ABSTRACT
The chapter discusses an allocation scheme to take advantage of the flexibility afforded by these mobile lights (MLs) to increase the peak brightness of the image. Brightness is the primary characteristic determining projector price and quality, and projector efficiency is one key in determining the final brightness of the projected image. The chapter demonstrates that the analogue micromirror array (AMA) does not geometrically distort the image from the DMD in any way. The AMA must be inserted between the lamp and the digital micro-mirror device (DMD) in order to change the illumination distribution on the DMD. The chapter also demonstrates that an analogue AMA -enhanced projector can make projectors intelligent allocators of their light sources. The contrast or dynamic range of a projector is the ratio between the brightest and darkest levels it can display. The dynamic range of projectors is not sufficient to display many real-world scenes, which can have up to eight orders of magnitude of luminance range.
