Laser Digital Cinema

Eric B. Takeuchi; Graham W. Flint; Robert Bergstedt; Paul J. Solone; Dicky Lee; Peter F. Moulton

doi:10.1117/12.420785

30 March 2001 Laser Digital Cinema

Eric B. Takeuchi, Graham W. Flint, Robert Bergstedt, Paul J. Solone, Dicky Lee, Peter F. Moulton

Proceedings Volume 4294, Projection Displays VII; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.420785
Event: Photonics West 2001 - Electronic Imaging, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Electronic cinema projectors are being developed that use a digital micromirror device (DMD^TM) to produce the image. Photera Technologies has developed a new architecture that produces truly digital imagery using discrete pulse trains of red, green, and blue light in combination with a DMD^TM where in the number of pulses that are delivered to the screen during a given frame can be defined in a purely digital fashion. To achieve this, a pulsed RGB laser technology pioneered by Q-Peak is combined with a novel projection architecture that we refer to as Laser Digital Camera^TM. This architecture provides imagery wherein, during the time interval of each frame, individual pixels on the screen receive between zero and 255 discrete pulses of each color; a circumstance which yields 24-bit color. Greater color depth, or increased frame rate is achievable by increasing the pulse rate of the laser. Additionally, in the context of multi-screen theaters, a similar architecture permits our synchronously pulsed RGB source to simultaneously power three screens in a color sequential manner; thereby providing an efficient use of photons, together with the simplifications which derive from using a single DMD^TM chip in each projector.

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Eric B. Takeuchi, Graham W. Flint, Robert Bergstedt, Paul J. Solone, Dicky Lee, and Peter F. Moulton "Laser Digital Cinema", Proc. SPIE 4294, Projection Displays VII, (30 March 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.420785

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