Systems and methods for generating temporally multiplexed images

A system for generating a temporally multiplexed image, the system comprising:

• an array system comprising a plurality of subpixels in the form of an array;
• an optical system that:
• receives light from illuminated subpixels of the array system;
• shifts laterally the received light by a rotating light deviator such that directions in which the received light is shifted correspond to rotational positions of the light deviator;
• and
• directs the laterally shifted light towards a viewing region;
• and
• a controller that:
• receives input data for generating an image;
• and
• converts the input data into a sequence of instructions to direct the array system and the optical system to:
• generate a first set of subframes while the light deviator is respectively oriented in a first set of specified rotational positions by illuminating a first group of subpixels of the array system during the first set of subframes to generate an unaltered portion of the image at the viewing region;
• and
• generate a second set of subframes while the light deviator is respectively oriented in a second set of specified rotational positions by illuminating a second group of subpixels of the array system during the second set of subframes to generate an altered portion of the image at the viewing region.

A method for generating a temporally multiplexed image, the method comprising:

• receiving input data by a controller;
• converting the input data into a sequence of instructions by the controller to control a plurality of functions of an array system and of an optical system, the array system comprising a plurality of subpixels in the form of an array, and the optical system comprising at least a light deviator with at least one lateral-light-shifting degree of freedom;
• generating one or more subframes from the sequence of instructions, the sequence of instructions causing, for each subframe, a subset of subpixels of the plurality of subpixels to be illuminated at least at a predetermined time and at predetermined position of the light deviator of the optical system;
• and
• temporally multiplexing the one or more subframes using the optical system, the one or more subframes designed to display an image to a viewer at a viewing region,
• wherein the one or more subframes are generated by the following representation:
• SFj=ΣiNjƒ(qij),
• where SFj is the j-th subframe, comprising a set of Nj subpixels, each i-th subpixel of the Nj, subpixels to be illuminated for SFj, and
• where ƒ is a function comprising the plurality of functions of the controller and qij is a vector that comprises a plurality of input parameters to form a subframe.