Provided is an image display apparatus that projects an image with high contrast by use of a phase modulation technology. An image display apparatus includes a trained neural network model that estimates a phase modulation distribution corresponding to an output target image, a phase modulation section that performs phase modulation on incident light in reference to the phase modulation distribution estimated by the trained neural network model, a luminance modulation section that performs luminance modulation on phase modulated light output from the phase modulation section, and a control section that outputs, to a predetermined position, the incident light subjected to the phase modulation and the luminance modulation.

Systems and methods of rendering DCI-compliant image data on Enhanced Dynamic Range (EDR) display systems are disclosed. One embodiment of an EDR projector system comprises a first modulator and a second modulator. One method for rendering DCI-compliant image data on an EDR projector system comprises: receiving input image data, said image data comprising a plurality of image formats; determining whether the input image data comprises DCI image data; if the input image data comprises DCI image data, then performing dynamic range (DR) processing on the DCI image data; and rendering the dynamic range processed DCI image data on the EDR projector system. One DR processing method is to set the first modulator to a desired luminance level—e.g., fully ON or a ratio of DCI max luminance to the EDR max luminance. In addition, a desired minimum level of luminance may be set for the EDR projector.

A new projector design combines one spatial light modulator that affects only the phase of the illumination, and one spatial light modulator that only affects its amplitude (intensity). The phase-only modulator curves the wavefront of light and acts as a pre-modulator for a conventional amplitude modulator. This approach works with both white light and laser illumination, generating a coarse image representation efficiently, thus enabling, within a single image frame, significantly elevated highlights as well as darker black levels while reducing the overall light source power requirements.

Dual or multi-modulation display system are disclosed that comprise projector systems with at least one modulator that may employ non-mechanical beam steering modulation. Many embodiments disclosed herein employ a non-mechanical beam steering and/or polarizer to provide for a highlights modulator.

A locally dimmed display has a spatial light modulator illuminated by a light source. The spatial light modulator is illuminated with a low resolution version of a desired image. The illumination may comprise a series of lighting elements that vary smoothly from one element to another at the spatial light modulator.

A near-eye display device includes at least one projection system configured to project an image to a target position. The projection system includes an image output module, an object lens group, an aperture-coded module, and an eyepiece. The image output module is configured to provide the image. The object lens group is configured to receive lights of the image, and includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The aperture-coded module is configured to receive the lights of the image from the first lens group and send the lights of the image to the second lens group, and the aperture-coded module sequentially provides plural coded patterns, such that the object lens group converts the image into plural relay images sequentially. The eyepiece is configured to send the relay images to the target position.

A projection display system, including light emitting device, light splitting device, first, second and third light modulators. The light emitting device emits first light and second light in time sequence. The light splitting device splits the first and second light into first and second wavelength range light along first and second optical paths, respectively, and guides part of the second light along the first optical path. The first and second light modulators modulate the light along the first and second optical paths, respectively; the light modulated by the first and second light modulators is combined to obtain third light along third optical path. The third light modulator is in optical path between the light emitting device and the light splitting device and modulates the first and second light from the light emitting device; or the third light modulator is in the third optical path and modulates the third light.

A projector includes a light adjustment information determination section that determines light adjustment information in accordance with which light adjustment blocks of a light adjustment liquid crystal panel are controlled, in which the light adjustment liquid crystal panel has first pixel that modulate light based on image data inputted to an image I/F section and second pixel that modulate light based on parting pixel data, and the light adjustment information determination section determines, based on the parting pixel data, light adjustment information on light adjustment blocks that adjust light incident on the second pixel.

OR-function illumination in phased bitplanes in a high dynamic range projector is provided, which can be used to reduce flicker artifacts. The projector comprises: a light source; a premod display; a prime display, the premod display configured to modulate light from the light source to illuminate the prime display; and, a computing device. The computing device drives the prime display according to a phased sequence to transition the prime display from a leading bitplane to a following bitplane. The computing device is further configured to, at least in a time period corresponding to the prime display being driven according to the phased sequence, drive adjacent pixel groups of the premod display according to an OR-function of premod versions of respective portions of each of at least the leading bitplane and the following bitplane.

An interactive 3D display apparatus and method are provided. The interactive 3D display apparatus includes a hand sensing module configured to acquire a hand image by detecting a hand of a user and a user interaction module configured to generate a virtual object adjustment parameter by analyzing user-intended information about the hand based on the hand image acquired by the hand sensing module and comparing an analysis result with predefined user scenarios, an image rendering module configured to set a scene according to the generated virtual object adjustment parameter, generate image data by rendering the set scene, and convert the generated image data into display data, and a 3D display configured to display a 3D image including a virtual object in which a change intended by the user has been reflected according to the display data.