Patent ID: 7623286

Claim:
A method of displaying an image, the method comprising: generating a first intensity light with a variable light source; illuminating a digital micromirror device with the first intensity light in a first color; loading image data for a first bit weight of the first color onto the digital micromirror device; setting the digital micromirror device based on the first bit weight of the first color to modulate the first intensity light to project onto a display plane; generating a second intensity light with the variable light source; illuminating the digital micromirror device with the second intensity light in a second color; loading image data for the first bit weight of the second color onto the digital micromirror device; setting the digital micromirror device based on the first bit weight of the second color to modulate the second intensity light to project onto the display plane; loading image data for a second bit weight of the first color onto the digital micromirror device; setting the digital micromirror device based on the second bit weight of the first color to modulate the first intensity light to project onto the display plane; loading image data for the second bit weight of the second color onto the digital micromirror device; and setting the digital micromirror device based on the second bit weight of the second color to modulate the second intensity light to project onto the display plane.