Liquid crystal variable drive voltage
First Claim
1. A method for operating a liquid crystal device, comprising:
- providing a voltage at a driven level to a liquid crystal addressable element of the liquid crystal device, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a driven state at the driven level;
reducing the provided voltage to a relaxed level;
wherein said reducing is performed over a time period greater than 1 μ
s, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a relaxed state at the relaxed level, wherein said reducing the provided voltage to the relaxed level results in a reduced optical bounce of the liquid crystal device;
providing after the voltage reduction begins, a pulse of limited duration from a light source to the liquid crystal device, wherein the light source is enabled according to a pulse function;
providing another pulse of limited duration of the light source; and
driving, after the another pulse of limited duration of the light source is complete, the voltage to return from the relaxed level to the driven level;
wherein a time difference between a start of the pulse of limited duration and a start of the another pulse of limited duration is less than the time difference from a start of the voltage reduction to a start of the voltage returning to the driven level.
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Abstract
A voltage may be provided to a liquid crystal addressable element as part of a liquid crystal device. The provided voltage may be reduced from a driven state to a relaxed state in a time period greater than 1 μs. The reduction may further be performed in less than 20 ms. The liquid crystal device may be a polarization switch, which in some embodiments may be a multi-segment polarization switch. In one embodiment, pulses of limited duration of a light source may be provided to the polarization switch. The manner of voltage reduction may reduce optical bounce of the liquid crystal device and may allow one or more of the pulses of the light source to be shifted later in time.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for operating a liquid crystal device, comprising:
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providing a voltage at a driven level to a liquid crystal addressable element of the liquid crystal device, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a driven state at the driven level; reducing the provided voltage to a relaxed level;
wherein said reducing is performed over a time period greater than 1 μ
s, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a relaxed state at the relaxed level, wherein said reducing the provided voltage to the relaxed level results in a reduced optical bounce of the liquid crystal device;providing after the voltage reduction begins, a pulse of limited duration from a light source to the liquid crystal device, wherein the light source is enabled according to a pulse function; providing another pulse of limited duration of the light source; and driving, after the another pulse of limited duration of the light source is complete, the voltage to return from the relaxed level to the driven level; wherein a time difference between a start of the pulse of limited duration and a start of the another pulse of limited duration is less than the time difference from a start of the voltage reduction to a start of the voltage returning to the driven level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a liquid crystal (LC) display, wherein the LC display comprises a liquid crystal device; a voltage source configured to; provide a drive voltage to the liquid crystal device; and reduce the drive voltage to a relaxed level in a time period greater than 1 μ
s, wherein the liquid crystal device is in a relaxed state at the relaxed level, wherein reducing the provided voltage to the relaxed level results in a reduced optical bounce of the liquid crystal device; anda light source configured to provide light to the liquid crystal device, wherein the light source is a backlight that is configured to produce a first light pulse during a transition from a driven state to the relaxed state and a second light pulse before a transition from the relaxed state to the driven state; wherein, the voltage source is further configured to drive, after the second light pulse is complete, the voltage to return from the relaxed level to the driven level; and wherein a time difference between a start of the first light pulse and a start of the second light pulse is less than the time difference from a start of the voltage reduction to a start of the voltage returning to the driven level. - View Dependent Claims (13, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing program instructions executable to perform:
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providing a voltage at a driven level to a liquid crystal addressable element as part of the liquid crystal device, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a driven state at the driven level; and reducing the provided voltage to a relaxed level;
wherein said reducing is performed in a time period greater than 1 μ
s, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a relaxed state at the relaxed level, wherein said reducing the provided voltage to the relaxed level results in a reduced optical bounce of the liquid crystal device;providing, after the voltage reduction begins, a pulse of limited duration from a light source to the liquid crystal device, wherein the light source is enabled according to a pulse function; providing another pulse of limited duration of the light source; and driving, after the another pulse of limited duration of the light source is complete, the voltage to return from the relaxed level to the driven level; wherein a time difference between a start of the pulse of limited duration and a start of the another pulse of limited duration is less than the time difference from a start of the voltage reduction to a start of the voltage returning to the driven level. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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