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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

William Thomas Blank, Bellevue, WA (US);

Ilias Pappas, Cork, IE;

Assignee:

FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G09G 3/3225 (2016.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3225 (2013.01); G02B 26/10 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 9/30043 (2013.01); G09G 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are described for operating a display system comprising a light source and a scanning assembly. The light source includes a plurality of emitters arranged in a column and circuitry configured to drive the emitters based on image data. The scanning assembly includes a reflective surface facing the light source, the reflective surface being rotatable in at least one dimension. A control signal including periodic, non-linear pulses causes the reflective surface to rotate through a range of scan angles, thereby forming an output image based on reflection of emitted light. The image data is supplied to the light source in synchronization with the rotational movement of the reflective surface. Changes in rotation speed due to the non-linear nature of the control signal are compensated for by adjusting emission durations for different rows to provide different emission durations at different times based on changes in the linearity of the control signal.


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