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We'll know how competitive when Larry Page adds Mark Zuckerberg to his 'enemies' circle.
Having only launched midway through 2011, it was impossible that Google+ could have ended the year remotely close to tipping Facebook off of its lofty pedestal. Given Mountain View's prior success branching out beyond its area of expertise, it isn't unreasonable to think that Google+ will ultimately go the way of Google Buzz. Indeed, research published this week by Nielsen Research indicates that Google+ saw an average of 8,207,000 visitors a month compared to Facebook's vastly more substantial 137,644,000. Then again, that Facebook average is over a 10 month period, while Google's total covers only 4. And if Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com and 'unofficial Google statistician' (but no relation to the Microsoft co-founder) is correct, Google+ has nowhere to go but up.
Allen's research, a summary of which has been posted to Google+, indicates that in the short amount of time the fledgling Facebook-killer has existed, it has shown substantial month over month growth. Total Google+ registrations were approximately 10 million by the end of July, 2011. That total doubled by the end of August to 20.5 million. On October 14, Larry Page announced that Google+ had 40 million registered users. Allen's research shows that by December 1st, the total had climbed to 50 million. While the climb from 40 to 50 million between October 15 and December 1 appears to represent a slowing down of new registrations compared to the previous month and a half, December has turned out to be huge: 12 million new people created a Google+ account between December 1st and December 27, a whopping 15% of the total number of registrations since June, bringing the end of 2011 total to 62 million.
62 million people may be dwarfed by Facebook's gargantuan 800 million estimated users, but it's a great start. Allen estimates that G+ will have 65 million accounts mid-way through January and pass the 85 million mark by March 1. However, his other predictions about subsequent growth may seem a tad optimistic, particularly his contention that G+ will finish 2012 with 400,000,000 users. That kind of staggering success seems unlikely; Facebook didn't hit 100 million people until 2008, 2 years after opening registrations to anyone with a valid email address. Their main competition was the increasingly moribund MySpace, and it wasn't until Myspace began a rapid, inexorable decline that Facebook became Facebook. Unless Zuckerberg has plans to replace Facebook's current stealth privacy-violation scheme with an ad-laden, browser-crashing, eye-gougingly ugly interface, Google has some decidedly stiffer competition.
Still, not bad for a very work-in-progress attempt to go after Facebook where they live. Particularly for those of us who prefer it. Now if only Google could be tempted to revert to Gmail's classic look...
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-4house70 , December 30, 2011 7:16 PMWell, even the SHARE bar underneath the article has FB as the first button, and G+ is nowhere to be seen...
The one on top has 2 FB buttons and only one G+, and always G+ is somewhere lost in the middle.
With such "objectivity" from a tech site, no wonder the tone of the article itself... However, I believe I read recently an 'opinion' on this site that bashed G+ into oblivion. Nice to see haters swallowing their own words...
3rosstradamus , December 30, 2011 7:37 PMHouse70, Facebook's 400 million members make a compelling argument for providing more ways for people to use it to share the article. FWIW, I like G+ better, but it's still tiny by comparison.
8aaron88_7 , December 30, 2011 7:38 PMhouse70Well, even the SHARE bar underneath the article has FB as the first button, and G+ is nowhere to be seen
Maybe that's because most FB users are too stupid to realize you don't need the button and can simply copy and paste the URL to do the exact same thing.
4mayne92 , December 30, 2011 10:31 PMI just wish FB would die out already...
0tuch92 , December 30, 2011 10:53 PMI don't know if registrations is a good way to gauge popularity. I know at least 10 people who have made an account on google plus (me included) only to leave it alone once they found out there was no one else posting anything yet. I've had an account for maybe 2 months and I've prolly checked it 3 times at most. There's just nothing worthwhile on it yet.
-1house70 , December 30, 2011 11:19 PMaaron88_7Maybe that's because most FB users are too stupid to realize you don't need the button and can simply copy and paste the URL to do the exact same thing.
that was my point. Not listing G+ as a main sharing option as well and then complaining that G+ is not as popular is kinda biased, don't you think?
