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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Brent Hoffman, Mooresville, IN (US);
Brent Hoffman, Mooresville, IN (US);
TTE Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for compensating for spoke light in a video unit (). More specifically, there is provided a method comprising measuring a first light level during a non-spoke time of a color wheel () to generate a non-spoke light level; and setting a spoke light compensation value based on the measured non-spoke light level. There is also provided a video unit () comprising a light source () configured to generate a first light level during a non-spoke time of a color wheel (), a photodiode assembly () configured to measure the first light level to generate a non-spoke light level, and a processor () configured to set a spoke light compensation value based on the non-spoke light level.