Dual and multi-modulator projector display systems and techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projector display system comprises a light source; a controller, a first modulator, receiving light from the light source and rendering a halftone image of said the input image; a blurring optical system that blurs said halftone image with a Point Spread Function (PSF); and a second modulator receiving the blurred halftone image and rendering a pulse width modulated image which may be projected to form the desired screen image. Systems and techniques for forming a binary halftone image from input image, correcting for misalignment between the first and second modulators and calibrating the projector system—e.g. over time—for continuous image improvement are also disclosed.

Dual and multi-modulator projector display systems and techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projector display system comprises a light source; a controller, a first modulator, receiving light from the light source and rendering a halftone image of said the input image; a blurring optical system that blurs said halftone image with a Point Spread Function (PSF); and a second modulator receiving the blurred halftone image and rendering a pulse width modulated image which may be projected to form the desired screen image. Systems and techniques for forming a binary halftone image from input image, correcting for misalignment between the first and second modulators and calibrating the projector system—e.g. over time—for continuous image improvement are also disclosed.

The present invention provides a rear projection simulator system with a free-form fold mirror. The system includes a high definition projector and a curved screen. The free-form fold mirror is interposed between the projector and the screen. The free-form fold mirror includes one or more non-planar (e.g., curved) portions to eliminate or reduce loss of resolution of the projected image near the edges or boundaries of the image.

A projection system includes three or more projectors. Each of the projectors includes a projection section that projects image light to form a projection image on a screen. The projectors are so arranged that the three or more projection images projected by the projectors form a tiled image. The projection image projected by any of the projectors and the projection image projected by an adjacent projector form an overlapping area where the projection images overlap with each other, and one of the overlapping areas differs from the other overlapping areas in terms of size.

A projection device, a projection system and a method for calibrating projected image are provided. The projection device and an external projection device the same image source and respectively project an image and another image corresponding to the image source. The same portion of the image source where the two images overlap each other forms an overlapping area. The projection device includes a lens, a light shielding member and a processor. The light shielding member is disposed on the lens. The processor controls the light shielding member to selectively shade a partial area of the lens according to the brightness of the image source, wherein the partial area corresponds to the overlapping area.

The projection image compensating method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes acquiring mesh data, at least one representative image, at least one supplementary image, and position information which is information about an obtaining pose of each image for an indoor space; adding an index of each of the plurality of faces to a matrix corresponding to a size of the at least one representative image in accordance with a result of projecting the plurality of faces which configures the mesh data to the at least one representative image; detecting at least one occluded face among the plurality of faces, using an index added to the matrix; and extracting pixel information which is information of a pixel value corresponding to the at least one occluded face from the at least one supplementary image.

The projection image compensating method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes acquiring mesh data, at least one representative image, at least one supplementary image, and position information which is information about an obtaining pose of each image for an indoor space; adding an index of each of the plurality of faces to a matrix corresponding to a size of the at least one representative image in accordance with a result of projecting the plurality of faces which configures the mesh data to the at least one representative image; detecting at least one occluded face among the plurality of faces, using an index added to the matrix; and extracting pixel information which is information of a pixel value corresponding to the at least one occluded face from the at least one supplementary image.

The disclosure provides a method for adjusting pixel values of blending image. The method includes projecting, on a projection surface, a first projection image onto a first projection range and a second projection image onto a second projection range by a first projector and a second projector, and blending the first projection image and the second projection image to generate a blending image; calculating positions of a plurality of boundaries of the first projection range and the second projection range; adjusting a range of an overlapping area between the first projection range and the second projection range; and adjusting image parameters of a non-overlapping area outside the overlapping area, to enable pixel values of the non-overlapping area to be close to pixel values of the overlapping area.

Systems and methods for generating multi-layer hologram projections are described. For example, a system generally comprises at least two projection layers in a spaced-apart arrangement; at least one layer-specific projector device associated with each of the at least two projection layers, each layer-specific projector device being configured to project one or more images on an associated projection layer; and a processor coupled to each of the at least one layer-specific projector device, the processor being configured to control each layer-specific projector device to project one or more images on the corresponding projection layer.

Systems and methods for generating multi-layer hologram projections are described. For example, a system generally comprises at least two projection layers in a spaced-apart arrangement; at least one layer-specific projector device associated with each of the at least two projection layers, each layer-specific projector device being configured to project one or more images on an associated projection layer; and a processor coupled to each of the at least one layer-specific projector device, the processor being configured to control each layer-specific projector device to project one or more images on the corresponding projection layer.