Patent ID: 8786529

Claim:
A method for operating a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing a voltage at a driven level to a liquid crystal addressable element of the liquid crystal device, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a driven state at the driven level; reducing the provided voltage to a relaxed level; wherein said reducing is performed over a time period greater than 1 μs, wherein the liquid crystal addressable element is in a relaxed state at the relaxed level, wherein said reducing the provided voltage to the relaxed level results in a reduced optical bounce of the liquid crystal device; providing after the voltage reduction begins, a pulse of limited duration from a light source to the liquid crystal device, wherein the light source is enabled according to a pulse function; providing another pulse of limited duration of the light source; and driving, after the another pulse of limited duration of the light source is complete, the voltage to return from the relaxed level to the driven level; wherein a time difference between a start of the pulse of limited duration and a start of the another pulse of limited duration is less than the time difference from a start of the voltage reduction to a start of the voltage returning to the driven level.