Display device including a spatial light modulator with plural image regions
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1. A display device comprising:
- a spatial light modulator having a two-dimensional array of modulating elements forming a plurality of two-dimensional multi-pixel image regions;
a light generator configured to direct a different one of a plurality of separate light bands onto each of the plurality of image regions; and
a controller including a spatial image separator configured to assign received image information to a corresponding one of the image regions, the controller being configured to control modulation of the spatial light modulator appropriate to produce a separate multi-pixel image in each image region.
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Abstract
A display device includes a spatial light modulator and a light generator. The spatial light modulator may have an array of modulating elements with a plurality of image regions. The light generator may be configured to direct a different one of a plurality of substantially stationary light bands onto each of a plurality of the image regions of the array of modulating elements.
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1. A display device comprising:
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a spatial light modulator having a two-dimensional array of modulating elements forming a plurality of two-dimensional multi-pixel image regions; a light generator configured to direct a different one of a plurality of separate light bands onto each of the plurality of image regions; and a controller including a spatial image separator configured to assign received image information to a corresponding one of the image regions, the controller being configured to control modulation of the spatial light modulator appropriate to produce a separate multi-pixel image in each image region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A display device comprising:
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a spatial light modulator having an array of modulating elements forming a plurality of image regions; a light generator configured to direct a different one of a plurality of light bands onto each of the plurality of image regions; a buffer adapted to receive image data for an image and buffer the image data to create a frame of the image; an image processing unit adapted to define a first sub-frame and at least a second sub-frame for the frame of the image from the image data, the second sub-frame being spatially offset from the first sub-frame, the image processing unit cooperating with the spatial light modulator to modulate at least one of the image regions according to the first and second sub-frames; and a display device adapted to alternately display the first sub-frame in a first position and the second sub-frame in a second position spatially offset from the first position. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A display device comprising:
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a light source configured to produce multi-spectral light; a spatial light modulator configured to modulate light received in a plurality of regions according to component images of a received composite Image; an optical separator configured to separate multi-spectral light into a plurality of separate and differently colored light bands, and to direct each of the light bands onto a respective one of the regions of the array; an optical combiner configured to combine the modulated light bands into a composite light band; and a controller configured to control modulation of the spatial light modulator appropriate to produce differently colored multi-pixel component images of a multi-pixel composite image, the controller including a spatial image separator configured to assign received image information to a corresponding one of the image regions based on color. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A display device comprising:
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a spatial light modulator having a two-dimensional array of modulating elements configured to spatially modulate incident light; and a controller configured to control modulation of the spatial light modulator appropriate to produce a differently-colored multi-pixel component image, in each of a plurality of separate two-dimensional image regions of the array of modulating elements according to received image information, the multi-pixel component images corresponding to images of different colors that when combined by concurrently displaying them on the same region of a display medium, form a multi-pixel composite color image, where the controller further includes a spatial image separator configured to assign received image information to a corresponding one of the image regions to produce a corresponding multi-pixel component image in the image region.
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14. A display device comprising:
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a spatial light modulator having an array of modulating elements configured to spatially modulate incident light; and a controller configured to control modulation of the spatial light modulator appropriate to produce an image in each of a plurality of separate image regions of the array of modulating elements according to received image information, the controller comprising; a buffer adapted to receive image data for the image and buffer the image data to create a frame of the image; and an image processing unit adapted to define a first sub-frame and at least a second sub-frame for the frame of the image from the image data, the second sub-frame being spatially offset from the first sub-frame, the image processing unit cooperating with the spatial light modulator to modulate at least one of the image regions according to the first and second sub-frames; wherein the display device further comprises a display device adapted to display the first sub-frame in a first position and the second sub-frame in a second position spatially offset from the first position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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