System, method, and computer program product to produce images for a near-eye light field display having a defect

A system comprising:

• a microdisplay of a near-eye light field display device, the microdisplay positioned between a near focus plane and a retina;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive defect information for a first pixel of the microdisplay, the first pixel contributing to a portion of a retinal image;
• receive a projection matrix that encodes a contribution of each pixel of the microdisplay to the portion of the retinal image;
• identify, based on the projection matrix, a second pixel of the microdisplay that also contributes to the portion of the retinal image;
• and
• adapt, based on the defect information and the projection matrix, a value of the second pixel within an array of elemental images to produce a corrected array of elemental images for display by the microdisplay.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform steps comprising:

• receiving defect information for a first pixel of a microdisplay of a near-eye light field display device, the first pixel contributing to a portion of a retinal image;
• receiving a projection matrix that encodes a contribution of each pixel of the microdisplay to the portion of the retinal image;
• identifying, based on the projection matrix, a second pixel of the microdisplay that also contributes to the portion of the retinal image;
• and
• modifying, based on the defect information and the projection matrix, a value of the second pixel within an array of elemental images to produce a corrected array of elemental images for display by the microdisplay.