Computer System with Digital Micromirror Device

Abstract

Algorithms stored on one or more computer readable medium for interfacing an imaging display with an electronic-ink generating system are described. The algorithms includes instructions for capturing an electronic-ink image, instructions for converting the electronic ink image into control instructions for controlling an electromechanical aspect of the imaging display, and, instructions for providing the control instructions to control circuitry of the imaging display. Interfacing projection systems and methods of interfacing electronic-ink images are also described.

1 . An algorithm stored on one or more computer readable medium for interfacing an imaging display with an electronic-ink generating system, comprising:
 instructions for capturing an electronic-ink image;   instructions for converting the electronic ink image into control instructions for controlling an electromechanical aspect of the imaging display; and,   instructions for providing the control instructions to control circuitry of the imaging display.   
   
   
       2 . The algorithm of  claim 1 , wherein the imaging display is a microelectromechanical imaging system. 
   
   
       3 . The algorithm of  claim 2 , wherein the microelectromechanical imaging system includes a digital micromirror device having micromirrors, wherein the instructions provided to the control circuitry control the pitch of the micromirrors. 
   
   
       4 . The algorithm of  claim 3 , wherein the instructions provided to control circuitry correspond to a grid-system comprising rectangular elements, each rectangular element corresponding to a digital micromirror of the digital micromirror device. 
   
   
       5 . The algorithm of  claim 2 , wherein the imaging display includes a grating light valve and wherein the instructions provided to the control circuitry controls the grating light valve. 
   
   
       6 . The algorithm of  claim 1 , wherein the imaging display includes liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display, and wherein the instruction provided to the control circuitry control the LCOS display. 
   
   
       7 . An interfacing projection system comprising:
 a computer assessing at least one coordinate location of an electronic-ink image and providing control instructions for controlling an electromechanical aspect of a imaging display to cause the imaging display to render a representative image of the electronic ink image.   
   
   
       8 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 7 , wherein the coordinate location of an electronic-ink image is provided on a grid having a plurality of rectangular elements, each rectangular element corresponding to a pixel of the representative image. 
   
   
       9 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 7 , wherein the representative image is an identical copy of the electronic-ink image. 
   
   
       10 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 7 , wherein the representative image is a mirror copy of the electronic-ink image. 
   
   
       11 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 10 , wherein the mirror copy of the electronic-ink image is a vertical mirror copy. 
   
   
       12 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 7 , wherein the computer communicates with an input device capable of providing the electronic-ink image. 
   
   
       13 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 12 , wherein the input device comprises:
 a screen having a digitizer capable of recognizing user interaction, the digitizer producing an electromagnetic field around the screen; and,   a stylus interacting with the electromagnetic field of the screen such that the position of the input device in relation to the screen provides a coordinate location of the stylus.   
   
   
       14 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 7 , wherein the imaging display is a microelectromechanical system. 
   
   
       15 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 14 , wherein the microelectromechanical system includes a digital micromirror device having a plurality of digital micromirrors, wherein the control instructions provided to the micromechanical system control the pitch of the micromirrors. 
   
   
       16 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 15 , wherein the control instructions provide the electronic ink image in a grid format having a plurality of pixel elements, each pixel element assigned to a corresponding digital micromirror in the digital micromirror device. 
   
   
       17 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 15 , wherein the microelectromechanical system includes a grating light valve, and wherein the control instructions are used to control the grating light valve. 
   
   
       18 . The interfacing projection system of  claim 7 , further comprising an interface board having a first communication link to the electronic-ink-generating system and a second communication link to the imaging display, wherein the control instructions provided by the electronic-ink-generating system are communicated to the interface board through the first communication link and provided to the imaging display to provide high-speed micromirror operation. 
   
   
       19 . A method of interfacing an electronic-ink image having at least one coordinate location with an imaging display to provide a substantially similar representative image, comprising the steps of:
 assessing, by a computer, the electronic-ink image;   providing, by the computer, a first set of control instructions for controlling an electromechanical aspect of the imaging display based on the coordinate location of the electronic-ink image on a grid system;   providing, by the computer, a second set of control instructions to control circuitry of the imaging display based on the coordinate location of the electronic-ink image on the grid system;   instructing, by the computer, the imaging display to display a representative image substantially similar to the electronic-ink image based on the first set of control instructions and the second set of control instruction.   
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising the step of zooming to a particular portion of the grid system such that the representative image is an enlarged portion of the electronic-ink image. 
   
   
       21 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the imaging display is a DLP projection system. 
   
   
       22 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein a user is able to provide the electronic image and the imaging display is able to display the representative image without the user having to program a computer language.