Patent ID: 9019263
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G02B,G03B,G06F,G09G,H04N,H04S

Abstract:
1. A system used with a display that includes a pixel array, a backlight array, and an adaptable light manipulator, the pixel array, the backlight array, and the adaptable light manipulator selectively providing a first viewing configuration and a second viewing configuration that is different from the first viewing configuration, the system comprising: pixel array driver circuitry, coupled to the pixel array, that is controllable to selectively deliver pixel drive signals to the pixel array in either a first pixel mode or a second pixel mode, the first pixel mode supporting the first viewing configuration and the second pixel mode supporting the second viewing configuration; backlight array driver circuitry, coupled to the backlight array, the backlight array comprising a two-dimensional array of light sources that are individually selectable and controllable to select a variable amount of light emitted thereby, each light source of the backlight array being capable of generating its own variable amount of light, the backlight array driver circuitry being controllable to selectively deliver backlight drive signals to the light sources of the backlight array in either a first backlight mode or a second backlight mode, the first backlight mode supporting the first viewing configuration and the second backlight mode supporting the second viewing configuration; adaptable light manipulator driver circuitry, coupled to the adaptable light manipulator, that is controllable to selectively deliver manipulator drive signals to the adaptable light manipulator in either a first manipulator mode or a second manipulator mode, the first manipulator mode supporting the first viewing configuration and the second manipulator mode supporting the second viewing configuration, and the first manipulator mode and the second manipulator mode are both active manipulator modes; and control circuitry, coupled to the pixel array driver circuitry, the backlight array driver circuitry, and the adaptable light manipulator driver circuitry, that is operable to receive display information and, based on the received display information, selectively cause the delivery of the pixel drive signals, the backlight drive signals, and the manipulator drive signals either in the first pixel mode, the first backlight mode, and the first manipulator mode, or in the second pixel mode, the second backlight mode, and the second manipulator mode.