HaloPS BlueTM

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HaloPS BlueTM
End Semester Report For EAS 996 Synthesis

• Team Members
• Eugene Bialczak, Jason Oh
• Oleg Elkhunovich, Vinod Palathinkara
• Michail Zannis
• December 18, 2001

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HaloPS Team

• Michail Zannis Mechanical Engineering
• Chief Exterior Liaison
• Vinod Palathinkara School of Management
• Business Analyst
• Jason Oh Computer Science
• Facilitator
• Oleg Elkhunovich Computer Science
• Treasurer
• Eugene Bialczak Electrical Engineering
• Archivist

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Problem Statement

• Wireless Peripheral Screen
• Why this problem attracted us
• Availability of Bluetooth Technology
• Falling cost of display technology
• Possible Applications
• E-book market
• Digital photo-frame
• Peripheral display/calm technology

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HaloPS Blue Product Concept
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History/Background

• Many users deal with secondary devices on a daily
  basis
• Pocket PC
• E-book
• Mobile PC
• Second monitors
• Do these products exist for a specific need or
  for the need for a simple portable display with
  limited communication capability?
• Most of the tasks could be achieved by a portable
  peripheral screen

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Target Market

• Home User
• Comfortable with PC
• Gadget collector
• E-book industry by 2005
• 2.3 billion (Accenture, 6/2000)
• 7.8 billion (Forrester, 1/2001)

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Functional Requirements

• Display images as well as text with clarity
• Ability to walk around the house/office even
  outside line of sight with base computer
• Ease of setup and use
• Ability to use off the base computer for
  reasonable period of time (much longer than a
  phone conversation)
• Flexibility of use (portrait and landscape for
  pictures and spreadsheets)

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Product Decomposition

• Display
• Communication
• User interface
• Power supply
• Aesthetics robustness
• Portrait or landscape mode recognition

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Design Requirements

• Display 5 x 7 800 x 600 8-bit resolution
• Power supply gt 1 hour rechargeable
• Communication Bluetooth
• Interface point and click pushed from the base
  computer with limited pull from device
• Form designed for long-term holding chunky
• Robust should survive bumps and
  knocksOrientation sensor

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Physical Design

• Curved and thick edges for easy grip
• Pleasing non-monitor form
• Landscape or portrait use mode
• Retractable power cord and internal Bluetooth
  antenna

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Software Interface Design

• Point and click Windows
• Support play list creation
• Send files to the display from anywhere

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Competition ProNote Air FG
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ProNote Air FG Highlights

• 802.11b wireless broadband connectivity
• 8.4" flat-screen 800x600 LCD display
• Long-lasting battery (5 hours)
• Lightweight, tablet-style, go-anywhere design
• Touch-screen keyboard (with pen)
• Full blown PC (Pentium III 300 MHz)

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Competition ProGear
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ProGear Highlights

• Optional 802.11b wireless broadband connectivity
• 10.4" flat-screen 1024x768 LCD display
• Long-lasting battery
• Lightweight, tablet-style, go-anywhere design
• Touch-screen keyboard
• Instant-on to last feature viewed
• Easy-to-program and easy-to-install controls
• Choice of Windows 98 SE or Linux 2.4 operating
  systems

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Competition Ceiva
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Highlights Ceiva

• High Resolution LCD Screen
• 5 x 7 screen, 8 x 10 frame
• Dumb frame Downloads picture from a service
  provider
• Corded power supply
• Corded and hard-wired Internet access

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Prototype Evolution

• Pure form clarify concept
• Minimal functional form identify key drivers for
  design (power, size, use)
• Software prototype establish coding
  requirements, identify key bottlenecks
• Final form and product emulation demonstrate
  proof of concept

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Hardware Prototype

• Stylized, sturdy shell
• Spheres on corners protect screen
• Ridges on back provide comfortable grip
• Grip can double as swing-out stand

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Software Prototype

• Simple Windows interface
• Familiar File Explorer feel
• Scrolling controls on device
• Robust error handling

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Further Development

• Develop hardware design (LCD, dedicated
  Bluetooth, power supply)
• Determine cost estimates
• Market study and strategy
• Identify key partners
• Product development plan

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Summary

• Viable product concept
• Identifiable product form
• Working software interface
• Perceived market need as seen by high-end and
  low-end products in the market
• Simple concept, but technically complex
• Critical issues in display, power, communication,
  manufacturing, marketing to be resolved