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Earlier this month, the Tokyo District Court dismissed claims filed by LED lighting manufacturer, Everlight, against Nichia Corporation, Citizen Electronics and Daiko Electric. In its lawsuit, Everlight claimed that the companies’ chip-on-board (COB) products and the lighting fixtures they are mounted on infringe one of its patents. Image: Nichia
Samsung has acknowledged that it is continuing to look at the possibility of using OLED substrates and materials to drive an architecture that exploits the work that it is doing to develop ‘QD Filter’ technology for its LCD business. This would be a very logical approach, although it probably depends on better blue materials than … Read more
IJames Yangnnolux has shaken up its management structure for the second time in six months. Robert Hsiao, president of the company since March 2017, has been appointed vice chairman. He is succeeded by VP James Yang, who has taken over as president. Hsiao will also manage a TV assembly business in India to support Sharp’s … Read more
Epistar’s semiconductor foundry business became a wholly-owned subsidiary called Epistar Semiconductor on October 1st, and the company says it plans to spin off its mini LED research and development unit in January 2019. The company said turning its semiconductor foundry unit into a separate business was part of its commitment to professional services and better … Read more
US researcher, Magid, surveyed more than 1,500 US consumers and found that there is “solid overall interest in and high likelihood to use” the new ATSC 3.0 OTA digital services according to . They are open to purchasing new receivers or look for support in new sets. The researchers tried out services that added additional … Read more
Allegro DVT, the leading provider of video codec compliance test suites and hardware video IPs, announced the addition of High Dynamic Range (HDR) and High Frame Rate (HFR) functionalities to its DVB HEVC System test suite for UHDTV. By adding the new HDR and HFR System compliance streams, Allegro DVT enriches its industry proven DVB … Read more
Japanese supplier, Socionext, has developed a new ‘HV5’ series of chips that it will show at Ceatec and which support HDMI V2.1, to allow the display of 8K video with low latency. The SC1H05AC01 is an interface bridge chip and the SC1H05AT1 chip is a video processor. The bridge chip supports the use of different … Read more
HP has introduced new ZBooks in the Z by HP range, designed for content creators and designers. There are four new models (The HP ZBook Studio, HP ZBook Studio x360, HP ZBook G5 15 and HP ZBook G5 17) built around processors up to the new six-core Intel Core i9 processors and memory up to … Read more
EIZO Corporation (TSE: 6737) announced the release of the CuratOR EX3141-3D, EIZO’s first 31.1-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160 pixels) widescreen surgical monitor with 3D display to help improve the accuracy and reduce the duration of surgeries. The EX3141-3D is EIZO’s first 4K 3D surgical monitor, achieving both detail and depth for endoscopy and microsurgery. … Read more
Eizo has a new monitor in its CuratOR range for surgical use. The EX3141-3D is a 31.1″ UltraHD IPS monitor with 450 cd/m² of output and supports 3D operation for use in 3D endoscopy. The contrast is 1,300:1 and response time is 20ms. The monitor uses Eizo’s proprietary image sharpening technology Smart Resolution with Sparse … Read more
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, is proud to announce that seven new companies have joined the industry association in the past 12 months. The new members include US internet company Google, European pay-TV broadcaster … Read more
Over the past 12 months, seven new companies have joined the HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes. The new members include Google, Sky, Italian public broadcaster RAI, Greek public broadcaster ERT, Italian technology solutions provider Kineton … Read more
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