Patent ID: 7918563

Claim:
A display system, comprising: a spatial light modulator having a first dimension of a first length and a second dimension of a second length, the spatial light modulator comprising an array of modulator elements having multiple modulator elements in both the first and second dimension, wherein the modulator elements are grouped into a plurality of reset groups, each reset group comprising at least two modulator elements in the second direction; a plurality of light sources, each light source operable to generate a light beam of a different color that illuminates a portion of the first length of the spatial light modulator and a different portion of the second length of the spatial light modulator; and a drive module operable to cause the plurality of light beams to scan along the second dimension of the spatial light modulator while maintaining at least a first gap between each of the plurality of light beams, the first gap being at least as large as a reset group.