MEMS scan controlled keystone and distortion correction
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G03B-021/14
H04N-009/31
출원번호
US-0983508
(2018-05-18)
등록번호
US-10218951
(2019-02-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Honkanen, Jari
Jackson, Robert James
Viswanathan, P. Selvan
Morarity, Jonathan A.
Armour, David W.
출원인 / 주소
Microvision, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Wills, Kevin D.
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초록▼
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a MEMS scanned beam projector includes a light source to emit a light beam, a scanning platform to redirect the light beam impinging on the platform, and a display controller to control the light source and the scanning platform to cause the scann
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a MEMS scanned beam projector includes a light source to emit a light beam, a scanning platform to redirect the light beam impinging on the platform, and a display controller to control the light source and the scanning platform to cause the scanning platform to scan the light beam in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a scan pattern to project an image onto a projection surface. The display controller is configured to correct for image distortion in the projected image by providing a compensated drive signal to the scanning platform to compensate for the image distortion.
대표청구항▼
1. A MEMS scanned beam projector, comprising: a light source to emit a light beam;a scanning platform to redirect the light beam impinging on the platform; anda display controller to control the light source and the scanning platform to cause the scanning platform to scan the light beam in a vertica
1. A MEMS scanned beam projector, comprising: a light source to emit a light beam;a scanning platform to redirect the light beam impinging on the platform; anda display controller to control the light source and the scanning platform to cause the scanning platform to scan the light beam in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a scan pattern to project an image onto a projection surface;wherein the display controller is configured to compensate for horizontal stretching in the projected image due to geometric distortion by modifying a start position and an end position of video path interpolation as a function of vertical scan position to reduce the horizontal stretching of the projected image, and wherein the display controller is further configured to adjust an interpolation rate to correct for image distortion in the projected image. 2. The MEMS scanned beam projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display controller is further configured to compensate for aspect ratio distortion in the projected image by reducing an amplitude of vertical displacement of the scanning platform. 3. The MEMS scanned beam projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to adjust the interpolation rate to correct for image distortion by adjusting the as a function of vertical scan position to reduce the horizontal stretching of the projected image. 4. The MEMS scanned beam projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display controller is further configured to correct for image distortion in the projected image by providing a compensated drive signal to the scanning platform to compensate for the image distortion. 5. The MEMS scanned beam projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to further compensate for horizontal stretching in the projected image due to geometric distortion by modulation of the scanning platform in the horizontal direction as a function of vertical scan position to reduce or eliminate the horizontal stretching. 6. A MEMS scanned beam projector, comprising: a light source to emit a light beam;a scanning platform to redirect the light beam impinging on the platform; anda display controller to control the light source and the scanning platform to cause the scanning platform to scan the light beam in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a scan pattern to project an image onto a projection surface;wherein the display controller is configured to compensate for horizontal stretching in the projected image due to geometric distortion by modifying a start position and an end position of video path interpolation as a function of vertical scan position to reduce the horizontal stretching of the projected image, wherein the display controller is configured to compensate for aspect ratio distortion in the projected image by reducing an amplitude of vertical displacement of the scanning platform. 7. The MEMS scanned beam projector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display controller is configured to compensate for variation in horizontal line spacing in the projected image by modulating the scanning platform in the vertical direction with a non-constant velocity. 8. The MEMS scanned beam projector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the non-constant velocity comprises a linearly increasing velocity, an exponentially increasing velocity, a parabolically changing velocity, a hyperbolically changing velocity, a piece-wise linearly changing velocity, or an asymmetric notch velocity, or a combination thereof. 9. The MEMS scanning platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the display controller is configured to cause the scanning platform to project a grid pattern or one or more fiducial as part of the projected image; anda camera to detect the grid pattern or the one or more fiducials;wherein the display controller is further configured to determine the correction needed to compensate for the horizontal stretching for the projected image based at least in part on the detected grid pattern or the one or more fiducials. 