Patent ID: 6573951
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method of displaying image data using a spatial light modulator, the method comprising:establishing an interval between a first division point and a second division point; receiving a word of image data for each pixel of an image, each word comp of at least two data bits each said data bit having a significance; for each said data bit: loading said data bit into a said spatial light modulator; and resetting said spatial light modulator to respond to said loaded data bit to begin a display period of said loaded data bit and to end a display period of a previously loaded data bit; wherein all of said data bits are displayed during said interval, said display period for each said data bit determined by said significance of said data bit except for said display period of a last data bit in said word, which display period is terminated at said second division point such that said display period of said last data bit is not equal to a period determined by the significance of said last display bit.