Mini/micro LED has become one of the most popular display technologies in recent years. Its ultra-high display performance and continuously decreasing cost have allowed it to maintain its position in the large-size display field while also extending into application areas such as TVs and AR glasses.
Within the tech world, the AI trend is gaining momentum. With the continuous improvement of computer hardware performance and the rapid optimization of deep learning algorithms, a series of AI applications and technologies based on large models have emerged.
Looking back at 2024, the integration of Mini/Micro LED and AI artificial intelligence technology has become increasingly close, and the fusion of the two may become an important trend in the future development of display terminal products.
AI + Mini LED backlighting further optimizes TV picture quality . Through more local dimming zones, Mini LED technology achieves higher contrast, thereby enhancing the TV display effect. Currently, Mini LED backlighting + LCD has become one of the mainstream display technologies in the TV market.
According to incomplete statistics, more than 50 new Mini LED TVs were launched in 2024. Unlike in the past, this year's Mini LED TVs are equipped with a wealth of AI functions. In addition to enabling more human-computer interaction functions, these AI technologies are also used to improve the picture quality of Mini LED TVs.
For example, Hisense's Mini LED TV E7N features 4224 backlight zones and can achieve a peak brightness of 4000 nits, comparable to XDR Pro. Furthermore, the TV is equipped with Hisense's self-developed AI picture quality chip, which improves image depth, color richness, image clarity, and smoothness through training on four scenarios: depth of field, color, super-resolution, and motion.
In November, Konka released the True Mirror Mini AI-LED R8s TV, featuring 1920 independent backlight zones to enhance contrast and detail in the picture. The TV also incorporates the AI ERA Human Sensing Image Engine and the AI ERA Picture Quality Engine, which improve picture quality through resolution enhancement, high-speed clarity enhancement, and local detail enhancement.
Mini LED technology brings higher contrast and brightness to televisions, while AI technology can adjust the display effect in real time based on specific content. In the future, Mini LED + AI will become one of the mainstream methods to improve the overall display effect of televisions.
AI + Micro LED: Giving AR Glasses New Value
The application of AI technology in AR glasses is increasing. For example, this year's new AR products Rokid Glasses, Meta's Orion, Meizu's StarV Air2, Yiwen Technology's G1, and Yingmu Technology's INMO GO 2 are all equipped with rich AI intelligent technologies and have more functions such as AR glasses translation, object recognition, speech to text, summary, and intelligent prompting.
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Many industry insiders believe that due to the mobility and convenience of AR glasses, they will become a key application of AI technology in the future.
To ensure that AI-generated information can be delivered to consumers clearly and promptly in various complex scenarios, the aforementioned AI-enabled AR glasses all utilize Micro LED, a near-eye display technology characterized by high brightness and high transparency. Furthermore, the companies chose Micro LED technology because it meets the AR glasses' requirements for display technology in terms of small size and low power consumption.
In recent years, the slow development of hardware and software in AR glasses has resulted in unclear application scenarios and limited market demand. However, the integration of Micro LED and AI has added more value to AR glasses, potentially driving future market growth.
AI + Mini/Micro LED: Expanding LED Display Applications <br /> In the LED display field, the combination of AI and Mini/Micro LED is continuously expanding the value of LED displays in commercial display scenarios and accelerating their adoption in more diverse indoor application scenarios such as education, conferences, and home theaters.
Currently, LED companies are actively integrating AI with Mini/Micro LED to create new opportunities for the development of LED displays. For example, Unilumin Technology is promoting an AI+light display development strategy. Based on Mini/Micro LED + AI, Unilumin has created a series of products and solutions, including VP&XR, aquarium screens, smart boxes, UTV, 3D naked-eye screens, spherical screens, irregularly shaped screens, and CAVE space screens. These can be widely used in industries such as film and television, broadcasting, sports and education, and advertising to empower technology and promote ecosystem cooperation.
In addition, companies are also promoting the development of AI+Mini/Micro LED in some emerging LED display applications, such as LED all-in-one products. To meet the growing needs of consumers for LED all-in-one products, they are continuously evolving towards more standardized products and incorporating more intelligent functions, such as real-time captions, real-time translation, intelligent generation of meeting minutes, and automatic generation of to-do summaries.
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Recently, Skyworth Commercial launched its Skyworth Star Screen series of LED all-in-one machines, with AI functionality being one of its selling points. The product utilizes SCOB multi-film encapsulation technology for display; and in terms of AI functionality, it features AI-PQ image quality enhancement and AI-SR super resolution technology, along with the Coocaa AI large model. By leveraging AI technology, the product not only improves the display effect of the LED all-in-one machine but also enriches its functionality.
In the future, more LED all-in-one products may be equipped with AI functions, making LED all-in-one products more comprehensive display products and providing impetus for LED displays to open up more markets.
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AI-powered Mini/Micro LED technology is comprehensively empowering the display industry. Mini/Micro LED offers higher performance display technology, while the integration of AI further enhances image quality and enriches product functionality. In the future, these two technologies are expected to bring more diversified upgrades to a wider range of display products.
