Seamless Display - Technology

Technology
Seamless Display™ technology integrates separate Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panels into a single seamless image. The technology was initially developed by Dr. Bernard Stark at the Engineering Department, Oxford University. The technology is now protected by a number of granted and pending patents.

The first technology demonstrator (picture below) was released in October 2002 and exhibited at United States Display Consortium's High Resolution Displays Workshop in Arlington, Virginia USA and at the Society for Information Display's Annual Meeting in the UK.

Seamless Display™ technology demonstrator released October 2002, incorporates three 15 inch LCD screens in a seamless array. Since 2002 we have made considerable progress.

Seamless Display™ Explained
Seamless Display™ Technology can be applied to any display screens with relatively thin inactive edges. Our patented and patent-pending technique optically erases the distracting borders that normally surround adjacent video screens leaving only a shadow of a line, resulting in a clear and uninterrupted picture.

Expert Opinion

Dr. J. Norman Bardsley, Director, US Display Consortium, remarked on the technology’s importance:

"Eliminating the seams between [LCD] modules without the introduction of image distortion has been attempted unsuccessfully by many groups and has become the ‘holy grail’ for developers of tiled display systems.

Seamless Display has an innovative approach and has made remarkable progress towards achieving this goal in a very short time. Their technique could provide a low-cost solution to this important problem facing the display industry.”

Barry Young, Vice President DisplaySearch - the worldwide leader in flat panel display research and consulting

"Seamless Display provides an elegant solution to problems that, until now, have both diminished image quality in video walls, and also prevented the use of folding screens in portable devices. The market has been waiting for this technology for a long time."

Peter Raynes, Professor of Optoelectronic Engineering at Oxford University

"This is an exciting new idea for removing the gaps in tiled displays. It is a simple 'add on' to existing panels which is applicable to LCDs and many other flat panel display technologies."