Servo-assisted scanning beam display systems using fluorescent screens
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1. A scanning beam display system, comprising:
- an optical module operable to produce a scanning beam of excitation light having optical pulses that are sequential in time and carry image information;
a fluorescent screen which absorbs the excitation light and emits visible fluorescent light to produce images carried by the scanning beam; and
an optical sensor positioned to receive a feedback optical signal generated by the fluorescent screen under illumination of the scanning beam and to produce a monitor signal indicating a spatial alignment of the optical pulses on the fluorescent screen,wherein the optical module comprises a feedback control unit operable to adjust timing of the optical pulses carried by the scanning beam in response to the monitor signal to control the spatial alignment of spatial positions of the optical pulses on the fluorescent screen.
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Abstract
Scanning beam display systems using fluorescent screens and various servo feedback control mechanisms to control display imaging qualities.
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1. A scanning beam display system, comprising:
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an optical module operable to produce a scanning beam of excitation light having optical pulses that are sequential in time and carry image information; a fluorescent screen which absorbs the excitation light and emits visible fluorescent light to produce images carried by the scanning beam; and an optical sensor positioned to receive a feedback optical signal generated by the fluorescent screen under illumination of the scanning beam and to produce a monitor signal indicating a spatial alignment of the optical pulses on the fluorescent screen, wherein the optical module comprises a feedback control unit operable to adjust timing of the optical pulses carried by the scanning beam in response to the monitor signal to control the spatial alignment of spatial positions of the optical pulses on the fluorescent screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for controlling a scanning beam display system, comprising:
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scanning a beam of excitation light modulated with optical pulses on a screen with parallel fluorescent stripes in a beam scanning direction perpendicular to the fluorescent stripes to excite the fluorescent strips to emit visible fluorescent light which forms images; providing a temporal variation in timing of the optical pulses in the beam of excitation light to advance or delay a spatial position of each optical pulse along the beam scanning direction on the screen; detecting a reflection of the beam of excitation light from the screen to produce a monitor signal whose amplitude varies with a position of the beam relative to a fluorescent stripe; processing the monitor signal to obtain information on a spatial offset of a position of an optical pulse on the screen relative to a center of a fluorescent stripe; and adjusting timing of the optical pulses in the beam of excitation light to reduce the spatial offset. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A scanning beam display system, comprising:
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an optical module operable to produce a scanning beam of excitation light having optical pulses that are sequential in time and carry image information; a fluorescent screen comprising a fluorescent area and a peripheral servo reference mark area outside the fluorescent area, wherein the fluorescent area absorbs the excitation light and emits visible fluorescent light to produce images carried by the scanning beam, and the fluorescent area comprises a plurality of first servo reference marks producing a first feedback optical signal under illumination of the scanning beam, wherein the peripheral servo reference mark area comprises at least one second servo reference mark producing a second feedback optical signal underillumination of the scanning beam; a first optical sensor positioned to receive the first feedback optical signal and to produce a first monitor signal indicating a spatial alignment of the optical pulses on the fluorescent screen; and a second optical sensor positioned to receive the second feedback optical signal and to produce a second monitor signal indicating an optical property of the scanning beam on the fluorescent screen, wherein the optical module comprises a feedback control unit operable to adjust the scanning beam in response to the first and second monitor signals to control at least the spatial alignment of spatial positions of the optical pulses on the fluorescent screen. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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