Seamless Display - Technology

Technology
Seamless Display™ technology integrates separate video panels into a single seamless image. The technology was developed by Dr. Bernard Stark at the Engineering Department, Oxford University.

The first very simple technology demonstrator 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. Since then Seamless Display has been award several grants and undertaken custom projects for civilian and government organizations which have advanced the implementation of the technology.

Seamless Display™ Explained
Seamless Display™ technology can be applied to any display screens with relatively thin inactive edges. Our patent-pending technique optically erases the distracting borders that normally surround adjoining LCD screens resulting in a clear and uninterrupted picture.

Below are cross sections through two tiled LCD panels. On the left tiled LCDs with the familiar gap that causes so many problems, on the right a Seamless Display™. This uses the same tiled LCDs but removes the gap with the addition of a specially designed lens that refracts the light across the edge of the LCD. This results in a considerable improvement over existing technologies with little light or image loss.

Seamless Display's technology is protected under several U.S. patents including no. 6,927,908 with additional patents pending. In addition to our disclosed inventions we have built up six years of technical know-how and trade secrets.


Before	With Seamless Display™ Technology

Figure: Simplified Example of Seamless Display Technology