Patent ID: 7471273

Claim:
A method for displaying an image on a display system employing a spatial light modulator having pixels addressable with orienting and reorienting data formatted in corresponding bit-planes, each of the bit-planes loaded as segments in a bit sequence during a frame-time, the method comprising: providing a first load signal to the spatial light modulator, the first load signal having orienting data for at least one of the pixels; providing a first reset signal to the spatial light modulator for orienting the at least one pixel in accordance with the orienting data; providing a second load signal to the spatial light modulator, the second load signal having reorienting data for the at least one pixel; providing a second reset signal to the spatial light modulator for reorienting the at least one pixel in accordance with the reorienting data, an amount of time between providing the first and second reset signals defining a length of time of a first segment of the at least one pixel; providing a third load signal to the spatial light modulator, the third load signal having further reorienting data for the at least one pixel; providing a third reset signal to the spatial light modulator for further reorienting the at least one pixel in accordance with the further reorienting data, an amount of time between providing the second and third reset signals defining a length of time of a second segment of the at least one pixel after the first segment; and adjusting times for providing the first, second, and third reset signals after their corresponding first, second, and third load signals such that the first and second segments are each less than or each greater than a full load-time for the spatial light modulator, and wherein one of the segments represents a neutral density filtering bit segment.