Improve the performance of the micromirror based laser projection indicator technology

本项目是关于提高基于微镜的激光投影指示器技术的性能， 它是在最初的NSERC Engage计划中开发的。它是最初NSERC的延续 接洽计划。袋鼠设计公司有一款可用性指示器产品“MyFocus”，用于增加 协作工作环境中的工作效率。“MyFocus”指示器面临接线问题，例如 每个指示器的安装需要几米长的电线将指示器连接到拨动和电源 消息来源。布线问题一直是MyFocus产品被市场广泛接受的一大障碍。在 最初的NSERC Engage Grant，我们的团队开发了基于微镜的激光投影可用性指示器 产生动态激光图案并投射到远程半透明胶片(&gt；1米)上的技术 离开)以指示在没有任何线连接的情况下的可用性。从而很好地解决了困扰线路的接线问题 MyFocus的产品。袋鼠设计公司对NSERC Engage计划非常满意。而当 在最初的NSERC Engage中成功开发的新可用性指示器技术将取代 公司的老款基于LED的指示器，将这项新技术应用到电脑 离隔间墙或门窗非常近(接近0.5米)将有助于进一步扩展 MyFocus的市场。由于指示器技术是为投影距离&>1米设计的，因此 激光图案(尺寸为3厘米或更大以获得最佳能见度)将减少到小于3厘米 短距离应用(例如，对于0.5米的投影距离，激光图案尺寸变为1.5厘米)。这个 NSERC Engage Plus计划的目标是提高基于微镜的激光器的性能 投影指示器技术，将其投影距离范围从1米扩大到0.5米，从而 该技术将适用于计算机与隔间墙壁或门之间的短距离应用 窗户。

This project is on improving the performance of the micromirror based laser projection indicator technology, which was developed in the original NSERC Engage program. It is a continuation of the original NSERC Engage program. Kangaroo Design Inc. has an availability indicator product, "MyFocus", for increasing productivity in collaborative work environments. "MyFocus" indicator faces the wiring problem, e.g., the installation of each indicator requires a few meters wire to connect the indicator to the toggle and power source. The wiring problem has been a big barrier for broad market acceptance of the MyFocus product. In the original NSERC Engage grant, our team developed a micromirror based laser projection availability indicator technology, with which a dynamic laser pattern is generated and projected to a remote translucent film (> 1 m away) to indicate the availability without any wire connection. Thus it well solved the wiring problem plaguing the product of MyFocus. Kangaroo Design Inc. is very satisfied with the NSERC Engage program. While the new availability indicator technology successfully developed in the original NSERC Engage will replace the company's old LED based indicator, the application of this new technology to occasions where the computers are very close (as close as 0.5 m) to the cubicle wall or door window would be useful in further expanding MyFocus' market. Since the indicator technology was designed for projection distances > 1 m, the projected laser pattern (with a size of 3 cm or bigger for optimal visibility) would reduce to be less than 3 cm in size in short distance applications (e.g., laser pattern size becomes 1.5 cm for a projection distance of 0.5 m). The objective of this NSERC Engage Plus program is to improve the performance of the micromirror based laser projection indicator technology to widen its projection distance range from > 1 m to > 0.5 m, such that this technology will be suitable for applications of short distance between computers and cubicle walls or door windows.