3everygamer , December 30, 2011 11:44 PMI think that Google+ growth is tied to Android Smartphone growth. It is becoming more tightly integrated with Android. You download the Google+ apps and click on them and it pretty much sets up your account. They are adding features like the auto-upload photos and document integration, things like that as they become more feature rich will bring people into Google+ just because its easy.
0dotaloc , December 31, 2011 3:17 AMword to aaron. but i do use the share options from mobile. copy/paste is a pain even if you can do it.
0jryan388 , December 31, 2011 3:24 PMThat is amazing. If google's sample had been 10 months long, it would have been over 10% of Facebook. Becoming 10% the size of such a massive network in such a short amount of time is stunning.
4izmanq , December 31, 2011 6:58 PMfacebook's timeline is very irritating, i hope it will bring more people to G+
0Anonymous , December 31, 2011 7:22 PMI'd love to use Google+ as would many of my friends, but most of us are a few months off the joining age.
0Anonymous , December 31, 2011 7:35 PMMySpace is still kin the top 10 Social networking sites, beating out Google+, according to Neilsen:
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According to Google's own stats, MySpace is still in the top 100 sites worldwide, ahead of Tumblr & HuffPo. Surprisingly, Reddit is nowhere in sight:
Just looking at that list and counting Social networking sites, MySpace comes in at number 5.
-1Anonymous , December 31, 2011 10:36 PMCan people STOP quoting Paul Allen! Heis method is not even REMOTELY scientific and Google themselves have refuted his numbers TWICE. (And they certianly would not UNDERreport their numbers.
Allen claimed that Google+ had 20 million users in July when it had less than 10. He then claimed they were approaching 40 million when Google said thatt they had less than 20.
He takes a random sample and then uses last names! In other words, he is promoting HIS websites and ignorant and naive bloggers like you keep giving him the free publicity out of sheer stupidity.
0st3 , January 2, 2012 1:42 AMlakawakCan people STOP quoting Paul Allen! Heis method is not even REMOTELY scientific and Google themselves have refuted his numbers TWICE. (And they certianly would not UNDERreport their numbers.Allen claimed that Google+ had 20 million users in July when it had less than 10. He then claimed they were approaching 40 million when Google said thatt they had less than 20.He takes a random sample and then uses last names! In other words, he is promoting HIS websites and ignorant and naive bloggers like you keep giving him the free publicity out of sheer stupidity.
Hey, it is lakawak... THE BIGGEST GOOGLE HATER OUT THERE. How come we can't believe paul but we can you? Back to your Facebook pond.
-1eddieroolz , January 2, 2012 7:25 PMI might dislike Facebook, but Google+ is just as bad simply because it's owned by a very dangerous company.


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The seminar will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at Building 9, Room 901, at Robeson Community College. The event is sponsored by RCC's Small Business Center.
It will be hosted by Emily Ballance, a professional speaker and entrepreneur who has owned and marketed two businesses for more than 25 years.
"Lots of people think they have to spend a ton of money on marketing, but that's not true," Ballance said. "There are so many ways to market that don't cost a dime. And there are lots creative low cost ideas, too. The same approaches don't work for everyone, so we will take time to discuss which ones work best for different kinds of businesses.
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When we had a 28'er I put in a stove with grill and oven. Took up space but I never regretted it. Did the same on the 34'er and sacrificed other storage space to allow for cooking implements - pots pans crockpots baking dishes and the like. BBQ is indispensible for hot weather. Reality is that having space for a better galley was a major reason for going larger.
Even on 42'er space is still limited to some extent though only compared to home kitchen but thoroughly agree with Jonesy that even on a smaller vessel planning is so important. That is of course if cooking good food is a priority.
It also depends on how long you spend on board. A couple of days and preparing at home for reheating can be a plus , alternatively plan on all those two potters we've discussed in the other thread.
Biggest mistake we've made previously was going for small size. The space saved is really not worth the pain of trying to cook in undersized kitchenware. Its annoying and messy though of course you are always limited to some extent by the smaller size of boat stoves. A frying pan e.g. that is too large to permit using the second burner is simply not a practical idea.
Again in the 28'er we made do with melamine tableware. Crockery was a luxury we could not afford but now we have both and it really is worth dealing with the storage hassles of breakable stuff.
