Samsung patents method to fix alignment errors in hologram displays
Samsung has filed a patent for an electronic device that uses a light source, a spatial light modulator, and a mask to create holographic images. The system uses a processor to train and adjust the light patterns to correct alignment errors between the components, allowing multiple hologram images to be displayed in sequence.
In the filing’s own words
Provided is an electronic device including: a light source configured to emit light; a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the light emitted by the light source; a mask configured to modulate the light modulated by the spatial light modulator; memory storing instructions; and a processor, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: obtain a plurality of holograms by performing training based on a target hologram image and one or more alignment errors between the spatial light modulator and the mask, and control the spatial light modulator to modulate the light emitted from the light source by outputting a pattern based on the obtained plurality of holograms, and wherein the light modulated by the spatial light modulator is modulated by the mask such that a plurality of hologram images corresponding to the plurality of holograms are sequentially formed within a preset time.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a light source configured to emit light; a spatial light modulator configured to modulate the light emitted from the light source; a mask configured to modulate the light modulated by the spatial light modulator; memory storing instructions; and at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: obtain a plurality of holograms by performing training based on a target hologram image and one or more alignment errors between the spatial light modulator and the mask, and control the spatial light modulator to modulate the light emitted from the light source by outputting a pattern based on the obtained plurality of holograms, and wherein the light modulated by the spatial light modulator is modulated by the mask such that a plurality of hologram images corresponding to the plurality of holograms are sequentially formed within a preset time.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOLOGRAM IMAGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME
- Publication number
- US20260322963A1
- Application number
- 19700678
- Filed
- Jun 8, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 13/106 Electricity & electronicsG02B 27/0172 Physics & computingH04N 13/344 Electricity & electronicsG02B 2027/0123 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0138 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0174 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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