I-Corps: Spontaneous Pop-Up Display

I-Corps：自发弹出显示

• 批准号: 1623000
• 负责人: R Michael Evans
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-02-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1623000&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Spontaneous; Pop; Up; Display

SPUD, the Spontaneous Pop-Up Display, is a high resolution 24 inch display that collapses to the size of a small umbrella and weighs less than a pound. SPUD can connect to a laptop (to provide a large secondary or primary screen) and to a tablet/phone (to create a mobile workstation when coupled with a portable keyboard). SPUD eliminates the screen size versus portability tradeoff. With SPUD, users can have the large computer screen they need wherever they want. This means that those who rely on large computer screens and frequently work away from a dedicated desk now have the tool they need to maximize their productivity. Example target customers include auditors, business development professionals, tax consultants, management consultants, and students. There are an estimated 10 million professionals who work away from their desk frequently and rely on large computer screens. These target customers know that large computer screens increase productivity as much as 50%, as demonstrated through many studies. This means that these mobile professionals can get more computer related work done in a day compared to their peers who work on smaller screens. Additionally, a 24-inch computer screen has been proven to increase productivity 50% over even 18 inch monitors, as shown in a Wall Street Journal study. Additional customers/uses include government (military, first responders, disaster relief) and consumer (gamers, campers, parents) applications. SPUD consists of novel mechanics and optics coupled to a collapsible screen and portable projector to achieve the collapsible computer screen. To achieve this outcome, the team has and will continue to engage in mechanics research to create an interface that optimizes screen quality and usability for the target market applications. Current mechanics research for this project has focused on heavily modifying well-known existing technologies and future research will likely focus on the development of completely novel technologies. Previous optics development for this project, likewise, has focused on the implementation of existing lensing systems for this new application. Current optics development for this project has consisted of the development of a novel catadioptric system that greatly shortens the throw ratio of traditional projectors while minimizing weight contribution. Future optics development will employ free-form optics. The project has large potential contribution as further development of a novel display type will have broad societal and science impacts. With a collapsible screen, there are many use cases that will improve quality of life for different customer segments and even potentially help save lives in first responder and military applications. The science impact will result in improved functionality and manufacturability for similar optical based devices while also furthering the development of freeform optics.

SPUD，自发弹出显示器，是一个高分辨率的24英寸显示器，折叠到一把小雨伞的大小，重量不到一磅。 SPUD可以连接到笔记本电脑（以提供大的辅助屏幕或主屏幕）和平板电脑/手机（当与便携式键盘耦合时，创建移动的工作站）。 SPUD消除了屏幕尺寸与便携性之间的权衡。 有了SPUD，用户可以在任何地方拥有他们需要的大屏幕。 这意味着那些依赖大型计算机屏幕并经常远离专用办公桌工作的人现在有了最大限度提高工作效率所需的工具。 例如，目标客户包括审计师、业务开发专业人员、税务顾问、管理顾问和学生。 据估计，有1000万专业人士经常离开办公桌工作，依赖大型电脑屏幕。 这些目标客户都知道，大屏幕的计算机可以提高生产力多达50%，通过许多研究证明。 这意味着这些移动的专业人士可以在一天内完成更多与计算机相关的工作，而不是在较小屏幕上工作的同行。 此外，《华尔街日报》的一项研究表明，24英寸的电脑屏幕已经被证明比18英寸的显示器提高了50%的生产力。 其他客户/用途包括政府（军事、急救、救灾）和消费者（游戏玩家、露营者、父母）应用。 SPUD由新颖的机械和光学耦合到一个可折叠的屏幕和便携式投影仪，以实现可折叠的计算机屏幕。 为了实现这一目标，该团队已经并将继续从事机械研究，以创建一个界面，优化屏幕质量和目标市场应用程序的可用性。目前该项目的力学研究主要集中在对已知的现有技术进行重大修改，未来的研究可能会集中在开发全新的技术上。 同样，该项目之前的光学开发也集中在为这一新应用实施现有的透镜系统上。 目前该项目的光学开发包括开发一种新型的折反射系统，该系统大大缩短了传统投影机的投射比，同时最大限度地减少了重量贡献。 未来的光学发展将采用自由曲面光学。 该项目具有巨大的潜在贡献，因为进一步开发新型显示器将产生广泛的社会和科学影响。 通过可折叠屏幕，有许多用例可以提高不同客户群的生活质量，甚至可能有助于在第一响应者和军事应用中拯救生命。科学的影响将导致类似的光学设备的功能和可制造性的改善，同时也促进了自由曲面光学的发展。