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| 8049713 | Power consumption optimized display update Systems and methods for reducing the power consumption necessary for updating a display are provided. The methods include determining a row addressing order based on an attribute of the image data that minimizes the number of column charging transitions necessary to... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7999787 | Methods for driving electrophoretic displays using dielectrophoretic forces A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7898521 | Device and method for wavelength filtering Embodiments include devices and methods for wavelength filtering. For example, one embodiment includes a display comprising a plurality of the display elements each comprising a movable reflector, a first partial reflector, and a second partial reflector. The first ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893919 | Display region architectures A bit depth of a pixel comprising multiple display elements, such as interferometric modulators, may be increased through the use of display elements having different intensities, while the lead count is minimally increased. An exemplary pixel with at least one disp... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7791586 | Entertainment system mountable in a vehicle seat An entertainment system includes a housing adapted for being mounted within a seat of a vehicle and a media unit housed within the housing and pivotably coupled to the housing. The housing includes at least one of a groove formed within a sidewall of the housing ada... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7782293 | Device and method for wavelength filtering Embodiments include devices and methods for wavelength filtering. For example, one embodiment includes a display comprising a plurality of the display elements each comprising a movable reflector, a first partial reflector, and a second partial reflector. The first ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777715 | Passive circuits for de-multiplexing display inputs A display array which can reduce the row connections between the display and the driver circuit and methods of manufacturing and operating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a display device comprises an array of MEMS display elements and a plurality of volt... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7652657 | Method and system for determining characteristics of optical signals on spatial light modulator surfaces The present application describes a system and method for determining characteristics (e.g., exact band location, orientation and height and the spot shape and size of a single wavelength and the like) of an optical signal projected on a spatial light modulator. In ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7602375 | Method and system for writing data to MEMS display elements Charge balanced display data writing methods use write and hold cycles of opposite polarity during selected frame update periods. A release cycle may be provided to reduce the chance that a given display element will become stuck in an actuated state. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7561140 | Microcapsule magnetic migration display Provided is a microcapsule magnetic migration display including microcapsules arrayed on a substrate. A dispersion liquid containing an oily dispersion medium having two components of light-absorptive magnetic particles and light-reflective non-magnetic particles di... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551159 | System and method of sensing actuation and release voltages of an interferometric modulator A method for sensing the actuation and/or release voltages of a microelectromechanical device include applying a varying voltage to the device and sensing its state and different voltage levels. In one embodiment, the device is part of a system comprising an array o... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7532195 | Method and system for reducing power consumption in a display A method and system for reducing power consumption in a display includes driving a display comprising a plurality of display elements characterized by a display state. In a first mode of operation, the display state of substantially all the display elements is perio... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532194 | Driver voltage adjuster A display system uses a standardized display driver to provide row and column address voltages. The row and address column voltages are used by an array of interferometric elements through a voltage adjuster to adjust the row address voltages to provide adjusted row... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7439950 | Clutch mechanism for a raised display apparatus Systems and methods are provided for securing a pin within a raised display system. A washer surrounds the pin. A washer recess comprises a contact surface configured as to bring the washer into a tilted position relative to the pin, such that the washer is brought ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436388 | Raised display apparatus Systems and methods are provided for displaying raised images. A plate moves along at least one axis of motion. The movement of the plate is operative to adjust respective positions associated with a plurality of pins along the axis of motion. A clutch mechanism ope... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436389 | Method and system for controlling the output of a diffractive light device A method and system for controlling a color of light output by a diffractive light device (DLD device). The color is determined by a gap voltage applied to the DLD device. During each of a number of time frames, one of a number of control bits in a control word is s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427978 | Methods and apparatus for subjecting an element to an electrical field The invention includes providing a display by moving a colorant particle, having an electric charge, inside a channel of a body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a direction of extension of the channel and a direction of incoming illumination rays. Th... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426072 | Display system One embodiment of a display system includes an array that defines multiple, movable reflective devices on a front surface of the array, and multiple immovable reflective regions each aligned along a projection axis with a corresponding space between ones of the refl... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423798 | Addressing circuit and method for bi-directional micro-mirror array A control substrate of spatial light modulator for a bi-directional micro mirror array includes a plurality of unit cells, each includes a common electrode at a fixed constant potential and an addressing electrode under the mirror plate on opposite sides of a pivot ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417609 | Prevention of charge accumulation in micromirror devices through bias inversion Methods and apparatus are provided for preventing charge accumulation in microelectromechanical systems, especially in micromirror array devices having a plurality of micromirrors. Voltages are applied to the micromirrors for actuating the micromirrors. Polarities o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417618 | Lighting apparatus and projection type display, and driving method therefor A lighting apparatus used for a projection type display is provided, which can change the incident ray volume to an optical modulation device without changing the optical output intensity of the lamp, and can exhibit excellent effects in expressive power of an image... