Introduction to mobile and wearable displays

Abstract

Displays can be found in many handheld electronic products, especially in those that rely on visual communication, imaging applications, and web-based multimedia. These are features that ever more often also appear among the variety that today’s mobile phones offer. The mobile phone market can be thought of as the model market of display-centric handheld electronic devices. This chapter describes shortly the history of the display in a mobile phone, discusses the mobile display requirements, and summarizes the technology alternatives for mobile device displays. Finally, a short outline of the section is given.