One thing that is of immense help , and I note that Jonesy has done this on WJ is having one or two fold downs. Sure it can limit movement around the boat but having that extra bench space when you need it is a great boon.
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By Noel Bussey, campaignlive.co.uk, Thursday, 04 March 2010 11:00AM
It picked up the business after a pitch against three undisclosed agency networks. Steven Greaves, the international cider marketing manager at Heineken, handled the process.
Lowe will now be responsible for launching the brand across Europe, before a potential international roll-out later in the year.
The brief will not cover the UK, where St Luke's will continue to handle the Strongbow account. The Gold variant will not be sold in the UK.
Strongbow introduced its Gold branding in 2007 and has already launched the product in France, Germany and Spain, but it has not been given a significant marketing push.
Lowe will not only be briefed to introduce the brand into markets where cider is already popular, but will also be required to launch the category in many regions where it is not yet available.
Michael Wall, the chief executive of Lowe Worldwide, said: "Strongbow is the largest cider brand in the world, mainly driven by the UK at the moment. We look forward to the challenge of working with Heineken International to help them grow the brand across the rest of Europe. Heineken understands creativity and has major ambitions for Strongbow Gold."
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Agency: Wieden & Kennedy London
Rating: 5.0
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Five stories high doesn't sound like very much until you're standing on a plank extended out over a swimming pool so small and so flimsy even toddlers give it a wary eyeball.
"I don't like this, I don't like this, I don't like this," Cecilia repeated to herself as she took that last step to the end of the board. "No, no, no, crap, crap, this is bad. What am I doing?"
Down below, a couple hundred people sat in the stands around the center platform. Their heads leaned back, gazing at the tiny ballerina balancing precariously above. Cecilia only looked for one person in the crowd.
There! A glimmer of glitter, silver and white, the unmistakable sequins of her friend and guardian angel, Lina. Cecilia couldn't see her face, but she imagined her as she always was, book of spells on her lap, reading the familiar words.
It was Lina who made Cecilia fly. Lina who made the tiny ballerina a star, so much so that she had become the face on the Glimpton's Magical Circus Tour poster. "Come see the amazing flying ballerina! No one knows how she does it!"
Cecilia knew and Lina knew, and to both girls, that was enough. Up on her plank, Cecilia took a deep breath and prepared to jump.
Below her, Lina stared up at the tiny ballerina, too, the spellbook closed in her lap. She knew—should've known—that her little trick to help the shy new girl with her act would come back to bite her. Kindness doesn't get your face on a poster.
Lina shook her head to herself. It always ended up like this. She would try to help, someone would steal the show, and then she would be forced to stop helping. No one learns by having their hand held, she scolded herself again. She has to learn to do it on her own or not at all.
Cecilia hesitated on the jump. She didn't feel the usual lightness that surrounded her when she dove—usually, by now, she felt like a feather. She would jump, dive toward the pool, and then skim the water and come up into a loop. Everyone would cheer.
"No, no, that's silly. Lina's never let me down."
With one deep breath, she left the platform. The familiar hush of anticipation fell over the crowd, every eye focused on her, enraptured by the tiny ballerina who could fly. Lina, too, watched Cecilia, her face registering something between disinterest and impatience, as if she couldn't quite get the energy to roll her eyes.
For a moment, Cecilia plunged straight down. The free fall felt familiar and as freeing as it had ever been. She loved these terrifying moments: the flutter in her chest, the rush in her head. Everything wonderful happened in the split second between platform and pool.
Near the end of the dive, she started to pull up like she always did. Nearby, Lina leaned forward, disinterest replaced with shock: Could she actually—?
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Ferguson, equity, and active transportation
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Holman Lane in Forest Park could be an excellent connection between downtown/northwest Portland and the west side — but unfortunately it's only open to bikes in the uphill direction.
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Mike Cooley is still in the hospital with serious injuries after a man hit him from behind while he rode on N. Interstate Ave on Saturday night. Road carnage in America has reached epidemic proportions. Consider the barrage of news I've encountered in the past 24 hours… — The Portland Police released photos and offered Read More »
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Fishing Report: 07.08.06
Aransas/Redfish Bays and northward - Remember that uprooting seagrass with an outboard propeller is unlawful in the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area. Rain has kept many anglers off the water this week. But between showers, they've caught trout in the deeper reefs of Copano, Aransas and San Antonio bays with croaker. Back-bay waters have been stirred and fresh because of inflow, so the front bay reefs are best. Croaker also caught trout this week in Mesquite Bay, along the backside of the island. Waders used soft plastic or croaker. Boat anglers used croaker. The afternoon bite has been better than most mornings this week.
