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Texas Instruments, developed DLP projection technology - The company Texas Instruments has designed and developed DLP projection technology. Recently they have designed a DLP Pico Projector which is a micro projection unit small enough to fit into mobile phones as well as other electronic equipment such as digital cameras, mp3 players and camcorders. The DLP Pico projector contains three lasers along with the DLP chip and a power supply but amazingly measures approximately 38mm.
A mobile phone or similar electronic hand held device with integrated projection technology can beam DVD quality movies and images onto a screen or wall.
The Texas Instruments DLP Pico projector will develop the viewing experience of many mobile devices bringing clear video motion with vibrant colours using their brilliant colour technology.
Projection Phones
Projecting large images from mobile phones may be coming to your phone very soon. The main restriction with mobile phones and other portable devices is the size of the viewable screen. With the newly developed micro mobile projection technology you would have the ability to project large images and video onto a flat surface enabling you to share the contents of your mobile phone with others instantly.
Many of the mobile phone manufacturers are developing micro projectors or light projector lcd screens which will be able to project images, worksheets, calendars and movies onto a flat surface for easy viewing.
Everyone has a mobile phone and the demand for mobile digital media, the market for projection mobile phones will be huge.
3M will be providing electronics manufacturers with miniature projection technology to use in mobile phones, digital cameras and other hand held digital media electronics. They have developed an ultra compact LED illuminated projection engine for use in virtually any personal hand held electronic device which can deliver a brilliant VGA resolution display.
The LCD mobile projector can project up to a 40 inch image or possibly larger with a crisp clear image quality from your mobile device. 3M combining with the large electronics manufacturers are planning to launch products in the electronic consumer market this year with the micro projection technology. This projection technology is to be shown in the Advanced Display Technologies Zone at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas, January 2008.
Until now holographic images tended to be of low quality but with some breakthroughs in technology, a single custom made chip makes holograms display at a much higher quality than previously possible. The main difference with this new holographic projection technology is that unlike conventional video projection it does not require a large bulky lens. For the time being, the focus is on 2D applications, in particular tiny personal projectors for business and home use. The development of 2D holographic projection for use in the mobile phone and digital camera market is coming soon, and with further research and advances in technology it may not be long before the focus is on 3D holographic projection.
Holographic 2D Projection
Holographic projection could be the new emerging technology to be used to project data, images and video from your mobile phones, cell phone or other handheld electronics. Video projectors based on this holographic technology require very few components and therefore are ideal for use in hand held digital media electronics.
One of the more recent developments in the mobile phone projection has come from the designer at www.casanovaindustrialdesign.com. This gorgeous looking ultra modern concept mobile phone has a windows operating system and projects your mobile phone desktop onto a vertical flat service for viewing.
This concept has a micro light projector which is integrated into the LCD display and projects the desktop to a large screen or flat wall. This projection mobile phone looks amazing and once the technology has been tested and the concept finalized it will not be long before we see these projection mobile phones in the shops.
Motorola has announced plans to put tiny laser-based projectors into its mobile phone handsets.
The announcement from Motorola said
"By projecting content displayed on the device screen onto a wall, object or even a curved surface, mobile users could easily share Websites or multimedia applications such as movies, personal videos, mobile TV, photographs and presentations with friends or business colleagues" . They have signed a deal to use the 'Pico projector' from Microvision and this isn't just science fiction as the technology exists, and works. Business men and women would be able to project a PowerPoint presentation from their mobile phones and pda's onto a whiteboard or wall without having to lug a portable projector with them to sales meetings.
Projecting a larger image such as full page websites onto a flat wall would seem very appealing considering the size of mobile phone screens today. Slideshows of your favorite pictures and home videos would look much better when projected against a large white screen where everybody could view them quite easily.
