MCG Custom Consulting and Reports
IP Licensing and Acquisition
Technology: 3D Displays
Client: Fergason Patent Properties
Date: 2002 to current
Description: Licensing agent for IP related StereoMirror 3D desktop monitor. See fergasonpatents.com
Technology: Media Processing for Video Enhancement
Client: Fergason Patent Properties
Date: 2002 to current
Description: Licensing agent for IP related System Synchronized Brightness Control (SSBC). Completed licensing to Panasonic in 2002. See fergasonpatents.com
Technology: Acquisition Opportunities in Projection Display Technologies
Client: Asian Multi-national company
Date: 2001
Description: Identified small and start up companies in Client's areas of technical interest. Profiled companies and prioritized. Visited companies with client. Several relationships where developed.
Business Development Services for Start Up Companies
Technology: See-Through Display
Client: Start Up Company
Date: 2003
Description: Market, competitive, channel analysis to support business plan development for proprietary heads up display.
Technology: Electronically modulated lens
Client: Start Up Company
Date: 2003
Description: Market, competitive, channel analysis to support business plan development for proprietary electronically modulated lens.
Technology: 3D Displays
Client: Several start up companies, Japanese multi-national
Date: 2000 to current
Description: Completed analysis of Enterprise markets for 3D desktop monitors. Segmented market, defined key players, estimated market potential.
Technology: Hi Rel, Low Cost Packaging of Chip Level Microdisplays and Optical Switching Devices
Client: Start Up Company
Date: 2001 to 2003
Description: Market, competitive, channel analysis to support business plan development for proprietary chip level optical communications modulators. Also applied packaging technology to microdisplays for improved reliability.
Technology: PDLC
Client: Various
Date: 2001 to current
Description: Continue role in promoting PDLC business development. Support established players. Provide business opportunity analysis for interested investors.
Market Analysis
Technology: Plastic Substrates for Displays
Client: U.S. Multinational Company
Date: 2000-2002
Description: Researched and surveyed technologies, companies developing plastic substrates, thick and thin film coatings. Analysis of market segments, requirements, TAM, competition.
Technology: Vertical Markets for Plasma Flat Panels
Client: Asian Multi-national company
Date: 2001
Description: Analysis of segmentation, requirements, competition, and channels for the information and advertising display vertical markets.
Technical Research
Technology: Human Factors for Near Eye Displays
Client: U.S. Display Consortium
Date: 2001 to 2002
Description: Completed substantial research study. See: mcgweb.com/usdc.
Technology: TV Display Metrics
Client: U.S. Multinational Company
Date: 2003
Description: Overview and analysis of the dearth of consumer TV metrics and the importance of viewing environment on image quality.
Technology: eCinema Projectors
Client: European Multinational Company
Date: 2002
Description: Comparison of DLP and LCOS projectors for performance, lifetime, and cost.