System and method for implementation of interferometric modulator displays
First Claim
1. A system for displaying to a user a stereoscopic image comprising first and second images, the system comprising at least first and second pixels formed on a single substrate, wherein each pixel comprises at least a first interferometric modulator, and wherein the system is configured to display the first image from the first pixel to particularly a first eye of the user and to display the second image from the second pixel to particularly a second eye of the user, wherein the first and second images are displayed substantially simultaneously to produce an image appearing three-dimensional to the user.
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Abstract
This invention generally relates to methods and systems that interferometric modulators, and in particular, for providing three-dimentional displays. One embodiment comprises a system for displaying to a user a stereoscopic image comprising pixels formed on a single substrate, wherein each pixel comprises at least a first interferometric modulator, and wherein the system is configured to display a first image to a first eye of the user and to display a second image to a second eye of the user. Directional display of the two portions of the stereoscopic image is implemented by fashioning two sets of interferometric modulators, one set inclined at a first angle with respect to the substrate, and the second set inclined at a second angle with respect to the substrate.
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44 Claims
- 1. A system for displaying to a user a stereoscopic image comprising first and second images, the system comprising at least first and second pixels formed on a single substrate, wherein each pixel comprises at least a first interferometric modulator, and wherein the system is configured to display the first image from the first pixel to particularly a first eye of the user and to display the second image from the second pixel to particularly a second eye of the user, wherein the first and second images are displayed substantially simultaneously to produce an image appearing three-dimensional to the user.
- 13. A display device, comprising an array of pixels formed on a single substrate, each pixel comprising one or more interferometric modulators, the array being configured to substantially simultaneously display first and second images, wherein the first image is directed to principally a first destination and the second image is directed to principally a second destination.
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20. A display device comprising:
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at least first and second interferometric modulators formed on a single substrate, wherein the first interferometric modulator comprises two reflective layers formed in substantially parallel first and second planes;
wherein the second interferometric modulator comprises two reflective layers formed in substantially parallel third and fourth planes; and
wherein an intersection of the first or second planes with the third or fourth planes forms an angle in a plane perpendicular to the line formed by the intersection, the angle being between 10 and 170 degrees. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A display device comprising:
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at least first and second interferometric modulators formed on a single substrate, wherein the first interferometric modulator includes two reflective layers formed in substantially parallel first and second planes;
wherein the second interferometric modulator includes two reflective layers formed in substantially parallel third and fourth planes; and
wherein the first, second, third, and fourth planes are separate and substantially parallel planes. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A display device comprising:
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at least first and second interferometric modulators formed on a single substrate, the substrate defining a first plane;
wherein the first interferometric modulator includes a first reflective layer formed in the first plane and a second reflective layer formed in a second plane;
wherein the second interferometric modulator includes a third reflective layer formed in the first plane and a fourth reflective layer formed in a third plane; and
wherein the second, and third planes are separate and substantially parallel planes not parallel to the first plane. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method of making a display device comprising:
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forming at least first and second interferometric modulators on a single substrate, wherein the first interferometric modulator includes two reflective layers formed in substantially parallel first and second planes;
wherein the second interferometric modulator includes two reflective layers formed in substantially parallel third and fourth planes; and
wherein the first, second, third, and fourth planes are separate and substantially parallel planes. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method of making a display device comprising:
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forming at least first and second interferometric modulators on a single substrate, the substrate defining a first plane;
wherein the first interferometric modulator includes a first reflective layer formed in the first plane and a second reflective layer formed in a second plane;
wherein the second interferometric modulator includes a third reflective layer formed in the first plane and a fourth reflective layer formed in a third plane; and
wherein the second, and third planes are separate and substantially parallel planes not parallel to the first plane. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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36. A method of displaying to a user a stereoscopic image comprising first and second images, the method comprising:
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providing a system comprising an array of interferometric modulators configured to display stereoscopic images;
sending electrical signals corresponding to the first and second images to the array;
displaying the first image to particularly a first eye of the user in response to the electrical signals; and
displaying the second image to particularly a second eye of the user in response to the electrical signals. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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- 39. A system for displaying to a user a stereoscopic image comprising first and second images, the system comprising at least first and second means for displaying a portion of an image formed on a single substrate, wherein the system is configured to display the first image from the first means to particularly a first eye of the user and to display the second image from the second means to particularly a second eye of the user, wherein the first and second images are displayed substantially simultaneously to produce an image appearing three-dimensional to the user.
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42. A system for displaying to a user a stereoscopic image comprising first and second images, the system being made by a process comprising:
forming at least first and second pixels on a single substrate, wherein each pixel comprises at least a first interferometric modulator, and wherein the first pixel is configured to display the first image to particularly a first eye of the user and the second pixel is configured to display the second image to particularly a second eye of the user, wherein the first and second images are displayed substantially simultaneously to produce an image appearing three-dimensional to the user. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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