficiency.

Session 4: Projection Light Sources 2: LED & Hybrid Light Sources

Dr. Kenneth Li
President/CEO
Wavien, Inc.

White LED with Light Recycling for Projection Applications
The use of white LEDs for projection applications will directly benefit from the huge advances being made by LED manufacturers producing white LEDs for the general lighting market. The simple configuration of using one LED instead of 3 LEDs (RGB) reduces the cost of optics and heat-sinks. The single one LED light source also allows manufacturers to fully capitalize on their current capabilities and investment. Higher screen brightness with lower prices will be expected, which will be the main driving forces for mass adoption of projectors for the personal display and gaming markets. A low cost projector with over 500 lumens can be expected using the most advanced white LED chip and packaging technology. Wavien’s LED recycling technology will be applicable for both DLP, 3LCD, and LCOS panel technologies. The single recycling white LED chip projector configuration can be used directly in pico-projectors, and medium output projectors in the 300 to 600 lumen ranges. For high output RGB configurations, recycling can be used in all three colors. In particular, the recycling efficiency of the white LED is more efficient than the green LED. Higher power can be obtained by replacing the green LED with the recycling white LED together with a green filter. Over 50% screen lumen improvement can be expected using this scheme.

Frank Romeo
Vice President, Business Products
Casio America, Inc.

Casio Projectors with Hybrid LED/Laser/Phosphor Illumination
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., has developed a mercury free laser and LED hybrid DLP light engine capable of brightness in excess of 2000 lumens. This development was a major breakthrough in solid state light sources. This presentation will describe the details of this light source, which consists of a red LED, and blue laser for blue and for green (via illumination of a fluorescent element), as well as the overal projector performance and applications. This hybrid light sopurce is scalabl;e allowing for pico sized to mainstream projection systems. The solution offers a viable alternative to LED-based projection systems, which have so far been limited to about a 1000 lumens, due to the limited light output of the green and blue LEDs. The goal of Casio's research was to build a bright semiconductor light source technology that was portable and eliminated mercury (for eco-friendliness), while also providing longer lamp life, lower total cost of ownership, and the brightness equivalent of a mercury-based projection system.

Stephane Bellosguardo
Director of Product Marketing
Luminus Devices, Inc.

Lamp-Free Projection: Innovation in Illumination Requires Innovation in Marketing Panel Discussion
With a steadily increasing number of major product introductions in the past year, lamp-free projection has migrated from niche application to a very visible category, with market segments ranging from ultra-portable to mainstream front projectors. While technical innovation in lamp-free illumination architectures continues to occur at a fast pace, innovation in marketing approaches has lagged, sometimes resulting in inadequate product positioning. This presentation will go over recent advances in solid-state light sources, what they mean for the end products and how marketing approaches should be adapted to effectively position this category to end users.

Session 5: Trends in Small Projection Systems

Thomas Grau
Sr. Product Marketing Manager Projectors
Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

Samsung F10M 1,000 ANSI Lumen LED-based Projector
In response to the RoHS directive, Samsung's F10M data projector uses LEDs as the light source replacing mercury-based UHP lamps. The projector is based on solid state RGB LEDs capable of delivering 1,000 ANSI lumens of light output. Red, Green and Blue LEDs deliver color saturation greater than conventional UHP lamps and hybrid designs. The design, without a mechanical color wheel, is rated at 30,000 hours of life. Two new aspects are deployed in this model, high current LED drivers and a heat pipe system providing thermal transfer, without using a liquid-cooled system requiring a mechanical pump.

Maarten Niesten
New Business Development Manager
Microvision, Inc.

Advanced Applications of Laser-Based Pico Projection
This presentation will discuss the unique and futuristic applications that customers have been developing using PicoP technology. Reviewing both challenges and opportunities of our laser-based scanning technology, these applications include next generation user interface designs, such as: wearable projection systems and mobile device interfaces. Additionally, we will share development activities around novel applications in energy exploration, 3-D image capture, gaming and consumer electronics. These applications are enabled by PicoP's capabilities including infinite focus, instant color creation and a wide throw angle. We will describe in both quantativie and qualitive measure how these features are enabling unique use cases and new market opportunities.

Session 6: Novel Projection Components & Accessories

Shay Freundlich
Senior Director, Technology & Standards
AMIMON, Inc.

