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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2005
Che-chih Tsao, Arlington, MA (US);
Che-Chih Tsao, Arlington, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
This invention describes procedures for writing data to a spatial light modulator (SLM) to achieve the purpose of 'sub-frame method', i.e. increasing effective frame rate of the SLM, without the need of additional color switching means or modulation at illumination source. The purpose is to improve the resolution of V3D displays based on projectors. The method divides the pixels of the SLM into a number of groups and defines each group as a sub-panel. Frames of image data are then written in sequence to each of the sub-panels in a fixed order. An image frame written to a sub-panel is called a 'sub-frame' when displayed on the sub-panel. The method then displays one sub-frame on one sub-panel at a time, with the rest sub-panels displaying blank (black). If the SLM has no memory buffer and image is displayed when it is written, then all data on the SLM must be erased after a sub-panel is being displayed and before the next sub-panel is written. If the SLM has a memory buffer and to update the SLM with the written data requires a separate command, then one can erase the data of previous sub-panel after the next sub-panel is written and is ready to display.