Method and apparatus for image and video display
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWilliam J. Allen, John M. Da Cunha, Paul H. McClelland
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present invention relates to a display configured to display images that includes multiple display elements capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum. The display elements are arranged over a display surface of the display. The display also includes one or more receivers arranged with the display elements over the display surface of the display. The receivers are coupled with the display elements and receive transmitted image information. The receivers activate the display elements in response to, and in correspondence with, the image information.
Claims51
A display comprising:
- a plurality of display elements capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum, the display elements being arranged over a display surface of the display;
- and
- one or more receivers arranged with the display elements over the display surface, the one or more receivers being coupled with the display elements and adapted to receive transmitted image information and activate the display elements in response to, and in correspondence with, the image information.
A display cell comprising:
- a display element capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum;
- a receiver configured to optically receive image information associated with an image to be displayed;
- and
- interface circuitry coupled with the receiver and the display element, the interface circuitry being configured to convey signals corresponding to the received image information from the receiver to the display element for display.
A display system comprising:
- an optically-addressed display including a plurality of display elements adapted to control light within a visible-light spectrum, and a plurality of receivers coupled with the display elements, the receivers being configured to optically receive image information;
- and
- a projector configured to project the image information onto the display, wherein the projector optically addresses the plurality of display elements via the receivers.
A method for displaying images comprising:
- optically addressing a plurality of display elements disposed on a display surface by projecting image information associated with an image to be displayed, the display elements being capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum;
- receiving the image information on a surface of the display;
- converting the image information into signals corresponding to colors and intensities associated with portions of the image to be displayed;
- and
- displaying the image via the plurality of display elements.
A display comprising:
- a plurality of display means for controlling light within a visible-light spectrum, the display means being arranged over a display surface of the display;
- and
- one or more receiver means arranged with the display means over the display surface, the one or more receiver means being coupled with the display means and adapted to receive transmitted image information and activate the display means in response to, and in correspondence with, the image information.
A display cell comprising:
- a display element means for controlling light within a visible-light spectrum;
- a receiver means for optically receiving image information associated with an image to be displayed;
- and
- an interface means for conveying signals corresponding to the received image information from the receiver means to the display element means for display.
A display system comprising:
- an optically-addressed display including a plurality of display means for controlling light within a visible-light spectrum, and a plurality of receiver means for optically receiving image information coupled with the display means;
- and
- a projector means for projecting the image information onto the display means, wherein the projector means optically addresses the plurality of display means via the receiver means.
A display comprising:
- a plurality of display elements capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum, the display elements being arranged over a display surface of the display;
- and
- one or more receivers arranged with the display elements over the display surface, the one or more receivers being coupled with the display elements and adapted to receive transmitted image information and activate the display elements in response to, and in correspondence with, the image information, wherein a first display element is associated with a first receiver and a second display element is associated with a second receiver, the first display element being coupled with the second receiver and the second display element being coupled with the first receiver so as to affect a relative brightness of the first and second display elements with respect to each other.
A display cell comprising:
- a display element capable of controlling light within a visible-light spectrum;
- a receiver configured to optically receive image information associated with an image to be displayed;
- interface circuitry coupled with the receiver and the display element, the interface circuitry being configured to convey signals corresponding to the received image information from the receiver to the display element for display, wherein the interface circuitry includes decode circuitry configured to convert the received image information into signals corresponding to a color within the visible-light spectrum to be displayed by the display element, and location indication circuitry, the location indication circuitry and decode circuitry being coupled so as to cooperate in displaying an image corresponding to the image information in cooperation with a plurality of other display cells.
A display system comprising:
- an optically-addressed display including a plurality of display elements adapted to control light within a visual light spectrum, and a plurality of visible-light receivers coupled with the display elements, the receivers being configured to optically receive image information;
- and
- a projector configured to project the image information onto the display, wherein the projector optically addresses the plurality of display elements via the receivers, the projector being configured to contemporaneously project information of a complete image to be displayed and the image information is projected using low-intensity visible-light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.