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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Nesbitt W. Hagood, Iv, Wellesley, MA (US);
Jignesh Gandhi, Burlington, MA (US);
Abraham Mcallister, Annandale, VA (US);
Rainer M. Malzbender, Niwot, CO (US);
Stephen R. Lewis, Reading, MA (US);
Nesbitt W. Hagood, IV, Wellesley, MA (US);
Jignesh Gandhi, Burlington, MA (US);
Abraham McAllister, Annandale, VA (US);
Rainer M. Malzbender, Niwot, CO (US);
Stephen R. Lewis, Reading, MA (US);
Pixtronix, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A direct-view display includes an array of MEMS light modulators and a control matrix formed on a transparent substrate, where each light modulator can be driven into at least two states, and a controller for controlling the states of each light modulator in the array. The control matrix transmits data and actuation voltages to the array. The controller includes an input, a processor, a memory, and an output. The input receives image data encoding an image frame for display. The processor derives a plurality of sub-frame data sets from the image data, where each sub-frame data set indicates desired states of light modulators in multiple rows and multiple columns of the array. The memory stores the plurality of sub-frame data sets. The output outputs the plurality of sub-frame data sets according to an output sequence to drive light modulators into the states indicated in the sub-frame data sets.