Patent ID: 7391556
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image display system, comprising: a transparent tapered plate comprising a first face, a second face, and a third face, wherein the first face is substantially smaller than the second face and the third face; a row of tiltable mirror plates each comprising a reflective surface, wherein each of the mirror plates is configured to tilt to an “on” position to reflect incident light in an “on” direction or to tilt to an “off” position to reflect incident light in an “off” direction; and an optical scanning system configured to control the direction of the light reflected by the mirror plates in the “on” direction, wherein the row of the tiltable mirror plates, the optical scanning system and the tapered plate are configured to allow the light reflected by the mirror plates in the “on” direction to enter the tapered plate at the first face, be reflected by the second face, and produce a first line of image pixels in a display image on the third face and the optical scanning system is configured to scan the light reflected by the mirror plates in the “on” direction across the first face.