Color filter grouping for addressing matrixed display devices
First Claim
1. Matrixed display apparatus comprising:
- a matrixed display device having a plurality of optical structures arranged in a matrix of intersecting rows and columns, each optical structure being actuable to control the propagation of light towards a viewer of the device, the optical structures being in first, second and third distinct arrays associated with first, second and third regions respectively of the optical spectrum, and each optical structure in a given array being selectively actuable to propagate light in the associated region of the optical spectrum towards a viewer of the device and being operative to not propagate light in the other regions of the optical spectrum towards the viewer, the first, second and third arrays being such that each optical structure in each array is one structure in a group of three structures, in the first, second and third arrays respectively, with the optical structures in the first and second arrays being in one row of the matrix and the optical structure in the third array being in a row adjacent said one row and in the same column as the optical structure in one of the first and second arrays,a video processor for receiving an input video signal composed of a succession of active line intervals and providing an output video signal having two active line intervals during a period corresponding to one active line interval of the input video signal, and the video processor also being operative to provide at least two output timing signals,selection means functionally coupled to the optical structures and operative in response to the output timing signals to select each row of optical structures for a period substantially equal to the active line interval of the output video signal, the rows being selected consecutively, and to select the optical structures in a selected row consecutively within the period for which that row is selected, andactuation means responsive to the output video signal for actuating a selected optical structure.
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Abstract
A matrixed display device comprises a plurality of monochrome optical bodies arranged in a matrix of intersecting horizontal rows and vertical columns and an optical bandpass filter element associated with each such body. The filter elements are in first, second and third arrays, passing red light, green light and blue light respectively. In each row and column of the matrix, a filter element of one of the three arrays is located between filter elements of the other two arrays. With this arrangement of filter elements, a color pixel can be formed by selectively stimulating first and second monochrome optical bodies that are adjacent each other in a first row of the matrix and a third monochrome optical body that is in a row adjacent the first row and is in the same column as one of the first and second optical bodies.
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1. Matrixed display apparatus comprising:
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a matrixed display device having a plurality of optical structures arranged in a matrix of intersecting rows and columns, each optical structure being actuable to control the propagation of light towards a viewer of the device, the optical structures being in first, second and third distinct arrays associated with first, second and third regions respectively of the optical spectrum, and each optical structure in a given array being selectively actuable to propagate light in the associated region of the optical spectrum towards a viewer of the device and being operative to not propagate light in the other regions of the optical spectrum towards the viewer, the first, second and third arrays being such that each optical structure in each array is one structure in a group of three structures, in the first, second and third arrays respectively, with the optical structures in the first and second arrays being in one row of the matrix and the optical structure in the third array being in a row adjacent said one row and in the same column as the optical structure in one of the first and second arrays, a video processor for receiving an input video signal composed of a succession of active line intervals and providing an output video signal having two active line intervals during a period corresponding to one active line interval of the input video signal, and the video processor also being operative to provide at least two output timing signals, selection means functionally coupled to the optical structures and operative in response to the output timing signals to select each row of optical structures for a period substantially equal to the active line interval of the output video signal, the rows being selected consecutively, and to select the optical structures in a selected row consecutively within the period for which that row is selected, and actuation means responsive to the output video signal for actuating a selected optical structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of addressing a matrixed display device comprising a plurality of optical structures arranged in a matrix of intersecting rows and columns, each optical structure being actuable to control the propagation of light towards a viewer of the device, the optical structures being in first, second and third arrays associated with different respective regions of the optical spectrum, and each optical structure in a given array being selectively actuable to propagate light in the associated region of the optical spectrum towards a viewer of the device and being operative to not propagate light in the other regions of the optical spectrum towards the viewer, the first, second and third arrays being such that each optical structure in each array is one structure in a group of three structures, in the first, second and third arrays respectively, with two of the three optical structures being in one row of the matrix and one of the optical structures being in a row adjacent said one row and in the same column of the matrix as one of said two optical structures, and selection means for selecting the optical structures for actuation, said method comprising:
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providing a first video signal composed of a succession of active line intervals, employing the first video signal to generate a second video signal having two active line intervals during a period corresponding to one active line interval of the first video signal, selecting the rows of the matrix consecutively during respective active line intervals of the second video signal, sequentially selecting the optical structures in the selected row, and employing the second video signal to actuate selectively the optical structures. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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