Tiled electro-optic imaging device
View Patent ↗A tiled electro-optic imaging device includes two or more tiles each tile having a two dimensional array of pixels and at least one non-linear edge, the tiles being aligned edge to edge such that pixels from the tiles are inter-digitated along the non-linear edge, whereby the visibility of the non-linear edge is reduced and the visual uniformity of the device is enhanced.
1. A tiled electro-optic imaging device, comprising: two or more tiles, each tile having a two dimensional array of pixels and at least one non-linear edge, the non-linear edges of the tiles being aligned edge to edge such that pixels along the non-linear edge of one tile are inter-digitated with pixels along a complementary non-linear edge of an adjacent tile, whereby the visibility of the non-linear edge is reduced and the visual uniformity of the device is enhanced.
2. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixels are light sensing elements and the device is an image sensor.
3. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixels are light emitting elements and the device is an image display device.
4. The device claimed in claim 3 , wherein the display device is a digital emissive flat-panel display.
5. The device claimed in claim 4 , wherein the display device is an OLED display device.
6. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixels are inter-digitated by more than one pixel.
7. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the non-linear edges are sinusoidal.
8. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the edges are saw-tooth shaped.
9. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the edges are step-shaped.
10. The device claimed in claim 9 , wherein the steps are inter-digitated periodically by more than one step.
11. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein each tile comprises a substrate, the array of pixels being formed on the substrate, and one or more edges of the substrate define the non-linear edge.
12. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein each tile comprises a substrate, the array of pixels being formed on the substrate, and an image expanding fiber optic face plate having at least one fiber per pixel; and one or more edges of the fiber optic face plate define the non-linear edge.
13. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tiles are rectangular and arranged in aligned rows and columns.
14. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tiles are rectangular and are arranged in slanted rows and columns.
15. The device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the tiles are rectangular and are arranged in rows and columns slanted at 45 degrees.
16. A method of making a tiled electro-optic imaging device, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of tiles, each tile having a two dimensional array of pixels and at least one non-linear edge, and arranging the non-linear edges of the tiles edge to edge such that pixels along the non-linear edge of one tile are inter-digitated with pixels along a complementary non-linear edge of an adjacent tile, whereby the visibility of the non-linear edge is reduced and the visual uniformity of the device is enhanced.
17. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the pixels are light sensing elements and the device is an image sensor.
18. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the pixels are light emitting elements and the device is an image display device.
19. The method claimed in claim 18 , wherein the display device is a digital emissive flat-panel display.
20. The method claimed in claim 19 , wherein the display device is an OLED display device.
21. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the pixels are inter-digitated by more than one pixel.
22. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the non-linear edges are sinusoidal.
23. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the edges are saw-tooth shaped.
24. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the edges are step-shaped.
25. The method claimed in claim 24 , wherein the steps are inter-digitated periodically by more than one step.
26. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein each tile comprises a substrate, the array of pixels being formed on the substrate, and one or more edges of the substrate define the non-linear edge.
27. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein each tile comprises a substrate, the array of pixels being formed on the substrate, and an image expanding fiber optic face plate having at least one fiber per pixel; and one or more edges of the fiber optic face plate define the non-linear edge.
28. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the tiles are rectangular and arranged in aligned rows and columns.
29. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the tiles are rectangular and are arranged in an offset rows and columns.
30. The method claimed in claim 16 , wherein the tiles are rectangular and are arranged in slanted rows and columns.