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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Fusao Ishii, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Naoya Sugimoto, Tokoy, JP;
Hirotoshi Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Fusao Ishii, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Naoya Sugimoto, Tokoy, JP;
Hirotoshi Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiro Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Silicon Quest Kabushiki-Kaisha, , JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising a mirror modulating a light emitted from a light source, wherein the mirror is further controlled to operate with at least three stationary states whereby an image is projected with a gray scale expression through a combination of modulation of the light operated in the three stationary states.