Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090008669 | Package for micromirror device - The present invention discloses a mirror device that includes a mirror element which further comprising an elastic hinge and a mirror and which modulates incident light emitted from a light source, a device substrate on which a drive circuit for driving the mirror element is placed, a package substrate which is made of transparent glass or a silicon material and on which the device substrate is placed, a metallic thermal transfer path connected to the device substrate, and a cover glass connected to the package substrate so that the device substrate is covered. | 01-08-2009 |
20090009732 | Projection display system using laser light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus that includes a mirror element and a drive circuit for driving a laser light source for projecting an illumination light. The projection apparatus further includes mirror device for modulating the illumination light and a projection lens for projecting the modulated light from the mirror element. The mirror device is disposed on a device substrate and packaged in a package substrate made of a transparent silicon material with a metallic thermal transfer path connected to the device substrate and a cover glass covering the package substrate. The distance between the mirror and the bottom surface of the cover glass is larger than the focal length of the projection lens. | 01-08-2009 |
20090009850 | Gamma correction for adjustable light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus, that includes: a light source; a light source control unit for controlling the output of the light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating the illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements; and an optical system for projecting, onto a screen, the illumination light deflected by the spatial light modulator, wherein: the light source control unit performs a gamma (γ) correction on input image data by a modulation control of the light source. | 01-08-2009 |
20090033808 | Synchronous control system for light source and spatial light modulator employed in projection apparatus - The present invention provides a display apparatus, comprising: an a light source for emitting illumination light for transmitting along illumination light path; a display device includes a plurality of pixels for modulating the illumination light for reflecting the illumination light along a projection light path after said illumination light is modulated by said display device; light path change actuator for changing the projection light paths; and a control circuit for controlling the light source, wherein the control circuit controls the light source in response to changes of the projection light path. | 02-05-2009 |
20090033878 | System configurations and methods for controlling image projection apparatuses and mirror device - A projection apparatus comprises a light source for emitting an incident light and a deflectable element for reflecting the incident light. The projection apparatus further includes an electric circuit for applying a voltage to deflect the element and to turn off the voltage used during a period when the light source is turned off. | 02-05-2009 |
20090033885 | Projection apparatus and image projection changeover method - The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; a spatial light modulator for modulating the incident light emitted from the light source; a spatial light modulator control unit for generating, from an inputted image signal, a control signal for driving the spatial light modulator; and a light source control unit for receiving data corresponding to the control signal for controlling the light source to operate in one of three states consisted of a driven state, a stopped state and a standby state on the basis of the data. | 02-05-2009 |
20090091713 | Projection display system with varying light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements by using different modulation states; a light source control unit performing a modulation control of the light source; and a spatial light modulator control unit generating, from an input image signal, a control signal for driving the spatial light modulator, wherein: the light source control unit has a function of receiving data corresponding to the control signal generated by the spatial light modulator control unit, controlling a parameter of an emission pulse of the illumination light emitted from the light source, and thereby adjusting an emission intensity of the illumination light. | 04-09-2009 |
20090103155 | System configurations and methods for controlling image projection apparatuses - The mirror device comprising a plurality of deflectable mirrors for reflecting light, wherein the mirror is controllable to deflect to a first direction during an incident period with the light incident to the deflectable mirror and at an end of the incident period the mirror is controllable to deflect to a second direction opposite to the first direction during a non-incidence period in which the light is not incident to the present mirror. | 04-23-2009 |
20090103158 | System configurations and method for controlling image projection apparatuses - A projection apparatus implemented with a mirror device that includes a first electrode and a second electrode with an elastic hinge disposed between the first electrode part and second electrode. The elastic hinge supports a mirror and the mirror is controlled to deflect when drawn by a Coulomb force generated between the mirror and electrodes by applying a voltage to the electrodes. The projection apparatus further includes a light source for projecting a light to the mirror for modulating the light by deflecting the mirror to different deflection states. The light source suppresses the emission of the illumination light during a period when the mirror performs a series of operations to shift from a non-deflection state, placing the mirror in a stationary and non-deflection state, to a predetermined deflection state. | 04-23-2009 |
