Patent ID: 8905548

Claim:
An image projector comprising: first, second, and third light modules, each of the light modules comprising: a light source; and a reflective diffusing screen coupled to an in-plane vibrator that includes at least one comb-drive actuator connected to move the reflective diffusing screen in-plane, the reflective diffusing screen including a homogeneous micro-lens array, wherein the reflective diffusing screen is positioned to receive light from the light source and generate phase-modulated light, and wherein the phase-modulated light from the light source of the first light module is a first color light, the phase-modulated light from the light source of the second light module is a second color light, and the phase-modulated light from the light source of the third light module is a third color light; a dichroic combiner cube coupled to receive and combine the first color light, the second color light, and the third color light into display light; a collimating element positioned between each of the light modules and the dichroic combiner cube to collimate the first color light, the second color light, and the third color light; and a display panel positioned to receive the display light, wherein the display panel is configured to generate a projectable image using the display light.