10. The MEMS scanning platform as claimed in claim 9, wherein: the light source includes an infrared light source to emit an infrared light as a component of the light beam;the display controller is configured to project the grid pattern or the one or more fiducials using the infrared light;the camera is an infrared camera to detect the grid pattern or the one or more fiducials as a component of the light beam. 11. The MEMS scanning platform as claimed in claim 10, wherein the display controller is configured to detect a distance from the MEMS scanned beam projector to the projection surface using time of flight analysis on the infrared light, and the display controller utilizes the detected distance to determine a compensated drive signal to provide to the scanning platform. 12. A method to compensate for image distortion in an image projected by a MEMS scanned beam projector, the method comprising: redirecting a light beam from a light source impinging on a scanning platform;controlling the light source and the scanning platform to cause the scanning platform to scan the light beam in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a scan pattern to project an image onto a projection surface;compensating for horizontal stretching in the projected image due to geometric distortion by modifying a start position and an end position of video path interpolation as a function of vertical scan position to reduce the horizontal stretching of the projected image; andadjusting an interpolation rate to correct for image distortion in the projected image. 13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the adjusting the interpolation rate to correct for image distortion in the projected image comprises adjusting the interpolation rate such that interpolation spacing operates as a function of vertical scan position to reduce the horizontal stretching of the projected image. 14. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: correcting for image distortion in the projected image by providing a compensated drive signal to the scanning platform to compensate for the image distortion. 15. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: compensating for horizontal stretching in the projected image due to geometric distortion by modulation of the scanning platform in the horizontal direction as a function of vertical scan position to reduce or eliminate the horizontal stretching. 16. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: compensating for aspect ratio distortion in the projected image by reducing an amplitude of vertical displacement of the scanning platform. 17. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: compensating for variation in horizontal line spacing in the projected image by modulating the scanning platform in the vertical direction with a non-constant velocity. 18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the non-constant velocity comprises a linearly increasing velocity, an exponentially increasing velocity, a parabolically changing velocity, a hyperbolically changing velocity, a piece-wise linearly changing velocity, or an asymmetric notch velocity, or a combination thereof. 19. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: causing the scanning platform to project a grid pattern or one or more fiducial as part of the projected image;detecting the grid pattern or the one or more fiducials with a camera; anddetermining the correction needed to compensate for the horizontal stretching for the projected image based at least in part on the detected grid pattern or the one or more fiducials. 20. The method as claimed in claim 19, wherein: the light source includes an infrared light source to emit an infrared light as a component of the light beam, and the grid pattern or the one or more fiducials are projected using the infrared light;detecting the grid pattern or the one or more fiducials with the camera, wherein the camera comprises an infrared camera. 21. The method as claimed in claim 20, further comprising: detecting a distance from the MEMS scanned beam projector to the projection surface using time of flight analysis on the infrared light; andutilizing the detected distance to determine a compensated drive signal to provide to the scanning platform. 22. A MEMS scanned beam projector, comprising: a light source to emit a light beam;a scanning platform to redirect the light beam impinging on the platform; anda display controller to control the light source and the scanning platform to cause the scanning platform to scan the light beam in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a scan pattern to project an image onto a projection surface, where the image includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of horizontal lines;wherein the display controller is configured to compensate for horizontal stretching in the projected image due to geometric distortion by adjusting a horizontal interpolation rate between neighboring pixels in the plurality of pixels such that horizontal interpolation spacing operates as a function of vertical scan position and by modifying a start position and a stop position of the horizontal lines as a function of vertical scan position to reduce the horizontal stretching. 23. The MEMS scanned beam projector as claimed in claim 22, wherein the display controller is further configured to compensate for aspect ratio distortion in the projected image by reducing an amplitude of vertical displacement of the scanning platform.
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Freeman, Mark O.; Powell, Karlton D., Correcting scanned projector distortion by varying the scan amplitude.
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