Port Aransas - Between rains, the jetties are producing a mix of Spanish mackerel, kingfish, trout, reds, pompano, sharks and other species. The Jetty Boat is running out of Fisherman's Wharf (749-5448). Edges of the Ship Channel and sections of the ICW were good for trout during moving tides this week. Most anglers used croaker. East Flats and Shamrock produced reds on live shrimp, croaker or soft plastics. Sections of Brown & Root Flats, Lighthouse Lakes and Stedmans continue to produce redfish in shallow water and trout in deeper sections. Horace Caldwell Pier reported whiting, small sharks, Spanish mackerel, kingfish, sand trout and reds. Call (361) 749-2828.
Gulf beachfront - Anglers on Bob Hall Pier this week caught whiting, shark, Spanish mackerel. Driving has improved along the National Seashore and other area beaches. Anglers caught a few sharks, jacks, pompano, trout, tarpon, reds, mackerel, ladyfish and whiting this week from area beaches and gulf piers. Bait is plentiful in the surf. Bob Pier's bait & tackle shop and Sunset Grill is open daily 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 949-8558 or check www.bobhallpier.net or www.corpusfishing.com.
Offshore - Party boats and charters brought in snapper, kingfish, wahoo, a few billfish, sharks, a few blackfin tuna, amberjack, grouper, vermilion snapper.
Corpus Christi/Nueces Bays - No report from Nueces Bay. Anglers had been catching trout in the front- and mid-bay reefs with croaker. The Portland shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay produced trout on croaker this week. Around Ingleside, Dagger Flats and Ransom Island had been producing trout and reds. Reds are along the backside of Mustang Island. Most fish were caught with live shrimp, croaker or soft plastics. At Clem's Pier (949-8445) this week anglers caught mostly schoolie t rout and mostly in the evenings.
Laguna Madre/Baffin Bay - Anglers spent time trying to outrun showers this week. They had been catching reds around seagrass and potholes of Yarborough and Nine-Mile Hole with soft plastics and live bait. Trout also have been good along the ICW and westward along Laguna Madre between Bird Island and Baffin. Trout are in Baffin Bay's mid-bay rocks and along the south shoreline near Penescal. Trout also were caught with croaker or shrimp in deeper water from Laguna Shores and Emmords Hole to Compuerta Pass, along the west-side grass beds. Mostly nighttime small trout and reds were caught this week at Marker 37 Pier (949-8037). Cos Way (939-7513) and Red Dot (937-5347) piers reported lots of keeper and small specks, keeper drum and nighttime reds.
Choke Canyon Reservoir - Chartreuse spinnerbaits caught fish from dawn to mid-morning along north shore points with grass. No big fish, but good numbers. Later, bass fishing was consistent in depths of nine to 12 feet in the same areas. Catfishing has been good this week with most fish coming from moving water in riverbeds and in nearby hardwoods. Crappie and white bass fishing has been spotty. Visit www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ park/choke/choke.htm.
Coleto Creek - Bass are being caught around island, grassy banks, and inside main- lake creeks. Early topwater and buzzbaits continue to work well on main-lake points in creeks and near the island. Later, outside grass lines produced with Carolina-rigged soft plastics. Deeper grass continue to produce bass consistently throughout the days. The hybrid bass fishing at the Dike II warm-water discharge has been good on Rat-L-Traps. Check out www.coletocreekcabins.com.
Lake Corpus Christi - The boat ramps at the state park, Camp Bells, Fiesta Marina, Webers and Arrowhead are operable. Anglers caught black bass with topwater plugs and live minnows along shallow banks near the bluffs of Carmel Hills & Lakeshore Gardens. Catfish and gaspergou also were caught there this week with shrimp, shad and clams. Fishing was best during early morning.
