Christie Digital Systems Usa, Inc.

Robert Rushby

Michael Perkins

Joseph Ma

John Otto Vieth

A configurable imaging system and methods therefor are provided. For each respective display unit in an imaging system having an image source and display units, presence of adjacent display units is detected, each of the display units configured to generate respective portions of an image, the display units arranged in a geometrical configuration. A map of the one of the geometrical configurations is generated based on detection of the presence of the adjacent display units.

Configurable imaging system

A light production system for a projector is provided. The light production system comprises: at least one high pressure mercury arc lamp; at least one red laser; at least one green laser; and an integrator for receiving and combining light from the at least one high pressure mercury arc lamp, red light from the at least one red laser and green light from the at least one green laser, the integrator comprising an output enabled to emit combined light into illumination relay optics of the projector.

Hybrid high pressure mercury arc lamp-laser light production system

An imaging system is provided. The imaging system comprises an image source providing a video data stream. The imaging system further comprises a plurality of microtile units for: generating respective portions of an image from the video data stream, each microtile unit connectable to a plurality of other microtile units in multiple geometrical configurations. Each microtile unit comprises circuitry for: communication with the plurality of other microtile units to control generation of each respective portion of the image; and sub-image capture from the video data stream. The imaging system further comprises a system control unit for: automatically detecting a configuration of connected microtile units to determine information indicating a portion of the image each individual microtile unit is to be responsible for; and relaying respective information comprising a respective portion of the image a respective microtile unit is to be responsible for to each the respective microtile unit in the sub-image capture.

A method for use in an imaging system having an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of the image is provided, each microtile unit including a self-contained screen and a rear projector for projecting the image on the screen, the method for at least one of self-aligning, colour matching and brightness matching the image portions across successive adjacent microtile units. The screen is over-scanned so that a portion of an edge of each image spills over onto a side wall of the microtile unit adjacent a further one of microtile units. Light from the image is permitted to spill through the side wall into the further microtile unit. The light is detected within the further microtile unit. The image is adjusted in response to detection of the light within the further microtile unit so as to at least one of align, color match and brightness match the image between the plurality of microtile units.

An imaging system is provided, the imaging system comprising at least a first and second input modules for distributing respective images and microtile units in communication with each other and the input modules, each of the input modules enabled to exchange command signals with each of the plurality of microtile units and each other in a self-organization process. When input modules encounter one another during the self-organization process, then a system master is designated based on at least one of: which of the input modules was a previous system master: which of the input modules has a newest firmware revision; which of the input modules has already organized a largest number of the microtile units in the self-organization process; and which of the input modules first discovers the other of the input modules.

An imaging system, comprising an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of an image, each microtile unit including a plurality of coupling mechanisms for connection to a plurality of other microtile units such that the microtile units may be arranged in multiple geometrical configurations, and each microtile unit including circuitry for communication with the other microtile units to control generation of each respective portion of the image.

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Robert Rushby