Patent ID: 8410995
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: G06F,G09F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. For use in an imaging system having an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of said image, each microtile unit including a self-contained screen and a rear projector for projecting said image on said screen, a method of at least one of self-aligning, colour matching and brightness matching said image portions across successive adjacent microtile units, comprising: over-scanning said screen so that a portion of an edge of each image spills over onto a side wall of said the microtile unit adjacent a further one of microtile units; permitting light from said image to spill through said side wall into said further microtile unit; detecting said light within said further microtile unit; and adjusting said image in response to detection of said light within said further microtile unit so as to at least one of align, color match and brightness match said image between said plurality of microtile units.