Development of RGB Laser Light Source Module for Large Screen Projectors by SONY
Sony just made an announcement on development of RGB laser light source module which is ideal for large screen projectors like digital cinema projectors. The newly developed RGB laser module features a high power laser of the three primary colors namely Red, Green and Blue with a combined output power of 21W, equivalent to 5,000 lumens, all in a single package measuring just 530cc, making it among the industry’s smallest. The new RGB laser module utilizes semiconductor diodes for the red and blue lasers plus a compact, high power solid-sate SHG (Second Harmonic Generation) laser for the green developed internally by Sony. The three lasers produced output power of 10W, 6W and 5W for red, green and blue respectively, resulting in a total output power of 21W. The energy conversion ratios of the lasers range from 15 to 22% (18% on average) a high efficiency for power visible lasers. Read more
Development of Millimeter-Wave Intra-connection Wireless Technology by SONY
Millimeter waves are electromagnetic waves with a frequency range of between 30GHz to 300GHz, and wavelength between 1mm to 10mm. With their inherent high frequency, millimeter waves are best suited for ultra high speed data transfer. Their advantage goes further through their ability of transferring data in such high speed with use of very small antennas. With today’s multi-functional electronic equipments there is an increasing amount of internal data transfer which wired connected approach will soon its limit in data capacity, requiring an additional circuitry to accommodate a larger data transfers, however this approach will result in increasingly complex IC packages, intricately printed circuit boards not to mention a larger IC sizes. Millimeter wireless technology offers a promising choice in fulfilling this need. Base on this technology and in the face of coming shortage in data capacity, Sony made an announcement on development of millimeter wave wireless intra-connection technology capable of high speed wireless data transfer inside electronic products such as television sets. Read more
Development of New Compact Coupler Complaint with New TransferJet Wireless System by Hitachi Cable
Sony has developed and promoting TransferJet as a short range and high speed wireless transfer technology. The TransferJet system uses a coupler, a transmitting/receiving antenna based on inductive electric wave, instead of an ordinary antenna using the radiated electromagnetic wave, providing advantages of high speeds wireless transfer capability comparable to UWB (Ultra Wide Band) system, along with simplicity of the NFC (Near-Field Communication ) system which has been adopted by Felica, enabling user to transfer data at a rate of up to 560 Mbps by simply bringing two devices with mounted couplers within 3 cm of each other. Read more
Panasonic Showcases the World’s Largest Full HD 3D Plasma TV
3D TVs seems to be the trend for 2010 and Panasonic along with Sony and Toshiba reaffirming this by introduction of array of display and recording products as well as enabling component devices all in an effort in bringing 3D to your home. Panasonic announcement on development of its 152-Inch Full, world’s largest follows company’s development of yet another industry’s first 103-inch Class size Full HD 3D PDP back in 2008 as well as company’s home theater size 50-inch Class Full HD 3D PDP in 2009. The new gigantic 4k x 2k Quadruple Full HD plasma panel is capable of creating a Full HD 3D world. Read more
Development of World’s First Demodulator LSI for HD Television Conforming to DVB-T2 standard by SONY
Sony today made an announcement on development of world’s first demodulator LSI for high definition television that is in compliance to DVB-T2 (Digital Video Broadcasting- Terrestrial 2) standard adopted in the UK. The DVB-T2 is a new standard which improves on the current DVB-T standards through increase in data transmission capacity and enhancement of high definition broadcasts quality through optimization of band frequency. The new modulator LSI incorporates Sony’s proprietary reception algorithm and error correction circuits resulting in highly sensitive reception even in within weak electric fields as well as stable reception of within multipath environments, while reducing power consumption. Read more
Sony Unveils the World’s First TransferJet compatible LSIs
TransferJet is yet another wireless data transfer technology which allows two compatible devices to communicate by simply bringing them together to a close approximaty.The technology specification set the data transmission rate at 560 Mbps while eliminating major obstacles such as complex initial setup, unstable transmission or the need for access points. Through utilization of this technology the user for example would be able to display a picture by simply touching a digital camera to a TV, or transferring music files by just holding a cellular phone over a portable audio player. Read more
Your IC CREDIT CARD has gone GREEN Tech
It is hard to believe but there are tones of technology goes into making your IC credit card which we take for granted. Well, this new joint announcement by Dai Nippon Printing, Mitsubishi Plastic and Sony take it an inch further by unveiling the world’s first IC credit card using a form of bio based polymer PLA (Polylactic Acid) as its primary material. The newly developed bio tech card has got its approval for usage from MasterCard Worldwide. The newly developed biobased polymer card is capable withstanding manufacturing processes such as the embedding of magmatic stripes and embossing, while at the same time providing durability over repeated use which up to now has represented a long term challenge. Read more
Development of Wireless Power Transfer Technology by Sony
This announcement by Sony is by far the most fascinating news I have personally heard this month. We all heard of Wireless data communication system technology such as WiFi, but how about if you could eliminate all the power cables connected to various electronic devices that you have at home. Well, this is the beauty of the Sony’s new wireless power transfer technology. Earlier this month the company made an announcement on development of such system using magnetic resonance technology resulting in elimination of power cables connecting your electronic products such as television sets. Read more
Development of a Single Lens 3D Camera technology by Sony
In an existing 3D camera system where half mirror has been deployed in order to separate lenses for left and right eyes, the depth of the 3D images can be modified thanks to adjustable parallax range. But operating the zoom and focus functions in these systems does not fully coordinate closely to match the sensitivity of human eyes in terms of differences in size and rotational movement of dual images as well as any vertical misalignment or differences in image quality. To address this issue Sony made an announcement earlier this month on development of single lens 3D camera technology which incorporates mirror in place of shutter so that the incoming light can be now simultaneously separated into left and right images and recorded as it reaches the parallel light area of the relay lens. This is the area where diverging light from the point of focus on the subject matter becomes parallel resulting in separation of left and right image processing and then recorded with the help of left and right image sensors. Read more
Introduction of two new AV Receivers for Home Cinema by Sony
Sony earlier this moth announced two new additions to its ES (Elevated Standard) range of home Cinema products based on its latest cinematic technology. ES range products will soon have the capability of holding up to 400 Blu-ray, DVD or CD titles. Both the STR-DA-3500ES and STR-DA-5500ES feature Sony’s latest HD Digital Cinema Sound in addition to supporting the current high definition video and audio formats on Blu-ray Disc. Furthermore, the two new receivers STR-DA-3500ES and STR-DA-5500ES features a full DLNA compatibility, to stream music, photos or video, built-in internet radio and a number of features for improving both performance as well as ease of use which includes Automatic Phase Matching for perfect speaker integration and an on-screen quick Click virtual remote control. Read more
