Spatio-Temporal Directional Light Modulator
First Claim
1. A directional light modulator comprising:
- a two dimensional emissive micro emitter array device;
a micro lens array of micro lens elements;
the two dimensional emissive micro emitter array device and the micro lens array being assembled together and angularly articulated as a single assembly to emit light around two axes within a plane of an emissive surface of the emissive micro emitter array and within a range of plus and minus a maximum angular articulation in each respective axis.
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Abstract
A spatio-temporal directional light modulator is introduced. This directional light modulator can be used to create 3D displays, ultra-high resolution 2D displays or 2D/3D switchable displays with extended viewing angle. The spatio-temporal aspects of this novel light modulator allow it to modulate the intensity, color and direction of the light it emits within an wide viewing angle. The inherently fast modulation and wide angular coverage capabilities of this directional light modulator increase the achievable viewing angle, and directional resolution making the 3D images created by the display be more realistic or alternatively the 2D images created by the display having ultra high resolution.
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69 Claims
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1. A directional light modulator comprising:
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a two dimensional emissive micro emitter array device; a micro lens array of micro lens elements; the two dimensional emissive micro emitter array device and the micro lens array being assembled together and angularly articulated as a single assembly to emit light around two axes within a plane of an emissive surface of the emissive micro emitter array and within a range of plus and minus a maximum angular articulation in each respective axis. - 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 directional light modulator comprising:
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an emissive micro emitter array device comprising a multiplicity of pixels; a micro lens array aligned and physically bonded to the emissive micro emitter array device; and
,a two axis gimbal having a bonding pad upon which the emissive micro emitter array device and the micro lens array assembly is physically and electrically bonded; the two axis gimbal having two sets of electromagnetic actuators aligned with the two axes of the gimbal to affect temporal angular articulation of said bonding pad around the two axes of the gimbal, and a set of electrical contacts connecting said bonding pad to a set of device interface contacts. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method of forming a directional light modulator comprising:
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providing an emissive micro emitter array device; providing a micro lens array of micro lens elements; aligning the micro lens array with the emissive micro emitter array device into a direction light modulator subassembly so that each micro lens element of the micro lens array is associated and aligned with a corresponding plurality of micro emitters within a two dimensional array of micro emitters of the emissive micro emitter array device to emit light around two axes within the plane of an emissive surface of the emissive micro emitter array within a range of plus or minus a maximum angular extent, whereby each micro lens element optically maps light emitted from the corresponding plurality of micro emitters into a corresponding discrete set of directions within an angular extent defined by a numerical aperture of each micro lens element; temporally articulating the directional light modulator subassembly about at least a first axis in a plane of the assembly to expand the discrete set of directions responsive to the angular articulation. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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