Wednesday, August 11, 2010
2010 R&D 100 Winner
i2/3DW, The Next-generation 3D Display Technology with Integral 2D and 3D for the Naked Eye from Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute is a next-generation 3D display technology that is the first to fully and seamlessly integrate 3D displays for the naked eye with traditional 2D information. The technology relies on layering a conventional 2D LCD with ITRI’s 2D/3D switching layer and a dynamic back-light LED unit. The viewer only needs to move eyesight focus onto the desired part of the screen; the best quality image—whether 2D or 3D—is displayed.
Fronted by a conventional liquid crystal display panel, the display features a dynamic back-light unit similar to an LED matrix-based BLU in many laptop PC displays. The 2D/3D switching component, inserted between the two other layers, handles the automatic switching of individual pixels in the first panel between its 2D and 3D display mode. This layer is made of two polarization films, a microretarder, and a low-resolution LC panel.
Technology
Simultaneous 2D and 3D display panel
Developer
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Development Team
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| The research team of i2/3DW, (l-r): Chi-Lin Wu, Chi-Ta Chen, Wei-Ting Yen, Ya-Chi Tsai, Kuen Lee, Chun-Fu Lu, Wei-Jia Huang, Lang-Chin Lin, Gue-Bin Tsai. |
The i2/3DW development team from Industrial Technology Research Institute:
Chi-Ta Chen
Chun-Jung Chen
Stephen Tzuan-Ren Jeng
Lang-Chin Lin
Chun-Fu Lu
Kuen Lee
Wei-Jia Huang
Gue-Bin Tsai
Ya-Chi Tsai
Chi-Lin Wu
