New display for Smartwatches with 1mW power consumption

[WereCat]

I was looking if someone already posted it but havent seen it in here so hopefully it is not repost.

Source: http://www.j-display.com/english/news/2015/20150219.html

 

 

February 19, 2015 (Tokyo, Japan): Japan Display Inc. (JDI), a leading global supplier of small- and medium-sized displays, has announced the start of sales of a standard line-up of memory-in-pixel (MIP) reflective-type color LCD modules for wristwatch-type wearable devices which realize ultra-low power consumption. Power consumption of these reflective-type LCD modules is less than 0.5%* that of transparent-type LCD modules. Samples will be available in March 2015 and the start of sales will be in July 2015.

 

 

 

Product: Memory-in-pixel (MIP) reflective-type color LCD module

Display size: Round shape 3.4cm (1.34-inch) diameter

Number of pixels: 320 x 300

Sample availability: March 2015

Start of sales: July 2015

 

EDIT:

The 1mW power consumption is not mentioned in article but you can look into DATA SHEET http://www.j-display.com/english/news/2015/pdf/1.34inchi_en_20150218.pdf

 

 

This is great news for Smartwatches. Power consumption on these devices or better said.. battery life is the main thing that keeps me away from them. I think this may increase battery life significantly but we will see when some watches will be relased with this.

[qwertywarrior]

dont reflective-type LCD require light from above to be seen clearly

kinda like the Toq smartwatch

[WereCat]

dont reflective-type LCD require light from above to be seen clearly

kinda like the Toq smartwatch

I suppose so. (Like E-Paper). Which I dont mind at all. You can put button on the watch that will enable/disable light if you press it. Meaning that trough the day you prety much dont have to press it at all because you will be able to see everything on display anyway.

[Guest]

Weeeeellllll...

The 1mW figure is a power consumption target for 'MIP mode' which is designated as different from 'normal mode' in that pdf you linked. And the normal mode consumes 10mW for a static image and 20mW for a dynamic one.

It's still impressive, especially if the moving mode can handle 24 or 30 Hz.

[DeScruff]

dont reflective-type LCD require light from above to be seen clearly

kinda like the Toq smartwatch

Yep. The Gameboys all used reflective LCDs as well (except the Micro, and AGS-101 version of the SP). Hopefully this will be more visible than those things were.

[Aniallation]

Sadly 1mW is not counting the backlight

[Agent181]

oh

[The Benjamins]

So its a LCD panel that acts like a EPD (e-ink) panel, nice. I think standard backlit LCD's are bad in sunlight conditions.

[cesrai]

Sadly 1mW is not counting the backlight

Wouldn't it be called frontlight ??

I hope you get it.

[WereCat]

Wouldn't it be called frontlight ??

I hope you get it.

Above light?