20090128463 | Spatial light modulator implemented with a mirror array device - The present invention discloses a spatial light modulator that includes a plurality of pixel units arranged as a pixel array. Each of the pixel units further comprises memory circuits. The spatial light modulator further includes a first data line for transmitting a first data signal to the memory circuits and a second data line for transmitting a second data signal to the memory circuits. The spatial light modulator further comprises a coupling circuit element for electrically coupling the memory circuits and second data line. | 05-21-2009 |
20090128465 | Spatial light modulator implemented with a mirror array device - The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a plurality of pixel units configured as a two dimensional array extending in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction; a plurality of row lines each comprises a word line and a plate line connected to a plurality of the pixel units along a row in the horizontal direction; a first address decoder for selecting the word line; a second address decoder for selecting the plate line; and a level retention circuit interconnected between the plate line and second address decoder to retain a voltage level of the plate line. | 05-21-2009 |
20090128884 | Spatial light modulator implemented with a mirror array device - The present invention provides a spatial light modulator, comprising: a plurality of row lines each connected to a plurality of memory circuits; and a plurality of word lines and a plurality of plate lines connected to the memory circuits for selecting and controlling sets of the memory circuits connected to the selected row lines at pre-designated times for each of the row lines. | 05-21-2009 |
20090141036 | Video image display apparatus and buffer management method for video image display apparatus - A buffer management method implemented in a video image display apparatus for displaying images, including: controlling a write address in a buffer for writing input data thereto; controlling a read address in the buffer for reading display data therefrom; comparing the write address and read address; and managing a transmission of the display data to a spatial light modulator (SLM) based on a comparison result of comparing the write address to the read address. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141187 | Buffer Management system for video image display apparatus - A video image display apparatus for displaying a video image in accordance with a video image signal comprising: a light source; and a control unit for generating display data for a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second SLM for modulating illumination lights projected from the light source, wherein the control unit generates the display data comprising first-color data and second-color data, different from the first-color data, which is sequentially changed over when transmitted to the second SLM during a period when the first-color data is transmitted to the first SLM. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141188 | Video Image display apparatus and timing control method - A video image display apparatus for displaying a video image in accordance with a video image signal including: a light source for emitting an illumination light to a color wheel driven by a color wheel driving unit to rotate the color wheel for filtering and transmitting lights of different colors therefrom; a spatial light modulator (SLM) for receiving the lights of different colors projected from the color wheel; a master clock signal generation unit for generating a master clock signal constituting a reference for transferring data to the SLM; a frame start signal generation unit for generating, from the master clock signal, a frame start signal indicating the start of a frame; a wheel position detection unit for detecting an angular position of the wheel; a phase comparison unit for comparing a phase of the frame start signal with a wheel index signal generated from the wheel position detection unit indicating a position of the color wheel; and a motor control unit for receiving a phase comparison signal from the phase comparison unit for controlling a rotation speed of a motor for driving the color wheel to rotate at a controlled rotation speed. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141189 | Light source control method for video image display apparatus and video image display apparatus - A method for controlling a light source of a video image display apparatus, comprising: projecting illumination lights to a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second SLM, and changing over a wavelength of one of the illumination lights projected to the second SLM in a sequence during a period when the wavelength of another one of the illumination lights projected to the first SLM is controlled to have a flexibly adjustable wavelength. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141194 | Apparatus and method, both for controlling spatial light modulator - An image display apparatus includes: an illumination light source controlled by an illumination light control unit for projecting a first illumination light and a second illumination light; a first SLM for modulating a first illumination light; a second SLM for modulating a second illumination light; and an SLM control unit for controlling the first and second SLMs, wherein the SLM control unit controls the second SLM in accordance with a control process performed by the illumination light control unit during a period when the SLM control unit receives and applies a video image signal for controlling a modulation of the first SLM. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141195 | Apparatus and method, both for controlling spatial light modulator - An image display apparatus includes: a first spatial light modulator (SLM) and a second modulator for modulating a first and a second illumination lights for displaying images; an SLM control unit for generating first control data and second control data for controlling the first and second SLMs respectively in accordance with the first and second control data, wherein each of the first control data and second control data is generated for each of a plurality of sub-frame periods divided from one frame period for displaying the images, and the start timing of one sub-frame period of the first control data is different from the start timing of one sub-frame period of the second control data. | 06-04-2009 |
