Welcome to Display Lab

Prof Dr Karlheinz Blankenbach

We evaluate & measure your display, LED, optical system … & prototyping of demonstrators, proof-of-concept, user studies …

Our expertise covers LCDs, OLEDs, E-Paper and (RGB) LEDs, display systems, optical measurements, evaluation, prototyping etc. Details see our papers, presentations, flyer and overview incl. recent projects. This article describes our automotive display activities in SID’s Information Display Magazine: “Pathways” online or download pdf.

We offer as well consultancy, expert reports, assignments and workshops.

News:

• electronic displays Conference 2026: Huge number of submission received which guarantees a great program. Save the date:
  Venue: 11. to 12. March 2026, Nuremberg, Germany
• Upcoming Presentations:
  – ICDT 2026, March 31-April 3, 2026 in Chongqing, China: “Impact of the Helmholtz-Kohlrausch Effect on Automotive Displays”
  – SID Display Week, May 3-8, 2026 in Los Angeles, USA: “Comparison of Perceived Brightness and Colorfulness for Different (Automotive) Display Technologies by Helmholtz-Kohlrausch Effect”
• Workshops/Seminars/Courses:
  Interested in a (customized) workshop/seminar for your company – just email
• Online presentation (video):
  Presentation at Tianma’s TIC 2024 in Xiamen on “Automotive Intelligent Cockpit Displays” available online: YOUTUBE video, from 44:44 until 1:06:00
• Congratulations:
  – Lukas Eger, Pforzheim University achieved the third place at the “Student Paper Award” of SID Mid-Europe Chapter conference in Nov. 25 in Goettingen.
  – Awon Alauddin, Pforzheim University won the electronic displays Conference 2025 “Best Poster Award” for his contribution on switchable privacy displays