InVisage ~ Quantum dots film

InVisage, a Silicon-based company, are regarded as having huge potential in photonic industry. Quantum film is the most fantasy product that InVisage first pushes it into commercial market to bring up a revolution in camera to unprecedented  image quality. In addition, Quantum film can also be used in solar cell to harness more sun's power.

2011Q1Q2 M&A of Optoelectronics

• Bruker acquires Sigma ElectroOptics
  IR spectroscopy for instrument and security
  
• LumaSense Technologies acquires Infrared Vision Technology
  for security, aerospace, defense IR technology
  
• Kopin acquires Forth Dimension Display
  for Ferrolectric reflective microdisplay, night vision, defense
  
• Opto Diode acquires International Radiation Detectors (IRD)
  for UV, X-ray, high energy detection
  
• Samsung acquires Liquavista
  for electrowetting technology in display
  
• BAE acquires Fairchilding Imaging
  for high end image sensor, CCD/SiCMOS
  
• Rambus acquires Imagine Designs Inc.
  for lighting and display
  
• On Semi acquires Image Sensor BU of Cypress 
  for CMOS image sensor
  
• CSR acquires Zoran
  for image processor chip
  
• IDEX acquires CVI Melles Griot
  for optical components, instruments
  
• PerkinElmer acquires Dexela
  for CMOS X-ray detection
  
• Pixim acquires Advasense
  for feedback controlled pixel technology
  
• astriamicrosystems acquires TAOS
  for ambient/proximity sensor
  
• OmniVision acquires Visera
  for wafer-level optics
  
• Ricoh acquries Pentax
  for camera

Ranking of importance and attention : Red > Orange > Yellow

Mesa Imaging: SwissRanger

Mesa Imaging, spun from CSEM (Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology), specializes in commercializing 3D time-of-flight (TOF) depth camera. Their TOF device debuts for a long time so that those field had used SwissRanger for 3D information requirements, like robotics field.

Neonode: zForce

Recently, Neonode's optical touch solution - zForce hits ASUS portable device. The most possible is tablet such 5~13" display size. That's very interesting. Compared with iPad that use 9.7" (in diagonal) capacitive touch panel, ASUS pad-like product could use bigger size. Bigger size, higher cost for capacitive touch. Maybe it is the cost issue make zForce attractive.

HTC intelligent button

HTC Incredible S demos a very interesting function - intelligent button, which can switch direction of buttons when you rotate the phone.

Celluon - EVO Mouse

Celluon, a South Korean company, devotes to user interaction I/O interface, like virtual keyboard.

3DV systems : ZCam - depth camera

ZCam is the RGB and depth cameras for gesture application. 3DV systems joined Microsoft Natal project for gaming technology development, and later they were acquired by Microsoft in 2009.

Dyson Fan

Dyson invents a very amazing fan without blades and breaks our stereotype of fan.

Because of blades, problems of conventional fan is nonuniform air flow,and needs outside cage to protect user to touch but has side effect of dust accumulation. 

iDTI: in-cell optical touch panel

Integrated Digital Technologies, Inc (iDTI), Taiwan company, recently revealed its big step to touch panel - They can operate finger touch on in-cell optical touch panel. Compared with its previous generation - touch by pen, this is really a good news

Optical mount

Optical mount is a mechanical part of optical systems, determining the alignment, robust, and precision. Any variation would affect optical performance in geometric and these factors are vibration, temperature drift, acoustic fluctuation, shock, chemical corrosion...etc.

Mirror is particularly sensitive to any fluctuation because any geometric variation would amplify the change of optical path. For example, angle tilt of mirror causes reflection angle double.

How Kinect works with PrimeSense -2

Supplement for my article "How Kinect works with Prime Sense"
Here lists the reference patents of the diagram and pictures.

Pixel Qi and CPT

Pixel Qi corporates with Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) in mass production of trans-reflective  LCD. Pixel Qi LCD, a E-ink killer, is really very impressing. But the market is not big. So the good news can't help CPT away from deficits.

Pixel Qi 與華映(CPT) 合作半穿反LCD

蠻有趣的消息, Pixel Qi這樣電子書E-ink殺手的產品是還蠻有吸引力的

可是這方面的市場還不大, 無助於岌岌可危的CPT

Nano Loa: PSS LCD

Nano Loa, Inc, started at US but people from Japan, devotes to develop fast and wide-view-angle liquid crystal display –Polarization Shield Smectic (PSS).

PSS is a very interesting technique in liquid crystal display. Nano Loa claims PSS faster more than 100 times than conventional LCD.

Toshiba 3CCD

Toshiba's IK-HD1 is a very small 3CCD camera, which dimension size is 32.6x38.6x41mm and 65g in weight. 3CCD uses three CCD image sensor chips to record R,G,B separately, unlike common demosaic type camera that each pixel contains three color filters.

LabVIEW Style Checklist -Part 3: VI

Organizing your VIs in directories and LLBs allows you to easily transfer VIs to another computer and other platforms.

LabVIEW Style Checklist -Part 2: Block Diagram

The block diagram is the primary way for others to understand how a VI works, so it is often worth effort to make block diagrams more organized and easier to read.

以下為個人筆記,非全文翻譯

LabVIEW Style Checklist - Part 1: Front Panel

LabVIEW風格檢查清單

http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361G-01/lvdevconcepts/checklist/

養成良好的編寫風格,對於程式的維護與擴充性有極大的幫助

相較之後減少的負擔,一開始花些時間做乍看似乎不重要的事,如把控件排列整齊,這樣的代價其實是值得的

以下為我翻譯自NI網站的內容,並加入自己的補充,並非全文翻譯

How Kinect works with PrimeSense

Microsoft applys 3D motion sensing technology into XBox - Kinect, letting users interact with gaming freely without controller in hand. Camera and gesture recognition make the function of motion sensing. PrimeSense delivers the chip and structure to the 3D sensing technology, helping Microsoft to achieve controller-free entertainment device.

ISSCC Virtual Museum: Imager

ISSCC 50th Anniversary lists the outstanding ideas over 50 years of solid-state circuit history.

Edmund open Taiwan office

Edmund optics, supplier of optical components, open an office in Taichung, Taiwan.

Johnson Chang  is the leader of sales team in new office. Edmund expect rapid growth in demand for optical components, especially vision systems and lens.

It took long time that Edmund decided to open office in Taiwan.
Before, there were many distributors to sell Edmund products. But most customers buy small and low cost components,and even some like to shop online for cheaper price.
If Edmund build a service team in Taiwan, this would make their advanced products attractive.