Flat moldable HDTV display
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsThomas Patrick Dawson, David Bessel, David Boyden, David Alan Desch, Paul Georgief, Priyan Deveka Gunatilake, Kevin Jones, Takaaki Ota, Christopher Jensen Read, Kenichi Kawasaki
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a plurality of columns bound together, configured to display a single row of pixels scanned out from top to bottom. It also comprises a timing control unit to synchronize between the columns to allow all pixels of a single row to be lit at the same time.
Claims26
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of pixels arranged as a plurality of columns;
- a light source located at a bottom or top of each column wherein a light source shines a predetermined combination of red, green, and blue light onto the FLCD lens above or below it;
- wherein each of said columns includes:
- a plurality of ferro-electric liquid crystal display (FLCD) lenses arranged in a hierarchy such that each FLCD lens shifts received light onto a combiner prism or onto the FLCD lens above or below it, until the light reaches a top or bottom pixel in the column;
- and
- a synchronizer coupled to the pixels of each of the plurality of columns and configured to activate the plurality of pixels by row location.
14 The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the gap comprises one of air or plastic.
A method comprising:
- arranging a plurality of ferro-electric liquid crystal display (FLCD) lenses as a pluraliity of columns such that each FLCD lens in a column shifts received light onto a combiner prism or onto the FLCD lens above or below it, until the light reaches a top or bottom pixel in the column;
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- shining a predetermined combination of red, green, and blue light onto a FLCD lens at a top or bottom of each column;
- synchronizing each of the plurality of columns and configured to activate the plurality of pixels by row location.
A system comprising a flat moldable HDTV display, wherein the display comprises:
- a plurality of pixels arranged as a plurality of columns;
- a light source located at a bottom or top of each column wherein a light source shines a predetermined combination of red, green, and blue light onto the FLCD lens above or below it;
- wherein each of said columns includes:
- a plurality of ferro-electric liquid crystal display (FLCD) lenses arranged in a hierarchy such that each FLCD lens shifts received light onto a combiner prism or onto the FLCD lens above or below it, until the light reaches a top or bottom pixel in the column;
- and
- a synchronizer coupled to the pixels of each of the plurality of columns and configured to activate the plurality of pixels by row location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.