Patent ID: 8350790

Claim:
A video display system, comprising: a plurality of primary color light sources; a spatial light modulator (SLM) for modulating an illumination light emitted from at least one of the plurality of primary light sources, wherein a display controller for controlling a process to display a sequence of video images within a period of one frame comprising each of a plurality of primary colors and each of a plurality of complementary colors to minimize a number of emissions of each of the plurality of primary color light sources and also displaying the video images of the colors of the plurality of primary colors and the plurality of complementary colors in sequence; the display controller controlling a display of the sequence of video images within the period of one frame according to a order of: (a) the video image of a first primary color, (b) the video image of a first complementary color containing the first primary color, (c) the video image of a second primary color contained in the first complementary color, and (d) the video image of a second complementary color containing, the second primary color.