Patent ID: 6924850

Claim:
A method of producing images on an image display panel structure having a display surface with substantially planar surface characteristics, and also an array of beam steering elements arranged in the form of a logic tree structure having plural levels of branches, each succeeding level of branches having twice as many branches as a preceding level, and each said beam steering element being electrically controllable for steering an electromagnetic beam within said image display panel structure, said method comprising the steps of: (a) producing an electromagnetic beam having substantially collimated beam characteristics; (b) producing electrical control signals in response to video signals representative of an image to be displayed; and (c) in response to the production of said electrical control signals, said beam steering elements steering said electromagnetic beam along one or more of said branches, so that said electromagnetic beam travels within said image display panel with minimal loss in intensity and so that light rays in the visible spectrum emerge from said display surface to thereby produce said image on said display surface, for viewing by a viewer.