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Residents turn on New Berlin School District leaders
Pay cut narrowly avoided; complaints leveled against board, administration
New Berlin - Frustration over the bruising, emotional year that the state's Act 10 brought to schools bubbled up in calls for reducing pay for New Berlin School Board members at the recent district annual meeting.
With teachers and other employees suffering pay cuts because of requirements to pay toward health insurance and pensions and with nearly all the custodial staff laid off, resident Jocelyn Bubolz called for shared sacrifice from the School Board.
A motion to cut the board's pay failed, 19-17. Another motion to raise board pay also failed, 19-17.
Finally, a motion to freeze pay at $3,500 for members and $5,000 for the School Board president passed, 20-15.
Teachers treated unfairly
Some who had called for pay cuts had more pointed complaints.
For one thing, some said the School Board and administration hadn't treated teachers with respect during upset over Act 10 weakening public employee unions and virtually stripping them of their bargaining power.
But far from disrespecting teachers, the School Board actually was trying to communicate how it values teachers by giving the lowest level teachers $5,000 raises, board member Art Marquardt told the crowd.
"Because we wanted to attract and retain the right teachers," he said.
Another resident complained that it took the district office six weeks to provide information that she requested under the state Freedom of Information Act that requires it to be provided in 10 days. If that doesn't happen, the law requires a written explanation of why the information can't be produced.
Superintendent Joe Garza said after the meeting there were lots of reasons for the delay. There was staff turnover, it was summer, people were on vacation and the numbers requested were fluid, he said.
Board members hard to reach
Another criticism leveled was that the School Board is not as accessible as boards in other communities because their telephone numbers and email addresses aren't provided on the School District website.
Board member Keith Hastings said he's glad his phone number isn't on the website because in his two years on the board, he has had to get authorities involved in three threatening phone calls. But he would be happy to give his number to anyone who asks, he said.
Resident Charles Garrigues countered that he was mayor of another city and had received many death threats. But his phone number was published because it's part of the accessibility that people expect, he said.
"Don't think you can hide from the public," Garrigues said.
But even some who were critical during other parts of the meeting felt that the pay School Board members get is justified, considering the meetings inside and outside the district they attend, the events they go to, the public contacts they have and the time they take to research issues.
"Three-thousand five-hundred dollars isn't out of line," resident Scott Yentsch said.
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at least one light source that directs light along an optical path;
at least one filter wheel having a given optical filter characteristic; and
a second filter wheel capable of at least one of rotating about a rotational axis distinct from a rotational axis of the first filter wheel or rotating independently of the first filter wheel;
the display system being configured to produce a multi-color composite image formed of a plurality of differently colored component images, and to be selectively operable in a first state in which the entirety of the optical path does not pass through a first filter wheel and entirety of the optical path passes through the second filter wheel during production of the plurality of differently colored component images to form a multi-color composite image having a first optical characteristic, and in a second state in which the entirety of the optical path passes through the first filter wheel during production of the plurality of differently colored component images to form a multi-color composite image having a second optical characteristic different than the first optical characteristic.
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This is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 10/062,644, filed Jan. 31, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,050,120, and also a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 10/103,394, filed Mar. 20, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,019,736.
Various techniques for displaying images exist. One such approach is accomplished with the use of digital projectors. Typically, such projectors are configured to have a fixed gamut. In this context, gamut refers to the spectral power distribution of a range of colors, and includes specific color characteristics such as hue, saturation, and intensity or luminance. For such fixed-gamut projectors, it is typical to have a gamut that is either better suited for displaying graphical images, or one better suited for displaying video images. In this respect, a gamut for displaying graphical images may include more brightness (e.g. a higher intensity white point) at the expense of chroma, or color intensity. Conversely, a gamut for displaying video images may include more chroma at the expense of brightness.
Using a single fixed-gamut projector to display both graphical images and video images thus may result in a reduction in the quality of one type of image, or may result in a reduction of quality of both types of images. Therefore, multiple fixed-gamut projectors have sometimes been employed to achieve high-quality display of both still and video images. However, purchasing multiple fixed-gamut projectors is undesirable as such projectors may be expensive. Also, even with multiple fixed-gamut projectors, quality of mixed media images (e.g. graphical images and video images in the same presentation) may suffer.
