On October 7, 2010 the USPTO published patent application 20100253990 assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation titled, "Mirror Device Drive Control Apparatus and Projector".  Essentially, this application discusses methods for reducing the start-up time of a scanning mirror device.  The application states:

We were quite amazed to see, on October 7^th 2010, that the USPTO had published 22 patent applications assigned to General Motors relating to Heads-up Display (HUD).

Recently, we asked readers to submit articles related to pico projection.  Here is one of the first that we received from John Cappello.  It details one reader's view on the future of mobile television consumption.  Thanks John!

On September 30, 2010 the USPTO published a new patent application assigned to Kyocera Corporation. Patent application 20100248792 shows a mobile phone concept utilizing an internal projector to create a backlit display. Not only this, the projector functions as the light source for both the primary and secondary displays of a clamshell-type design. Claim 1 states:

This morning, Microvision announced that it has raised $12.5 million through its agreement with Azimuth.  The company issued 6,277,275 new shares.  Azimuth purchased these at a 10% discount to a trading period in which Microvision requested them to execute.  This equates to a purchase price of $1.99/share (or $2.21 before the discount).  Read my previous comments on the Azimuth financing here.

After some confusion on the various Microvision message boards, I contacted Corning Investor Relations regarding the timing of the production launch of the G-2000 green laser.  After a conversation with one of their directors, I verified that the G-2000 production launch is now slated for the first half of 2011.  Earlier this year, the launch was indicated as being late-2010. 

We keep our finger firmly on Microvision’s pulse.  Though our “patient” hasn’t spoken much, he is very much alive.  In fact, he is quite healthy.  Many investors and followers of the company are mistaking silence for a lack of progress.  Let’s recap some (but not all) of the progress for the first three quarters of 2010:

We have been following the pico projection space for some years now.  We wanted to take the opportunity to show our readers one of the more interesting concepts that leverage a laser-based projection module.  This patent application (assigned to Sharp) was filed and published in 2009.  The device described in application number 20090290129 is a mobile phone with a laser-based projector that can be used to illuminate the phone display or project onto an external surface.  It’s a pretty simple arrangement, but could have some potential.