Variable luminosity display system

Patent 5287096 Issued on February 15, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 18, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Texas Instruments Incorporated

Application

No. 947902 filed on 09/18/1992

US Classes:

345/697, Including optical means345/85Electroscopic (e.g., movable electrodes or electrostatic elements)

Examiners

Primary: Brier, Jeffery

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Reed; Julie L., Kesterson; James C., Donaldson; Richard L.

Foreign Patent References

0069226 EP. 05/21/1982

International Classes

G09G 003/34
G09G 005/10

Abstract

A digitized video display system has a spatial light modulator which has individual elements which are controllable to produce individual beams which form an image. The individual elements are controllable at a frequency which is less than the critical flicker frequency of the human eye to produce individual beams which form an image. The individual elements are controlled to provide a luminosity control over individual pixels or voxels of the image.

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