Miniature High-Resolution Display

Displaytech, Inc.

LongMont, CO

The firm has developed and produced a revolutionary liquid-crystal color display providing workstation resolution on a display less than an inch across.

• Developed a prototype head mounted display system, and display techniques for 3 colors with 15 bits of gray scale.
• Designing and fabricating a VGA resolution display, which will be incorporated into the head mounted display system prototype.
• Illuminated by colored light emitting diodes to yield a bright image powered for a long by small batteries.
• The low cost, mass produced liquid crystal display is magnified to increase battery life and increase viewing comfort.
• Liquid crystal display can be mass produced at low cost

• Filed three patent applications, anticipated filing a fourth.
• Prototype head mounted display system a key element in obtaining: Dept.. of commerce Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Award to develop low cost display mass manufacturing capability.
• Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) SBIR award to develop advanced image-producing electronics for display systems.
• Discussions underway with potential OEM customers, industrial partners and investors.( Product should be on shelf’s by the end of the year ).
• Markets applicable to this technology are miniature display, medical diagnostics , projectors, teleperation systems and engineering design.(COM-MO, MAN-EL, MED-MO, PHO-DI,TEL-AV)
• To ensure success in the long term, the firm partnered with Miyota Co., Ltd. in Nagano, Japan for high-volume production in December 1998. Further partnerships have been created since, including a global network of distributors in Japan, Taiwan, and Europe. Among the firm's key customers today you'll find Minolta and Concord, as well as design wins with multiple leading consumer electronics companies.
• The firm has contracts to produce their technologies through the following contractors:
• Conexant Megachips Soundvision
• Zoran Inicore MXIC

• NASA:EVA high information content, low power, helmet- mounted display.
• Replacement for CRT’s in high-cost head-and helmet-mounted display for military and industrial applications.

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