A light source system (200), comprises: a light-emitting device (1) for emitting a first light and a second light in sequence; a beam splitting system (2) with which the first light emitted from the light-emitting device (1) is divided into one beam in a first range of wavelength and the other beam in a second range of wavelength, respectively emitted along a first optical path and a second optical path, and also with which at least a part of the second light emitted from the light-emitting device (1) is emitted along the first optical path; a first spatial light modulator (211) for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system (2) along the first optical path; a second spatial light modulator (213) for modulating the beam emitted from the beam splitting system (2) along the second optical path. The light source system (200) has the advantages of high light-emitting efficiency and low cost. A projection system comprising the aforementioned light source system (200) is also provided.

Example apparatus described herein include a first circuit configured to slice an input image frame into input image slices, the first circuit including first outputs configured to output the input image slices. Described example apparatus also include digital light processing controllers (DLPCs) including first inputs coupled to the first outputs, the digital light processing controllers configured to process the input image slices to produce output image slices, the digital light processing controllers including second outputs configured to output the output image slices. Described example apparatus further include a second circuit including second inputs coupled to the second outputs, the second circuit configured to combine the output image slices to generate image frame data to provide to an input of a digital micromirror device (DMD).

The present disclosure provides a device, in particular a multifocal display device. The device includes: a display element configured to generate an image; and a controller configured to control the display element according to at least a first bit sequence provided over a first determined time period and a second bit sequence provided over a second determined time period, in order to generate the image with one or more colors, the bit sequences including for each color a number of bits of different significance. Moreover, the device is configured to generate the first bit sequence from an original bit sequence based on discarding at least one bit of a color and to generate the second bit sequence from the original bit sequence based on discarding at least one other bit of the color.

Dual or multi-modulation display systems comprising a first modulator and a second modulator are disclosed. The first modulator may comprise a plurality of analog mirrors (e.g. MEMS array) and the second modulator may comprise a plurality of mirrors (e.g., DMD array). The display system may further comprise a controller that sends control signals to the first and second modulator. The display system may render highlight features within a projected image by affecting a time multiplexing scheme. In one embodiment, the first modulator may be switched on a sub-frame basis such that a desired proportion of the available light may be focused or directed onto the second modulator to form the highlight feature on a sub-frame rendering basis.

Provided is a projection-type image display device including: a projection unit including a light source configured to emit light having intensity corresponding to a pixel value of an input image and a deflection unit configured to deflect emitted light from the light source using a mirror to perform scanning on a projection object; a retiming unit configured to perform retiming on pixel data of the input image in accordance with a deflection angle in the deflection unit; a shape distortion correction table having a shape distortion correction amount in each shape distortion correction table calculation position; a brightness distortion correction table having a brightness distortion correction amount in each brightness distortion correction table calculation position; and an image correction unit configured to perform distortion correction on the input image by performing signal processing based on the shape distortion correction table and the brightness distortion correction table.

The present invention provides a display system for displaying image data. The display system comprises a light source; a spatial light modulator including a plurality of controllable reflective elements; a light source controller, configured to control the light source to emit, in each of a plurality of time intervals, light with a different illumination power level, wherein the time intervals have the same length; and a spatial light modulator controller, configured to activate, based on received image data, the plurality of controllable elements for at least one of the time intervals for directing the light from the light source for display the image data. Accordingly, the frame rate and bandwidth of the display system are increased significantly so as to be suitable for the light filed applications.

A laser optical device is provided with a plurality of laser light sources, a collimating lens that has an optical axis that intersects a line connecting the plurality of laser light sources in a plan view viewed from a direction perpendicular to both this line and the optical axis and collimates lights respectively emitted from the plurality of laser light sources, and a deflecting element that deflects a plurality of lights emitted from the collimating lens so output lights where the lights respectively emitted from the plurality of laser light sources are optically processed make contact.

A moving apparatus includes a fixed unit including a first fixed plate and a second fixed plate that are arranged to face each other; a driving unit including a first member and a second member that operate in pairs; and a movable unit including a first part and a second part, the first part is arranged inside the fixed unit. The second part is arranged outside the fixed unit. A center of gravity of the movable unit is outside the fixed unit. The first member is arranged on one of the first fixed plate and the second fixed plate. The center of gravity of the movable unit is closer to the one of the first fixed plate and the second fixed plate than the other of the first fixed plate and the second fixed plate. The second member is arranged on the second part to face the first member.

A projector includes: an I/F unit to which an image signal is input; a display unit that displays an image based on the image signal input to the I/F unit; a shift device that changes a position of an image to be displayed by the display unit; a signal processing unit that outputs a driving signal to the shift device and drives the shift device; and a shift control unit that controls the driving signal output by the signal processing unit. The shift control unit changes an output timing of the driving signal to correspond to a change in a frequency of the image signal.

An image generating unit includes a fixed unit including a first fixed plate and a second fixed plate; and a movable unit movably supported by the fixed unit. The movable unit includes a movable part movably supported between the first fixed plate and the second fixed plate; an image generating part provided on the movable part and configured to receive illumination light to generate an image; and a heat radiating part coupled to the movable part and configured to radiate heat generated in the image generating part, the second fixed plate being sandwiched between the heat radiating part and the movable part.