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411717 | Micromirror device A spatial light modulator comprises an array of micromirror devices each of which has a reflective and deflectable mirror plates. The mirror plates are moved between an ON and OFF state during operation, wherein the OFF state is a state wherein the mirror plate is n... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405860 | Spatial light modulators with light blocking/absorbing areas A projection system, a spatial light modulator, and a method for forming a micromirror array such as for a projection display are disclosed. The spatial light modulator can have two substrates bonded together with one of the substrates comprising a micro-mirror arra... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403187 | Generalized reset conflict resolution of load/reset sequences for spatial light modulators Disclosed herein are methods for providing a load/reset sequence for a visual display system (100) having a phased reset spatial light modulator (SLM) (14). The SLM (14) has pixels (21) that are addressable with data by means of loads (ld... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400438 | Micro-electro mechanical device, micro-electro mechanical device array, light modulation device, micro-electro mechanical light modulation device, micro-electro mechanical light modulation device array and image forming apparatus using the same A transition time is a time from a state where a movable portion has been rotationally displaced in the first direction and stopped to a state where driving portions apply the physical action forces to the movable portion to rotationally displace the movable portion... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7372620 | Micromirror and micromirror device There is provided a micromirror which includes a holding unit, a mirror that is held by the holding unit to be pivotable about a rotation axis of the mirror, a first fixed electrode group including a plurality of electrodes fixed to the holding unit, a second fixed ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372449 | Display device, image display device and display method The display device includes a display portion having a cavity portion surrounded by wall surfaces, at least one part of the wall surfaces being formed of a transparent member and forming a structural color forming surface provided with fine asperities having predete... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7349141 | Method and post structures for interferometric modulation An interferometric modulator includes a post structure comprising an optical element. In a preferred embodiment, the optical element in the post structure is a reflective element, e.g., a mirror. In another embodiment, the optical element in the post structure is an... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349098 | Simultaneous beam-focus and coherence-gate tracking for real-time optical coherence tomography Method and apparatus for achieving dynamic focus tracking during real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) by simultaneously implementing geometric focus tracking (GFT) and coherence gate tracking (CGT). GFT tracking involves changing a position of the focal poin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339714 | Variable blazed grating based signal processing A light processing system includes an array of optical signal processing devices. The array of processing devices are operable to receive at least some of a first signal part and to modulate the first signal part based at least in part on a control signal received f... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333260 | Two-dimensional image projection system A two-dimensional image projection device using array of micromirror array lenses and a random scanning technique is invented. Using the random scanning technique, the light efficiency is nearly doubled than that of the prior art. The invention makes a brighter and ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311512 | Three-dimensional hard copy apparatus A three-dimensional hard copy apparatus including: a shape forming unit including plural display pins having a contact unit, which selectively contacts a thermoplastic sheet, and moves relative to a display surface and is capable of forming a predetermined pattern; ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312784 | Apparatus for displaying drawings A first apparatus for displaying drawings comprises a housing having an aperture, a drawing sheet comprising electro-optic material movable through the aperture between closed and open positions, and a writing device for writing on the sheet as it moved between its ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304784 | Reflective display device having viewable display on both sides An interferometric light modulating device having two viewing surfaces is provided. In some embodiments, the device can generate two distinct images, one on each side of the device, simultaneously. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301524 | Electrophoretic display and method of producing the same An electrophoretic display capable of improved contrast. A back substrate 52 provided with a transparent electrode 54 and a transparent substrate 53 provided with transparent electrodes 551 to 553 are arranged... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286764 | Reconfigurable modulator-based optical add-and-drop multiplexer An optical add and drop multiplexer system comprising a first module for providing a first signal; a second module for providing a second signal; and a modulator for receiving a channel of the first signal at a first location, the first location configured to actuat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283112 | Reflective microelectrical mechanical structure (MEMS) optical modulator and optical display system A MEMS optical display system includes an illumination source for providing illumination light, a collimating lens for receiving the illumination light and forming from it collimated illumination light, and a microlens array having an array of lenslets for receiving... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277107 | Image-forming apparatus An image-forming apparatus includes one or more shutters that selectively permit passage of light. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277080 | Three dimensional dynamic display system The display system comprises a screen (1) made of an array of metal triangular facets (30) which are driven in and out by an array of pneumatic pistons (2) located behind the screen (1). The rear ends of the pistons (2) are flexibl... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277217 | Optical deflecting device, optical deflecting device manufacturing method, and optical projecting device Bearing portions having an approximately arc shape are provided on a lower surface of a plate-shaped member. In the bearing portions, stoppers of a regulating member are embedded. With the engagement of the lower surface of the plate-shaped member and the apex of a ... | 10/02/2007 |
