Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display device includes an organic compound layer which is placed between a pair of electrodes and includes at least an emission layer, the organic compound layer being two-dimensionally arranged, includes forming the organic compound layer which is insoluble in water in an entire emission region on a substrate, providing a mask layer containing a water-soluble material in at least a part of a region on the organic compound layer, removing a part of the organic compound layer which is provided in a region which is other than the region in which the mask layer is provided, removing the mask layer, and forming, after the removing of the mask layer, a layer containing at least an alkali metal or an alkaline-earth metal in a region including at least the emission region.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device, which enables each of multiple organic light emitting elements included in the apparatus to emit uniform light. The method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device including multiple auxiliary electrodes in a display region, for electrically connecting an electrode and a circuit, includes the steps of: forming a protective member covering corresponding one of the multiple auxiliary electrodes; forming an organic compound layer; removing the protective member; and forming a second electrode to be electrically connected to the corresponding one of the multiple auxiliary electrodes. The removing of the protective member is carried out by immersing the substrate into a solvent capable of selectively dissolving a constituent material of the protective layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus, comprising: a light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating a luminous flux emitted from the light source; and a controller for processing inputted video image information and for controlling the light source and spatial light modulator, wherein the controller controls the light source and spatial light modulator so that the light source performs pulse emission for a period shorter than a period in which the spatial light modulator is controlled under a modulation state.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a projection apparatus comprising: a light source for emitting illumination light; a mirror device comprising a plurality of mirrors for generating an image by reflecting the illumination light toward a projecting direction by means of a deflecting operation; and a projection optical system which is placed in the optical axis of reflection light in the projecting direction of the illumination light incident to the mirror device and which projects the reflection light, wherein the optical axis of the illumination light incident to the mirror device and the optical axis of the reflection light in the projecting direction forms an angle that is larger than the expansion angle ? of the flux of the illumination light that satisfies NA=n*sin ?, where NA is the numerical aperture of the flux of the illumination light, and n is the reflectance.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus, comprising: a light source or light sources for emitting a luminous flux or luminous fluxes having a plurality of colors; a spatial light modulator for modulating the luminous flux(es) having a plurality of colors incoming from the light sources; and controller for processing video image input data, which is input, and controlling the light source(s) and the spatial light modulator, wherein the controller generates a plurality of video image signals of colors constituting a video image based on the video image input data, and controls the light source(s) so as to cause the light source(s) having at least two colors, from among the light source(s) having a plurality of colors, to perform pulse emission in sequence and modulate the pulse emission during a period shorter than a modulation period controlled under the spatial light modulator is with the video image signal of one color from among the video image signals.

Abstract: An image display apparatus is disclosed in this invention. The image display apparatus includes a light source for emitting an illumination light, at least one spatial light modulator for receiving and applying an image signal for modulating illumination light from the light source, and a control circuit for controlling the light source and/or the spatial light modulator to project a modulated light for image display having different gray scale characteristics between at least two successive frames.

Abstract: A display system includes a spatial light modulator for displaying a image by the modulation state of a plurality of micromirrors, and a control device for controlling the spatial light modulator. The control device includes a data conversion device for converting the digital image data into non-binary data, and a modulation-control device for generating a modulation control signal for micromirrors depending on the non-binary data, and controlling the spatial light modulator. The modulation state of the micromirrors by the modulation control signal includes modulation by oscillation of the micromirrors. The modulation control signal controls amplitude of the oscillation to be smaller than the maximum amplitude of the micromirrors in the modulation by the oscillation of the micromirrors. The oscillation having smaller amplitude than the maximum amplitude of the micromirrors is repeated by the modulation control signal in an optional time duration or frequency.

Abstract: A video image display apparatus for displaying a video image in accordance with a video image signal including: a light source for emitting an illumination light to a color wheel driven by a color wheel driving unit to rotate the color wheel for filtering and transmitting lights of different colors therefrom; a spatial light modulator (SLM) for receiving the lights of different colors projected from the color wheel; a master clock signal generation unit for generating a master clock signal constituting a reference for transferring data to the SLM; a frame start signal generation unit for generating, from the master clock signal, a frame start signal indicating the start of a frame; a wheel position detection unit for detecting an angular position of the wheel; a phase comparison unit for comparing a phase of the frame start signal with a wheel index signal generated from the wheel position detection unit indicating a position of the color wheel; and a motor control unit for receiving a phase comparison signal

Abstract: A color display apparatus includes a color changeover unit for changing over colors of an illumination light or a projection light, and a control circuit for applying a video signal for generating a control signal for controlling a spatial light modulator, wherein the control circuit further applying the video signal for generating a control signal during a transition period when the illumination and/or the projection light are projected with a first color coexisting with a second color as the color changeover unit changing over the colors of the illumination light or projection light from the first color to the second color.

