Patent ID: 7916104

Claim:
A method for displaying a bit in a spatial light modulator display system, the method comprising: determining a display time for the bit based upon a weighting of the bit; and displaying the bit in response to the determination using: a light modulator in a first case when the display time is substantially equal to or greater than a predetermined display time, wherein a light source remains in an active state during a period in which the bit is displayed in the first case; and the light modulator and light source modulation in a second case when the display time is less than the predetermined display time, wherein the period in which the bit is displayed in the second case is initiated by the light source entering an active state while the light modulator is in a state corresponding to a value of the bit, or terminated by the light source entering an inactive state while the light modulator is in a state corresponding to a value of the bit, or both.