Patent ID: 7794094

Claim:
An image projection system, comprising: an image projection element; a motion control element coupled to said image projection element and configured for moving an image projected by said image projection element from a first projection location to a second projection location; a pixel redirection device, coupled to said image projection element, and configured for simultaneously directing any desired collections or groups of pixels within an image to different locations offset from the projection element direction; a control processor configured for: receiving an electrical source signal and converting the signal to an image for projection by said image projection element, actuating said motion control element in response to receipt of a motion control command, mapping characteristics of locations upon which said image can be projected, said map containing information on optical characteristics of the projection locations, modifying said electrical source signal to compensate for irregular surfaces according to the map of projection location characteristics, wherein the image is modified based on the mapping of those characteristics, and creating distributed and/or sparse effects spanning a larger distance than to which said image projection element is directed.