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US 7,453,478 B2Granted
Address generation in a light modulator
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEric T. Martin, Eugene J. Mar
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Abstract
A light modulator includes a control unit configured to receive an image input signal, and an array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows. The control unit is configured to provide a first address associated with the image input signal to the array in response to detecting a first mode of operation, and the control unit is configured to provide a second address associated with the image input signal to the array in response to detecting a second mode of operation. The array is configured to drive a first one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the first address, and the array is configured to drive the first one of the plurality of rows and a second one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the second address.
Claims26
A light modulator comprising:
- a control unit configured to receive an image input signal;
- and
- an array comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows;
- wherein the control unit is configured to provide a first address associated with the image input signal and an inversion of the first address to the array in response to detecting a first mode of operation, wherein the control unit is configured to provide a second address associated with the image input signal and a third address to the array in response to detecting a second mode of operation, wherein the array is configured to drive a first one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the first address and the inversion of the first address, wherein the array is configured to drive the first one of the plurality of rows and a second one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the second address and the third address, wherein a first portion of the third address includes an inversion of a first portion of the second address, and wherein a second portion of the third address is equal to a second portion of the second address.
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A method performed by a light modulator comprising:
- receiving an image input signal;
- generating a first address in response to detecting a first mode of operation;
- generating a second address by inverting the first address in response to detecting the first mode of operation;
- providing the first address and the second address to an array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a first row and a second row in response to detecting the first mode of operation;
- generating a third address in response to detecting a second mode of operation;
- generating the fourth address by inverting the third address and setting a portion of the fourth address equal to a corresponding portion of the third address in response to detecting the second mode of operation;
- providing the third address and the fourth address to the array in response to detecting the second mode of operation;
- activating the first row in response to receiving the first address and the second address at the array;
- and
- activating the first row and the second row in response to receiving the third address and the fourth address at the array.
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A light modulator comprising:
- an array comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows;
- means for providing a first address associated with an input signal and an inversion of the first address to the array in response to detecting a first mode of operation;
- and
- means for providing a second address associated with the input signal and a third address to the array in response to detecting a second mode of operation;
- wherein the array is configured to drive a first one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the first address and the inversion of the first address, wherein the array is configured to drive the first one of the plurality of rows and a second one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the second address and the third address, wherein a first portion of the third address includes an inversion of a first portion of the second address, and wherein a second portion of the third address is equal to a second portion of the second address.
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A display device comprising:
- a lamp;
- a lens;
- and
- a light modulator comprising an array comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows;
- wherein the light modulator is configured to generate a first address associated with an image input signal in response to detecting a first mode of operation;
- wherein the light modulator is configured to generate a second address by inverting the first address in response to detecting a first mode of operation;
- wherein the light modulator is configured to generate a third address associated with the image input signal to the array in response to detecting a second mode of operation;
- wherein the light modulator is configured to generate a fourth address by inverting the third and setting a portion of the fourth address equal to a corresponding portion of the third address in response to detecting the second mode of operation;
- wherein the light modulator is configured to reflect light from the lamp through the lens using a first one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the first and the second addresses, and wherein the light modulator is configured to reflect light from the lamp through the lens using the first one of the plurality of rows and a second one of the plurality of rows in response to receiving the third and the fourth addresses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.