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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2007
Fusao Ishii, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yoshihiro Maeda, Hachioji, JP;
Hirotoshi Ichikawa, Hchioji, JP;
Kazuma Arai, Hachioji, JP;
Fusao Ishii, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yoshihiro Maeda, Hachioji, JP;
Hirotoshi Ichikawa, Hchioji, JP;
Kazuma Arai, Hachioji, JP;
Silicon Quest Kabushiki-Kaisha, , JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a display system that receives an image signal containing a binary data of N bits, wherein N is a positive integer, for displaying an image with a grayscale corresponding to the binary data. The display system further includes a data converter for converting M-bit of the N bits of the binary data into a non-binary data, wherein M is a positive integer and N≧M, for applying the non-binary data as a sub-frame in controlling the gray scale in displaying the image. In an exemplary embodiment, the data converter converts consecutive M-bit of the N bits of the binary data into the non-binary data. The display system further includes a spatial light modulator (SLM) having a plurality of pixel elements and the SLM receiving the non-binary data of M bits for controlling the pixel elements.