DE69128190D1 - System und Verfahren zur Erzielung eines Grautonbetriebs einer Vorrichtung mit verformbarem Spiegel - Google Patents

System und Verfahren zur Erzielung eines Grautonbetriebs einer Vorrichtung mit verformbarem Spiegel

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DE69128190D1
DE69128190D1 DE69128190T DE69128190T DE69128190D1 DE 69128190 D1 DE69128190 D1 DE 69128190D1 DE 69128190 T DE69128190 T DE 69128190T DE 69128190 T DE69128190 T DE 69128190T DE 69128190 D1 DE69128190 D1 DE 69128190D1
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mirror device
deformable mirror
gray tone
tone operation
achieving gray
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William E Nelson
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Texas Instruments Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B26/00—Optical devices or arrangements for the control of light using movable or deformable optical elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/40—Picture signal circuits
    • H04N1/40025—Circuits exciting or modulating particular heads for reproducing continuous tone value scales
    • H04N1/40043—Circuits exciting or modulating particular heads for reproducing continuous tone value scales using more than one type of modulation, e.g. pulse width modulation and amplitude modulation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/435—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/465—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using masks, e.g. light-switching masks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/024—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original
    • H04N1/032—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original for picture information reproduction
    • H04N1/036—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original for picture information reproduction for optical reproduction
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/40—Picture signal circuits
    • H04N1/40025—Circuits exciting or modulating particular heads for reproducing continuous tone value scales
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S101/00—Printing
    • Y10S101/37—Printing employing electrostatic force
DE69128190T 1990-12-31 1991-12-17 System und Verfahren zur Erzielung eines Grautonbetriebs einer Vorrichtung mit verformbarem Spiegel Expired - Fee Related DE69128190T2 (de)

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US07/636,056 US5105207A (en) 1990-12-31 1990-12-31 System and method for achieving gray scale DMD operation

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US (1) US5105207A (de)
EP (1) EP0493742B1 (de)
JP (1) JP3165208B2 (de)
KR (1) KR100245235B1 (de)
DE (1) DE69128190T2 (de)
TW (3) TW245787B (de)

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KR100245235B1 (ko) 2000-06-01
US5105207A (en) 1992-04-14
TW252196B (de) 1995-07-21
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