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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lorne A. Whitehead, Vancouver, CA;
Gregory John Ward, Berkeley, CA (US);
Wolfgang Stuerzlinger, Toronto, CA;
Helge Seetzen, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G09G 5/10 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02F 1/1347 (2006.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01); G03B 21/26 (2006.01); G03B 21/56 (2006.01); G03B 21/625 (2014.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/167 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G02F 1/1347 (2013.01); G03B 21/14 (2013.01); G03B 21/2053 (2013.01); G03B 21/26 (2013.01); G03B 21/56 (2013.01); G03B 21/625 (2013.01); G09G 3/3426 (2013.01); H04N 5/7416 (2013.01); H04N 9/31 (2013.01); H04N 9/3126 (2013.01); H04N 9/3138 (2013.01); H04N 9/3188 (2013.01); G02F 1/133504 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G02F 1/167 (2013.01); G09G 3/001 (2013.01); G09G 2300/023 (2013.01); G09G 2310/024 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0233 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0271 (2013.01); G09G 2320/064 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0633 (2013.01);
Abstract
A locally dimmed display has a spatial light modulator illuminated by a light source. The spatial light modulator is illuminated with a low resolution version of a desired image. The illumination may comprise a series of lighting elements that vary smoothly from one element to another at the spatial light modulator.