Method and apparatus for improving images provided by spatial light modulated (SLM) display systems

A system employing an array of individual pixel elements in a Spatial Light Modulator to display video images comprising:

• a source of video image data comprising at least one set of pixel values corresponding to pixels of an image to be displayed wherein the number of pixel values in said at least one set is greater than the number of individual pixel elements in said SLM, said at least one set of pixel values further comprising a respective pixel value and a plurality of pixel values corresponding to pixels that overlap a respective pixel having said respective pixel value;
• a pixel processor further comprising a filter, said filter coupled to said source to receive said at least one set of pixel values, said filter configured to adjust at least one pixel value in said set to provide an adjusted set of pixel values said filter includes at least one of a first scaling factor for scaling said respective pixel value and a second scaling factor for scaling said plurality of pixel values that overlap said respective pixel value;
• a pixel group generator coupled to said filter to receive said adjusted set of pixel values, said pixel group generator providing at least a first group of pixels and a second group of pixels based upon said adjusted set of pixel values;
• a relay optics portion configured for transmitting light onto micromirror elements containing an adjusted first pixel data group and an adjusted second pixel data group;
• an optical element configured for reflecting at varying angles said transmitted light containing said adjusted first pixel data group and said adjusted second pixel data group to provide spacing between said adjusted first and second pixel groups when said adjusted pixel groups are projected onto a display screen;
• wherein said individual pixel elements in said SLM cooperate with said pixel group generator to display said image as a matrix of pixels comprising said first group of pixels and said second group of pixels, wherein at least one of the pixels of said first group overlaps at least one of the pixels of said second group in said matrix;
• wherein said filter is configured to adjust pixel values of overlapping pixels to compensate for image distortion due to said overlapping pixels.