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Method-of-and-an-apparatus-for-projecting-a-scanned-two-or-three-dimensional-modulated-light-pattern-originating-from-a-light-source

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Method of and an apparatus for projecting a scanned two- or three-dimensional modulated light pattern originating from a light source

Details

Inventors: Shanks, Ian A.;
Assignee: Thorn EMI plc (London, GB2)
Primary Examiner: Haroian; Harry N.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fleit, Jacobson, Cohn, Price, Holman & Stern

A scanned 2- or 3-D modulated light pattern originating from a light source and represented by a matrix of pixels is projected onto a defined surface or into a defined region distant from the light source. A plurality of means for modulating light one operated between at least a first mode and a second mode. This operation is synchronized with the scanning of the matrix of pixels so that: (a) respective modulating means is in the first mode when its associated plurality of pixels are being scanned; and (b) a respective plurality of pixels are not being scanned when its associated modulating means is in the second mode. When a modulating means is in the first mode, it allows light to be distributed from the defined surface or the defined region. When a modulating means is in the second mode, it allows the effect produced by any light incident on the desired surface or in the defined region to be reduced.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A method of projecting a scanned two- or three-dimensional modulated light pattern originating from a light source and represented by a matrix of pixels, the method comprising the steps of: projecting said pattern onto a defined surface distant from the light source; operating a plurality of means for modulating light between at least a first mode and a second mode, each of the modulating means being associated with a plurality of pixels; wherein the scanning of the matrix of pixels and the operation of said plurality of modulating means are synchronised so that (a) a respective said modulating means is in said first mode when its associated plurality of pixels are being scanned and (b) a respective plurality of pixels are not being scanned when its associated said modulating means is in said second mode; and each of said modulating means in said first mode allows light to be distributed from said defined surface and each of said modulating means in said second mode allows the effect produced by any light incident on said defined surface to be reduced.
2.
An apparatus for projecting a scanned two- or three-dimensional modulated light pattern originating from a light source and represented by a matrix of pixels, the apparatus comprising a light source; means for projecting a scanned two- or three-dimensional modulated light pattern from said light source onto a defined surface distant from the light source; a plurality of means for modulating light having at least a first mode and a second mode, each of the modulating means being associated with a plurality of pixels; means for operating each of said modulating means between said first and said second mode; and means for synchronizing the scanning of the matrix of pixels and the operation of said plurality of modulating means so that, in use, (a) a respective said modulating means is in said first mode when its associated plurality of pixels are being scanned and (b) a respective plurality of pixels are not being scanned when its associated said modulating means is in said second mode; wherein each of said modulating means in said first mode allows light to be distributed from said defined surface and each of said modulating means in said second mode allows the effect produced by any light incident on said defined surface to be reduced

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