H04N 5/7458
The modulator being an array of deformable mirrors
Official title: {the modulator being an array of deformable mirrors, e.g. digital micromirror device [DMD]}
H04N5/7458 (The modulator being an array of deformable mirrors) appears on 520 US grants and 440 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optically reduced display pixel fill factor for increased display resolution4 Nov 2025US 12,464,099 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Illumination apparatus, illumination method, and projector apparatus9 Sep 2025US 12,413,683 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Space, time and angular multiplexed dynamic image transfer for augmented reality display8 Jul 2025US 12,352,952 B2Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
- Compact polarized illuminators using reflective polarizers7 Jan 2025US 12,189,126 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Multiple stage modulation projector display systems having efficient light utilization26 Nov 2024US 12,155,960 B2Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Compact polarized illuminators using reflective polarizers19 Dec 2024US 2024/0419001 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Multiple stage modulation projector display systems having efficient light utilization29 Feb 2024US 2024/0073357 A1Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
- Optically reduced display pixel fill factor for increased display resolution9 Nov 2023US 2023/0362338 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Illumination apparatus, illumination method, and projector apparatus5 Oct 2023US 2023/0319228 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Projection device and projection method thereof14 Sep 2023US 2023/0291866 A1Coretronic Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spatial light modulator and method846US 5,061,049 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1991
- Spatial light modulator and method555US 5,096,279 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1992
- Adaptive and interactive scene illumination497US 7,227,611 B2The Boeing Company · 2007
- DMD display system492US 5,452,024 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1995
- Linear spatial light modulator and printer423US 4,596,992 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1986