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Samsung Display sues JOLED and ASUS

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung has filed a suit in the US claiming that JOLED and Asustek have infringed a patent (USPTO # 9,768,240) relating to transistor arrays. The patented technology is said to be …

Tags:JOLED| Litigation| Patents| Samsung

LG and Displax collaborate on a new PCap Touch Screen Overlay

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Business Solutions has done a deal to offer PCap touch overlays for its monitors in 22”, 32″, 43″, 55″, 65″, 75” and 86” sizes based on technology from Displax of …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Pcap (Procap)| Touch

Rohinni Doubles Mini LED Placement Speed with New 100 Hz

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Rohinni announced that it has increased the speed of its miniLED placement head to 100Hz which, it claims, doubles the speed and halves the cost of placing miniLEDs compared to its …

Tags:MiniLED| Production Equipment

ASUS Republic of Gamers Boosts Portables & Adds Monitor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus attended CES officially this year (it has previously had its own display in a hotel) and had plenty to talk about. Flow X13 13″ 360° ultraportable with 3480 x 2400 …

Tags:Artem Alekseenko

Reasonance Can Power a Wireless TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reasonance of Russia announced at CES that it had developed a system to allow wireless power to be transmitted with enough capacity to power a 40″ TV using 120W at a …

Tags:CES 2021| TVs (TV Sets)| Wireless Charging

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KDH Says it has a Waveguide Film

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The KDH Design of Taiwan talked about its “transparent AR film” that is designed for headsets and other devices. Few details were give, but the firm was started by the previous …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Film materials| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Waveguide Display

Ganzin’s Eye Tracking Developed with Qualcomm

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ganzin Technology from Taiwan said at the virtual CES that it has developed eye-tracking technology in collaboration with Qualcomm. The software is available to run on the XR2 platform and will …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| Qualcomm| Virtual Reality

China’s Smartphone Shipments Fall Nearly 13% in December

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Caixin reported the smartphone market in China dropped nearly 13% in December to 25.2 million units, although the number of new models released rose to 48 for the month. For the …

Tags:China| Smartphone Market

Lenovo Shows ThinkReality A3 Smartglasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo showed new AR smartglasses at the Virtual CES, the ThinkReality A4 which are designed to connect to a smartphone or PC using USB Type-C. The glasses have two 1080p displays …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Lenovo| SmartGlasses

LG Rollable sneak peek makes waves at CES 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say At the virtual CES, LG Electronics sneaked a peek at its rollable smartphone. The display rolls out to 7.4″ with a resolution reported to be 2428 x 1080 (although that is …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Electronics (LGE)| Smartphones

Panasonic Headset Moves on

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Panasonic revealed more about its work on VR glasses, with a revised version which now includes “optical technologies used in Lumix digital cameras”. The glasses use Kopin’s 2560 x 2560 ‘Lightning’ …

Tags:Kopin| Microdisplays| Panasonic| Virtual Reality