Abstract: This invention provides a display control system that includes: a) a micromirror array comprising a plurality of mirrors; b) a first control function for controlling the mirrors in a first state; c) a second control function for controlling the mirrors in a second state; d) and a switchover controller for switching from the first state to second state, or from the second state to first state, wherein the switchover controller switches the state of at least two mirrors simultaneously at a same predetermined point within a frame period.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display apparatus, comprising: a light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating a luminous flux emitted from the light source; and controller for processing video image information, which is input, and controlling the light source and the spatial light modulator, wherein the controller controls the light source and the spatial light modulator so as to perform pulse emission of the light source during a period shorter than a period in which the spatial light modulator is controlled under a modulation state and also controls the light source so as to modulate the pulse emission during a period shorter than a period in which the spatial light modulator is controlled under a modulation state.

Abstract: An image projection system implemented with a spatial light modulator (SLM) comprises a plurality of pixel elements each includes a pixel memory wherein said SLM receives inputted bit data representing an image from an external image source to write the inputted data into said pixel memory wherein said SLM further adjusts a smallest period for displaying image represented by a least significant bit (LSB) of the inputted data.

Abstract: A movable particle display (such as an electrophoretic display) in which a plurality of closed spaces are two-dimensionally disposed along a surface of the substrate, a plurality of particles contained in each of the closed spaces, and a reflection surface for reflecting light which enters each of the closed particles are moved inside a closed space, between a position at which they cover a reflecting surface and a position at which they are collected to expose the reflecting surface. At least a part of the reflecting surface diffusely reflects incident light with an intensity distribution having directional properties (i.e. non-isotropically).

Abstract: A display control system, comprises: a spatial light modulator (SLM) constituted by a plurality of pixel elements placed in array; a first control unit for controlling each of the plurality of pixel elements under a state of ON or OFF; a second control unit for controlling each of the plurality of pixel elements under a state other than the ON or OFF states; a control changeover unit for dividing one frame period, for each pixel element of the plurality thereof, into a period of the first control unit controlling and that of the second control unit controlling, and also changing over between a control of the first control unit and that of the second control unit for each pixel element of the plurality thereof; and a data division unit for dividing input data to each of the plurality of pixel elements into first control unit-use data, which is input to the first control unit, and second control unit-use data which is input to the second control unit in accordance with the content of the present input data.

Abstract: A video display system includes an image processing unit receives continuously an input video signal including input frame signals for generating an output video signal including output frame signals having a higher frame rate than the input frame signals; and a display unit for displaying a video image in accordance with the output frame signals , wherein each of the input frame signals has 2?M gray scale levels for each pixel, the image processing unit further generates the output frame signals including at least a first output frame signal having 2?N gray scale levels with N?M for each pixel and a second output frame signal having [2?M-2?N] or fewer gray scale levels for each pixel.

Abstract: A color display apparatus includes a color changeover unit for changing over colors of an illumination light or a projection light, and a control circuit for applying a video signal for generating a control signal for controlling a spatial light modulator, wherein the control circuit further applying the video signal for generating a control signal during a transition period when the illumination and/or the projection light are projected with a first color coexisting with a second color as the color changeover unit changing over the colors of the illumination light or projection light from the first color to the second color.

Abstract: A video display system includes a plurality of primary color light sources; and a spatial light modulator (SLM) for modulating an illumination light emitted from at least one of the plurality of primary light sources. The video display system further includes a display controller for controlling a process to display a sequence of video images within a period of one frame comprising each of a plurality of primary colors and each of a plurality of complementary colors to minimize a number of emissions of each of the plurality of primary color light sources and also displaying the video images of the colors of the plurality of primary colors and the plurality of complementary colors in sequence.

Abstract: A display system includes a spatial light modulator for displaying an image by the modulation state of a plurality of micromirrors, and a control device for controlling the spatial light modulator. The control device includes a data conversion device for converting all or a part of the digital image data input to the display system into non-binary data, and a modulation-control device for generating a modulation control signal for micromirrors depending on the non-binary data, and a modulation-control device for controlling the spatial light modulator. The modulation state of the micromirrors by the modulation control signal includes modulation by oscillation of the micromirrors. The modulation-control device controls a voltage value of the modulation control signal to be applied to the driving electrode of the micromirror such that the amplitude of the oscillation can be smaller than the maximum amplitude of the micromirrors in the modulation by the oscillation of the micromirrors.

Abstract: A video display system includes: an image processing unit receives continuously an input video signal including an input frame signal for generating an output video signal comprising an output frame signal having a higher frame rate than the input frame signal; and a spatial light modulator (SLM) applies the output frame signal for modulating an illumination light, wherein an amount of data in the output frame signal is smaller than the amount of data in the input frame signal.

Abstract: An image display apparatus for displaying images includes a light source for emitting an illumination light with an adjustable light intensity, at least one spatial light modulator (SLM) for receiving and applying an image signal for modulating the illumination light transmitted from the light source, and a control circuit for controlling the light source and/or the spatial light modulator to project modulated lights for image display having different dynamic ranges of the brightnesses between at least two successive frames.