Enables 3D Images Without the Need for Special Glasses
Sharp Presents 3D Touchscreen LCD, Switchable Between 2D and 3D Modes |
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On April 2, 2010, Sharp held a press conference in Tokyo to present its new 3D touchscreen LCD technology.
Sharp has developed a 3D touchscreen LCD featuring the industry's highest brightness*1 that can switch between 2D and 3D modes. Users can view 3D images without the need to wear special glasses.
A scene from the press conference
This 3D LCD significantly improves image quality by achieving both high brightness and low crosstalk*2 thanks to advances in CG-Silicon technology*3 and optimization of the parallax barrier. Advances in CG-Silicon technology have doubled the brightness (to 500 cd/m2, the industry's highest) compared to the conventional model*4.
Also, the thickness of the LCD module is about the same as conventional 2D displays even though it is a touchscreen display. As 3D images can be displayed in both portrait and landscape screen orientations, it is ideal for sophisticated mobile devices such as smartphones.
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Yoshisuke Hasegawa, Executive Managing Officer and General Manager of the Liquid Crystal Display Business, explains the 3D touchscreen LCD technology
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3D touchscreen LCD
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See images in 3D while taking a video
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The display shows 3D images in portrait or landscape orientation
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- As of April 2, 2010, for 3D LCD modules for mass-produced mobile devices.
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- Double images created by overlapping of left and right images.
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- CG-Silicon technology is an LCD process technology that uses high-performance, crystalline silicon with electron mobility up to 600 times faster than ordinary amorphous silicon and up to six times faster than low-temperature polysilicon. Developed jointly by Sharp and Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. (head office: Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, Japan; Shunpei Yamazaki, President).
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- LCD that Sharp began mass-producing in June 2003.