ABSTRACT
In this chapter we will explain the remaining fundamentals and general principles of display technology beyond the physics, optics, and physiology, which can be widely applied in the context of the large pallet of display approaches that will be presented in the following chapters. Section 6.2 first treats fundamental display measures such as resolution, speed, brightness, contrast, and dynamic range or angular range. Then we will explain in Section 6.3 how colors and intensities are produced in general, and how this information can be represented in typical image and video formats. Basic signal and image processing related to displays will be our next topic, in Section 6.4. Here, we will learn more about signal transmission and sampling, and various image processing operations (like antialiasing, resizing, or deinterlacing). Section 6.5 briefly reviews fundamental display electronics, such as semiconductors, multiplexing, and passive and active matrix
systems. Finally, in Section 6.6, we will describe how different display components, such as lighting, filters and coatings, driving and image processing electronics, and touch-screen technology, interact when they are assembled in one housing.
