Patent ID: 6839042

Claim:
A light beam display, comprising: a display screen having a vertical and a horizontal dimension; a source of a plurality of light beams comprising a first plurality of light emitting diodes configured in an array comprising a plurality of rows and at least one column and a second plurality of light emitting diodes configured in an array comprising a plurality of rows and at least one column; an optical path including a movable reflector having a plurality of reflective facets between the display screen and the light beam source for directing said plural light beams to the display screen via one or more facets of the movable reflector to simultaneously illuminate plural different scan lines of the display, wherein said simultaneously illuminated scan lines are spaced apart by plural non-illuminated scan lines; an optical mechanical element for vertically shifting the light beams so as to illuminate different scan lines of the display screen; and a control circuit for simultaneously activating said first and second plurality of diodes; wherein said optical path directs said simultaneously activated plural light beams to the display screen via respective first and second facets of the movable reflector to simultaneously illuminate different horizontal regions of the display.