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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Gregory J Gerhard, Seattle, WA (US);
Clarence T Tegreene, Seattle, WA (US);
Bashir Z Eslam, Redmond, WA (US);
Microvision, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Abstract
A display apparatus includes an image source that scans about two axes. To offset motion about a first of the axes during sweeps about the second axis, the apparatus includes a structure to produce offsetting motion about the first axis at a scanning rate equal to the twice-scanning rate about the second axis. The offsetting scan can be a ramp or other motion. In one embodiment, the offsetting motion is a resonant sinusoid. The offsetting motion may be produced by an auxiliary scanner such as a mechanical scanner, a piezoelectric scanner, a MEMs scanner or other scanner. Because the offsetting motion is very small, the auxiliary scanner can function with a very small scan angle.