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US 10,380,927 B1Granted
Hybrid scanning display and associated mechanisms
OwnerBradley James Parcelsinventor
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Abstract
A display device that significantly improves upon existing scanned display technology (Bloom et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,764,280), and allows for entirely new display form factors. Just a few of the embodiments may provide: low cost displays that replace computer monitors and televisions, folding displays on mobile devices, entirely new forms such as pedestal/conference room displays that allow a user to walk around virtual objects, or even provide fully immersive simulation environments with visual fidelity never before possible. Furthermore, one or more embodiments eliminate the shortcomings, discovered by the present inventor, in displays of the type described by U.S. Pat. No. 5,764,280.
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A display system for displaying a two-dimensional image comprising:
- display means including a plurality of light sources arranged to form an array of display elements with a predetermined spatial distribution, said display means including means for modulating each of said light sources for representing elements of the two-dimensional image;
- at least one scanning means worn or carried by a user for viewing said array, said at least one scanning means in electronic communication with said display means, and including a scanning device and driving means for driving said scanning device;
- said modulating means and said at least one scanning means cooperative via said electronic communication for synchronizing said modulating means and said scanner driving means such that the user views said one-dimensional array of display elements, via said at least one scanning means, as the two-dimensional image;
- at least one tracking means to measure at least one of the relative angles of displacement of said at least one scanning means with respect to said display means;
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- wherein the scanning trajectory of said at least one scanning means, and/or the timing of said modulating means, is adjusted based on said at least one relative angle of displacement measured by said at least one tracking means, which allows the distance between said at least one scanning means and said display means to be variable while still permitting the user to view the two-dimensional image through said at least one scanning means.
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A display system for displaying a two-dimensional image comprising:
- display means including a plurality of light sources arranged to form a two-dimensional array of display elements, said display means including means for modulating each of said light sources for representing elements of the two-dimensional image;
- at least one scanning means worn or carried by a user for viewing said two-dimensional array, said at least one scanning means in electronic communication with said display means, and including a scanning device and driving means for driving said scanning device;
- said modulating means and said at least one scanning means cooperative via said electronic communication for synchronizing said modulating means and said scanner driving means such that the user views said one-dimensional array of display elements, via said at least one scanning means, as the two-dimensional image;
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- wherein said two-dimensional array partially or completely surrounds said user such that the scanning trajectory of said at least one scanning means aligns with at least a portion of said two-dimensional array at a plurality of relative angles of displacement of said at least one scanning means with respect to said display means, which allows the distance between said at least one scanning means and said display means to be variable while still permitting the user to view the two-dimensional image through said at least one scanning means.
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A display system for displaying a two-dimensional image comprising:
- display means including a plurality of light sources arranged to form a plurality of physically separate display element arrays, said display means including means for modulating each of said light sources for representing elements of the two-dimensional image;
- at least one scanning means worn or carried by a user for viewing said display element arrays, said at least one scanning means in electronic communication with said display means, and including a scanning device and driving means for driving said scanning device;
- said modulating means and said at least one scanning means cooperative via said electronic communication for synchronizing said modulating means and said scanner driving means such that the user views said one-dimensional array of display elements, via said at least one scanning means, as the two-dimensional image;
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- wherein said plurality of arrays partially or completely surrounds said user such that the scanning trajectory of said at least one scanning means aligns with at least a portion of said plurality of arrays at a plurality of relative angles of displacement of said at least one scanning means with respect to said display means, which allows the distance between said at least one scanning means and said display means to be variable while still permitting the user to view the two-dimensional image through said at least one scanning means.
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