Karlheinz Blankenbach, PhD

Professor
Pforzheim University
Pforzheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Karlheinz Blankenbach has three decades of experience in displays. From 1988 until 1995 he was with AEG-MIS (a Mercedes subsidiary) in Germany, developing display electronics, e-signage LCDs, and software. In 1995 he was appointed to full professor at Pforzheim University, Germany, where he founded the university’s Display Lab. His main R&D activities are (automotive) display topics such as optical measurements, display systems, evaluations, HMI, and LEDs, as well as display hardware and software. Blankenbach is a member of the Society for Information Display’s program subcommittee, Automotive/Vehicular Displays and HMI Technologies, and a member of SID’s International Committee for Display Metrology. He has served as a member of the board of the Displayforum (DFF) since 2000; after nine years as chairman, he was appointed to honorary chairman in 2020.

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Presentation(s):

• Seminar 2: Outdoor Displays: Display Technologies, Requirements and Optical Evaluation

  Monday, May 9, 2022
  8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

• The Automotive Display Race is On: LCD vs. OLEDs

  Tuesday, May 10, 2022

• 35.1 - Halo Mura of OLED and FALD LCD: Measurements & Perception for (Automotive) Displays

  Wednesday, May 11, 2022
  3:30 PM – 3:50 PM

• 39 - E-Paper and Transparent Display Measurements

  Thursday, May 12, 2022
  9:00 AM – 10:20 AM

• 51.4 - Design, Measurements and Evaluation of Exterior Displays for Autonomous Cars

  Thursday, May 12, 2022
  2:30 PM – 2:50 PM

• 58 - Smart Windows

  Thursday, May 12, 2022
  3:10 PM – 4:30 PM