Patent ID: 7914150
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of driving a spatial light modulator that modulates incident light in accordance with a signal corresponding to an image including a signal corresponding to an image of first colored light and a signal corresponding to an image of second colored light, comprising: generating no fewer than n and no more than 2 generating no fewer than m and no more than 2 arranging the sub-frame pulse signals for the first colored light and the sub-frame pulse signals for the second colored light so that at least three of the sub-frame pulse signals for the first colored light adjoin either one of the sub-frame pulse signals for the second colored light during at least one frame of the image; defining a sub-frame pulse signal combination as a combination of the no fewer than n and no more than 2 driving a plurality of movable mirror elements in accordance with the sub-frame pulse signals for the first colored light and the sub-frame pulse signals for the second colored light arranged when arranging the sub-frame pulse signals, the movable mirror elements being alternatively moved at least to a first reflecting position and a second reflecting position.