Table of Contents

Introduction.- Fundamentals of Optics for Displays.- Human Vision and Perception.- Color Science.- Visual Ergonomics.- Photometry.- Introduction to Electronic Imaging.- Image Storage and Compression.- Image Manipulation.- Medical Imaging and Display.- Security Imaging and Display.- Fundamentals of Driving.- Panel Interfaces.- Embedded Systems.- Signal Processing Tasks.- Power Supply.- Display Glass.- Inorganic Semiconductor TFT Technology.- Emerging TFT Technologies.- Transparent Conductors: ITO and ITO Replacements.- Patterning Processes.- Flexible Displays.- Materials for Transparent Displays.- Touchscreen Technologies.- Inorganic Phosphors.- Cathodoluminescent Displays.- Plasma Display Panels.- Light Emitting Diode (LED) Displays.- Inorganic Electroluminescent Displays.- Organic Electroluminescent Displays.- Liquid Crystal Fundamentals and Materials.- Liquid Crystal Material Physics.- LCD Device Technology.- LCD Addressing.- LCD Backlights and Films.- LCD Production.- Emerging Technologies.- Colorant Transposition Displays.- MEMS-based Displays.- 3D Display Fundamentals.- Stereoscopic 3D Display Technology.- Autostereoscopic 3D Display Technology.- Volumetric & Pseudo-Volumetric 3D Display Technologies.- Holographic 3D Displays.- Mobile Displays.- Microdisplay Technologies.- Microdisplay Applications: Projections Systems.- Microdisplay Applications: Head-Worn Displays.- Electronic Viewfinders.- Emerging Technologies.- Introduction to Display Metrology.- Standard Measurement Procedures.- Advanced Measurement Procedures.- Display Technology-Dependent Issues.- Standards and Test Patterns.- Measurement Devices.- Introduction to Markets and Economics.- Economic Considerations.- Computer Graphics.- High-Resolution Displays.- High-Definition TV.- 3D Displays.- Green Technologies.

About the Author

Dr Janglin (John) Chen is a Vice President of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan and the General Director of ITRI's Display Technology Center. Dr. Chen currently also has the appointment of Adjunct Professor with Display Institute of National Chiao-Tung University and is the Chairman of Taiwan Display Material & Device Association (TDMDA).Professor Wayne Cranton is Associate Dean of Research for the College of Arts and Science at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Wayne has been working in displays research since 1991 and is a member of the Applied Imaging and Displays research group at Nottingham Trent. His areas of research include materials and device engineering of thin film materials for displays, laser processing techniques for use in flexible display fabrication and more recently the use of 3D immersive environments.Mark Fihn currently heads his own consulting company called VeritaVis, where he supports the display industry based on his expertise related to notebook PCs, Tablet PCs, touch technologies, the LCD TV market and display related human factors, including high resolution and wide aspect ratios. Prior to VeritaVis, Mark was VP at the market research firm DisplaySearch.Editorial BoardProfessor Karlheinz Blankenbach, Pforzheim University, Germany
Dr Stan Brotherton, TFT Consultant, UK
Professor Jason Heikenfeld, University of Cincinnati, USA
Jon Peddie, JPR, USA
Professor Peter Raynes, University of York, UK
Professor Jannick Rolland, University of Rochester, USA Advisory Panel (16-20 members)