METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROJECTING A PATTERN OF INTEREST ON A MODIFIED RETINAL AREA OF A HUMAN EYE

1 . A method for projecting a pattern of interest on a modified retinal area of a human eye, comprising:

Providing a pulsed input light beam,

Modulating and dividing the pulsed input light beam into a pulsed and modulated light pattern of modulated pulsed sub-beams based on a pattern of interest, wherein the modulated light pattern forms a pulsed output beam reflecting the pattern of interest,

characterized by

performing an individual pulse width modulation of a modulation duty cycle of the modulated individual sub-beams forming the output beam.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the input light beam comprises a constant peak irradiance, and/or the input light beam comprises substantially the form of a pulse wave, and/or the input light beam comprises a constant period, and/or the input light beam comprises a constant duty cycle or the duty cycle of the input light beam is controlled.

3 . The method according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a modulation period is synchronized with the period ( 21 ) of the pulsed input light beam.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum individual modulation duty cycle of the individual sub-beams corresponds to the duty cycle of the pulsed input light beam.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the duty cycle of the pulsed input light beam is equal to or smaller than 0.5, preferably 0.4, particularly preferably 0.3 to the period of the pulsed input light beam, and/or a maximum possible modulation duty cycle of the sub-beams is equal to or smaller than 0.5, preferably 0.4, particularly preferably 0.3 to the period of the pulsed input light beam.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pattern of interest is obtained by capturing visual information, preferably an image, and dividing the captured visual information into a pattern of pixels forming the pattern of interest, wherein the pixels at least reflect different brightness values if pre sent within the visual information.

7 . A device for projecting a pattern of interest on a modified retinal area of a human eye, comprising

a light source for providing a pulsed input light beam,

a modulation micromirror array for modulating and dividing the pulsed input light beam into a modulated light pattern of modulated pulsed sub-beams, wherein an orientation of each of the micromirrors of the micromirror array is individually controllable based on a pattern of interest, such that the sub-beams form a pulsed output beam reflecting the pattern of interest,

characterized in that

the device is formed and adapted to perform an individual pulse width modulation of the sub-beams forming the output beam by individually controlling a modulation duty cycle of the individual micro mirrors.

8 . The device according to claim 7 , the being further adapted such that a modulation period of the orientation control of the micromirrors is synchronized with the period of the pulsed input light beam.

9 . The device according to claim 7 or 8 , wherein a maximum individual modulation duty cycle of the micromirrors corresponds to the duty cycle of the pulsed input light beam.

10 . The device according to claim 7 , wherein the duty cycle of the pulsed input light beam is equal to or smaller than 0.5, preferably 0.4, particularly preferably 0.3 to the period of the pulsed input light beam, and/or a maximum possible modulation duty cycle of the sub-beams is

equal to or smaller than 0.5, preferably 0.4, particularly preferably 0.3 to the period of the pulsed input light beam.

11 . The device according to claim 7 , further comprising a camera for capturing visual information, preferably an image, and/or a processing unit for dividing the captured visual information into a pattern of pixels forming the pattern of interest, wherein the pixels at least reflect different brightness values if present within the visual information.