Patent ID: 7230657

Claim:
A projection method for directing a collection of light emitting devices toward pixel locations during a frame to make an image having pixels that are illuminated at least in part by light emitted from the directed light emitting devices, the method comprising the steps of: during a subframe of the frame directing at least one of the light emitting devices toward a pixel location; and during another subframe of the same frame directing at least one of the light emitting devices toward a sub-pixel vicinity of the same pixel location, thereby making that a sub-pixel vicinity of that pixel location a light emitting device target at least twice during that frame; wherein each of at least some of the light emitting devices in the collection is directed during the same frame toward at least two different pixel locations, and a light emitting device can be directed toward a pixel location regardless of whether the light emitting device emits light; and wherein the light emitting devices are directed toward pixel locations in stripes such that adjacent light emitting devices are directed at nonadjacent pixel locations during a subframe.