Light Directed Modulation Displays
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1. A light source, comprising:
- a light reflector surrounded with one or more light reflective surfaces, the light reflector being configured to recycle light incident on the one or more light reflective surfaces within the light reflector; and
a plurality of multi-pixel light modulators configured to be set to individual transmittance states based on image data to modulate light (a) exiting from the light reflector and (b) illuminating individual multi-pixel portions of a light receiving surface, the plurality of multi-pixel light modulators being spatially embedded with at least one light reflective surface of the one or more light reflective surfaces,wherein at least two neighboring multi-pixel portions share a common portion that corresponds to one or more common pixels of a display panel.
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Abstract
A light source includes a light reflector and multi-pixel light modulators. The light reflector is surrounded with reflective surfaces. Light can be injected into the light reflector and diffused throughout the light reflector. The multi-pixel light modulators have individual transmittance states based on image data to modulate light that illuminates multi-pixel portions of a light receiving surface.
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1. A light source, comprising:
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a light reflector surrounded with one or more light reflective surfaces, the light reflector being configured to recycle light incident on the one or more light reflective surfaces within the light reflector; and a plurality of multi-pixel light modulators configured to be set to individual transmittance states based on image data to modulate light (a) exiting from the light reflector and (b) illuminating individual multi-pixel portions of a light receiving surface, the plurality of multi-pixel light modulators being spatially embedded with at least one light reflective surface of the one or more light reflective surfaces, wherein at least two neighboring multi-pixel portions share a common portion that corresponds to one or more common pixels of a display panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising:
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receiving image data for one or more images to be rendered in a display system, a light source of the display system having a light reflector comprising one or more light reflective surfaces and a plurality of multi-pixel light modulators; and setting, based on the image data, the plurality of multi-pixel light modulators to individual transmittance states to modulate light (a) exiting from the light reflector and (b) illuminating individual multi-pixel portions of a light receiving surface; wherein the light reflector is configured to recycle light incident on the one or more light reflective surfaces within the light reflector, wherein the plurality of multi-pixel light modulators being spatially embedded with at least one light reflective surfaces of the one or more light reflective surfaces, and wherein at least two neighboring multi-pixel portions share a common portion that corresponds to one or more common pixels of a display panel. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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