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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas W DeMond, Richardson, TX (US);
E Earle Thompson, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340719 ; 340783 ; 340784 ;
Abstract
A digitized video system utilizes a spatial light modulator which has an array of deformable mirror cells with two or more memory cells associated with each mirror cell. A first decoder address one memory cell associated with most of the mirror cells of the array to display an image. A second decoder address one memory cell of each memory cell in the array to allow information to be stored therein. The array could be subdivided into several arrays with its own decoders as desired.