Patent ID: 8665518

Claim:
A stereoscopic display system configured to display a stereo image comprising a first image and a second image, the system comprising: a light valve array comprising an array of light valve elements; a light source configured to generate a light beam arranged to illuminate a portion of the light valve array; a beam-shaping element arranged to receive the light beam and to form the shaped light beam; a scanning device arranged to scan the shaped light beam across the light valve array; a control device arranged to cause light valve elements of the same light valve array to sequentially adopt a state representative of the first image of the stereoscopic image and a state representative of the second image, the first image being a left eye image and the second image being a right eye image, to cause the light valve elements to adopt a new state representative of one of the first and second images in advance of the scanning by the shaped light beam and to change to a new state representative of the other of the first and second images during a period between successive scans of the shaped light beam.