Wireless Video – Making it a Reality
Wireless video is an exciting space that will change the way video displays are connected to video sources. In the past ten years many companies have tried to solve the problem of wireless video connectivity with limited success, mainly because the solutions developed could only support delivery of compressed video, which is typically not available at the output of most video sources. The consumer electronics industry has come to realize that a wireless uncompressed video link is necessary in order to provide a universal wireless video interface. A few competing technology standards have emerged to address the challenge of delivering the huge amounts of video data wirelessly (up to 3Gbps in 1080p) using very different approaches. A few approaches include WHDI™ technology in the 5GHz unlicensed band, 60GHz spectrum solutions and other wireless approaches. A few of these technologies/standards have made drastic steps in the past few years, resulting in chipsets, modules and reference designs now available and shipping to major CE manufacturers. The discussion will cover the current state of wireless video and examine the most likely technologies for primetime use and implementation now and moving into 2011. And, answering a key question -- is there a viable option of HD wireless video that can go through walls?

Yong-jing Wang, Ph.D.

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James Lupino
V.P.Business Development Display
Photonic Systems

Angular Technology and its Application in Micro Projectors and 3D Projectors
Angular projection technology has recently been developed as a compact, cost-effective, highly efficient, alternative technology for projection display, applicable for micro projectors as well as for 3D projectors. The novel patented technique provides for addressing multiple images adjacent to each other onto a single panel. Special optics are then used to merge the images into a full image – either a full color image comprised of RG&B images or a 3D image comprised of an image for the left eye and one for the right eye. The application of angular projection technology for 3D (A3D) will be discussed in detail and the advantages of this approach over the conventional spatial or temporal multiplexing techniques will be discussed. A discussion of angular color projection (ACP) for micro-projectors will also be presented, including the advantages of using white LED and ACP for ultra-efficient micro/pico projector applications.

Jonathan Waldern
CTO
SBG Labs Inc.

3D Passive LED Pico Projector
SBG Labs Inc. has developed a 3D, Pico, LED, projection display architecture utilizing Electrically Switchable Bragg Gratings (SBG). Called a DigiLensR, the light engine has unique polarization management properties enabling passively polarized 3D projection. SBG Labs' architecture addresses the critical light collection efficiency limitations of conventional 3D optical architectures, resulting in daylight-bright, switchable 2D or 3D operation.

Ted Sun
President
SuperImaging, Inc.

Novel Fluorescent Projection System on Fully Transparent Screen
An innovative emissive projection display system was recently invented by Superimaging. It is comprised of a fully transparent fluorescent screen, with a black light image projector. The screen can be applied to glass windows or windshields, without affecting visible light transmission. The black light projector can be based on either a DLP (digital light processor) or a laser scanner display engine. For DLP based projection, a discharge lamp coupled to a set of UV filters can be applied to generate a full color video image on the transparent screen. UV or Blu-ray laser diodes of different wavelengths can be combined with scanning mirrors to generate a vector display for full windshield display applications. This display combines the best of both worlds, from conventional projection and emissive display technologies. Like a projection display, the screen has no pixel structure and can be manufactured roll to roll; the display is scalable. Like emissive displays (e.g,. plasma or CRT), the quality of the image is superior, with very large viewing angles. It also offers some unique features. For example, in addition to a fully transparent display on windows or windshields, it can be applied to a black substrate, for the first front projection display on a true “black” screen, with superior image contrast at low projection power. This fundamentally new display platform can enable multiple major commercial applications that can’t be addressed by any of the existing display technologies.

Session 7: Tiled Images, Blended Images & Geometry Processing

Andrew Jamison
CEO
Scalable Display Technologies

Live Media Walls: Defining the Next Display for the Enterprise Conference Room
Interactive visualization is a necessary tool for organizations of all kinds. From designers and architects to artists and researchers, visualization improves how data is analyzed and presented. Modern tools let users interact with domain-specific data formats on Microsoft Windows platforms and empower users to reach faster, better conclusions about what they are seeing. And with recent advances in display technology, the creation of large, ultra-high resolution displays that reach the limits of the human eye are making “Live Media Walls” a must-have for any enterprise seeking to enhance their conference rooms by delivering an interactive visualization experience. This talk will provide an in-depth overview of the latest trends & techniques for delivering ultra-high resolution displays for the content types most frequently requested by users. Topics covered will include: multi-megapixel displays based on edge-blending / image warping / geometry correction solutions, video wall controller functionality and graphics card advancements, multi-touch wall technology, and more.