20090174824 | Color sequence control for video display apparatus - A video display apparatus is provided, comprising: a light source(s) controllable for emitting a plurality of reference colors; a color conversion circuit received an input video signal for generating the color data of at least one correction color for correcting a reference color emitted from a light source; an image processing unit receives the input video signal for generating an output video signal comprising a plurality of sub-frame signals; and a control circuit applies the color data generated by the color conversion circuit for controlling a light source to display color images. | 07-09-2009 |
20090185258 | System configurations and methods for controlling image projection apparatuses - A projection apparatus comprising a light source for emitting incident light and a mirror device that includes a plurality of mirror elements each guiding the incident light to the ON position towards a projection light path under pulse width modulation (PWM) control corresponding to one frame or sub-frame or to the OFF state so as not to guide the incident light to a projection path. The light source is turned off outside the period in which the mirror element with the maximum brightness is in the ON state. | 07-23-2009 |
20090190045 | Color display apparatus - A color display apparatus includes a color changeover unit for changing over colors of an illumination light or a projection light, and a control circuit for applying a video signal for generating a control signal for controlling a spatial light modulator, wherein the control circuit further applying the video signal for generating a control signal during a transition period when the illumination and/or the projection light are projected with a first color coexisting with a second color as the color changeover unit changing over the colors of the illumination light or projection light from the first color to the second color. | 07-30-2009 |
20090207165 | Spatial light modulator including drive lines - A spatial light modulator includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel elements arranged in a form of a matrix; a word line extending along and connected to a row of the pixel elements pixel elements; and a plate line for transmitting additional modulating signals to said pixel array extended along each row of the pixel array and connected to the pixel elements in a first row and a second row constituting two different rows. | 08-20-2009 |
20090231669 | Projection display system with varying light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source for emitting illumination light; at least one spatial light modulator with a plurality of movable mirrors corresponding to pixels to be displayed, for performing a modulation of the illumination light through operation of the movable mirrors; a light source control unit performing a modulation control of the light source; and a spatial light modulator control unit generating, from an input image signal, a control signal for driving the spatial light modulator, wherein: the light source control unit adjusts a pulse emission frequency of an emission pulse of the illumination light emitted from the light source while corresponding to an oscillation frequency of the movable mirrors. | 09-17-2009 |
20100027101 | Spatial light modulator with metal layers - The present invention provides image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator, for modulating an illumination light projected from a light source wherein said spatial light modulator comprising an image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator for modulating an illumination light projected from a light source wherein said spatial light modulator comprising: at least two electrically conductive layers functioning as two different electrical wirings and said conductive layers having respectively a first and a second longitudinal directions overlapping and crossing each other; and a fixed electric potential layer electrically connected to a fixed electric potential, wherein the two different conductive layers and fixed electric potential layer overlapping one another and disposed at a location along a light path of the illumination light emitted from the light source to block said illumination light. | 02-04-2010 |
20100053726 | Spatial light modulator having capacitor - The present invention provides an image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) to modulate an illumination light projected from a light source wherein said SLM comprising a first conductive layer to wire and function as a bit line; a second conductive layer to wire and function as a word line; and a first conductive and second conductive capacitor layers functioning as a capacitor wherein the bit line is wired along a direction crossing the word line and the capacitor is disposed in parallel with the bit line. | 03-04-2010 |
20100079685 | Spatial light modulator performing a gamma correction - An image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprises a plurality of pixel elements each includes a pixel memory wherein said SLM receives inputted bit data representing an image from an external image source to write the inputted data into said pixel memory wherein said SLM further adjusts a smallest period for displaying image represented by a least significant bit (LSB) of the inputted data. | 04-01-2010 |
20100128225 | Gamma correction for adjustable light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus comprising: a light source; a light source control unit for controlling output of the light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements; and an optical system for projecting, to a screen, the illumination light deflected by the spatial light modulator, wherein: the light source control unit modulates output of the illumination light from the light source during a modulation period of the spatial light modulator, and non-linearly controls gray scale of a projected image projected to the screen. | 05-27-2010 |
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