Dr. Paul Russo
Chairman & CEO
GEO Semiconductor

The Coming Boom in Geometry Processing and the Many Markets it Will Impact
The past few years have witnessed the rapid evolution of semiconductor light sources and image sensors. LED and laser devices have gotten brighter, more energy efficient and cheaper. Image sensors now sport 10's of megapixels and are improving in both sensitivity and cost. These developments will drive new geometry processing applications in three broad areas - video capture, video display and LED backlights in LCD displays. In video capture, many new surveillance, video conferencing and automotive security multi-sensor applications are now made possible by geometry processing. In front- and rear-projection HD and 3D displays, geometry processing will enable lower optics component and manufacturing costs, as well as new features such as "3D Ready" systems using passive glasses. Finally, the increasing use of LED devices in LCD panel backlights has resulted in serious brightness and color uniformity problems. Geometry processing, with its sophisticated sub-pixel processing capabilities, can be employed to resolve these issues directly in the incoming pixel stream.

Bob Rushby
CTO, V.P Research & Development
Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.

Christie® MicroTiles™ Enable New, Creative Applications
Christie® MicroTiles™, in the short time since being launched in November 2009, have made an unprecedented impact in the display industry. That impact, in large part, is due to MicroTiles™ enabling users to think of large area displays in new, creative ways. Because MicroTiles™ can be arranged in any shape, in any orientation and provide outstanding images when viewed from any angle at any distance. They have empowered creative people --architects, lighting designers, A/V specialists, to name just a few -- to think of displays in completely new ways. Elegantly simple and easy to use from the end-user's perspective, MicroTiles™ incorporate a considerable number of breakthroughs to achieve such elegance. This presentation will take a closer look into what Christie® MicroTiles™ can do and the innovative thinking that has led to their success.

Session 8: Business & Market Trends

Gary Kayye
Chief Visinoary
Kayye Consulting/rAVe Publications

Are Projectors Dying A Rapid Death?
Projector manufacturers seem to have blinders on when speaking about the future of projection. Is there really a future? The giant cone of unusable space that a projector's light path creates, the pathetically loud fans and the energy-sucking lamps are all reasons that consumers will use to pick flat-screens over projectors any day. But, right now, the projector lives on - awaiting an impending death. Why? Well, eventually flat-screen technologies will steal away their market, right? Actually, no. They're not big enough, they're heavy and they are also energy-sucking beasts. So, who make this claim? Well, you just wait as there's something else out there that's right around the corner that they (the projector manufacturers) haven't even noticed. And, it's way, way better than all the stuff we're selling now in the ProAV market. Want to hear what Gary thinks is the impending projector killer? Then attend his session at Projection Summit 2010!

Matt Brennesholtz
Senior Analyst
Insight Media

Prospects for Projectors with Solid-State Light Sources
This presentation will briefly review the current and future markets and applications for projection systems using solid-state light sources. These markets range from picoprojectors to digital cinema. Benefits provided by solid-state light sources in these markets will be discussed. Forecasts for key applications of solid state light sources will be presented.

Michael Rombouts
Global Marketing Director, Digital Projection Lighting
Philips Lighting

Affordable High Brightness Display Innovation Based on End-users Insights
UHP innovations can solve a more urgent and primary need in the main stream education market: the need for affordable and innovative high brightness large screen display solution. Philips newly developed Dynamic Brightness technology enables a new way of operating projectors that is far more intuitive, familiar and environmentally conscious, while at the same time maximizing performance for maximum attention of the audience.

William Coggshall
President
Pacific Media Associates

2010 : The Year of the Projector
Until mid-2009, front projectors were getting boring, but they hit their stride starting in early January 2010 with exciting new technologies such as Casio's new LED/laser illumination, Samsung's LED/3LCD combination, LG's twin optical engine 3D home theater model, and Sony's RGB laser illumination. First shipments of laser/MOEMS scanner pico projectors from Microvision and a small flood of both companion and embedded models have the brightness and resolution needed to meet the pent-up demand for pico projectors. Two surveys conducted during December/January are now yielding nuggets about users' and manufacturers' views on where all this is going. We can slice, dice and comment on these views from any perspective. And with the recent shipment of some green lasers, the industry and buyers now have another exciting platform to consider.

Chris Chinnock
President
Insight Media

Prospects for 3D projection
DLP has dominated 3D projection to date, but there are many ways to create 3D projection solutions.  Talk will describe some of the approaches and the prospects for the commercialization of these approaches going forward.

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