A display system is configured to produce a color image formed of a plurality of differently colored images and may include at least one light source that directs light along an optical path, and at least one filter having a given optical filter characteristic. The display system may be selectively operable in a first state in which the optical path does not pass through a first filter during production of the plurality of differently colored images to form a color image having a first optical characteristic, and in a second state in which the optical path passes through the first filter during production of the plurality of differently colored images to form a color image having a second optical characteristic different than the first optical characteristic.
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The image data may be communicated to an image display generator 34, which may function as means for producing a plurality of differently colored images. Display generator 34 may display the images or project the images for display. The display generator may include light sources, color generation devices or other color sources, colored image sources, optics, spatial light modulators, focusing devices, controllers or processors.
Differently colored images may be directed along associated portions of an optical path. The display device may then project for display or display a composite color image formed of the differently colored images. The composite image may be formed of one or more differently colored images and may be the image perceived by the viewer. The differently colored images may be projected along a common optical path or on separate optical paths, and may be projected sequentially or concurrently.
A condition identifier 36 may identify one or more conditions related to the display of an image by the display system. As such, it may provide means for identifying an image display condition. The condition may be identified by the system based on information received, such as external or user-input information, received data, such as image data or information, or information obtained by the system, such as ambient light conditions, or the appearance of a displayed image. The display system may generate the differently colored images for display, having optical characteristics based on the identified display condition. The condition identifier may include input/output devices, sensors, detectors, transducers, switches, selectors, analyzers, processors or controllers.
A display system 40, which may be an embodiment of the display system 30, is shown in
The light source may be any suitable illumination source(s) adapted to optically produce and direct light along an optical path 56, including single white light sources, such as mercury, plasma, incandescent, laser and xenon lamps, or multiple white or single color light sources, such as, laser diodes, light emitting diodes (LEDs), arrays of LED's, or other solid state sources or arrays of sources. The light source may include optics for controlling, focusing and directing the light along the optical path. Additionally, the color source may include of one or more lamps or light-emitting devices, such as laser light sources, that emit colored light. The color generator may work on one or more of the following principles: interference, refraction, diffraction, absorption, reflection, or scatter. It may include items such as transmissive or reflective thin film interference filters, absorptive materials, refractive prisms, and diffractive optical surfaces that separate light into component colors or reduce portions of an available light spectrum.
Image generator 42 may include a light modulator 58 that modulates colored light received from color source 50. The image generator may also directly emit colored light coded as an image, such as is provided by LCD-based display systems. The modulator encodes the colored light, typically on a pixel-by-pixel basis, to produce colored modulated light directed along optical path 56.
Display device 48 directs the modulated light along the optical path for display. It may include lenses and other optical devices 59 that provide for focusing on a screen or other display surface 60. Alternatively, the colored images may be directed for focusing and viewing on a user-provided display surface.
The light source(s), color generator, color source, light modulator, colored image generator, or image display generator may each variously include a processor or controller adapted to control the operation of the associated device, or a separate controller 44, as shown, may be used. The controller may be configured to receive image information from an image data source 62 as well as an identified display condition received from a condition identifier shown generally at 64. The image data may be converted into commands appropriate for driving the various associated components of the display system.
Condition identifier 64 may identify a display condition that relates to an image displayed, presently or at another time, by the display system, including a condition that is provided by a user or that affects how a user perceives an image. In this context, display conditions may include image type, image content, image source, appearance of the displayed image, user preference, or ambient light conditions. The term ambient light conditions refers not only to the brightness or color mix of the directly applied light, but to any source of light that a user perceives. Thus, it also includes perceived light emitted or reflected from the room and its contents, and the visual response to it, which also may be referred to as the surround. Any factor, information or condition that may be identified and related to the image produced may be identified. For example, condition identifier 64 may include an image content analyzer 66, an ambient light sensor 68, a gamut selection device 70 configured to receive a user, or other external input 72, such as provided by a keypad, and a display appearance analyzer 74, all of which may be coupled with controller 44. It will be appreciated that these features are exemplary, and the disclosure is not limited to the use of these particular techniques for determining, establishing, or otherwise identifying one or more image display conditions.
Display systems according to the disclosure may have many different forms. For example, a display system 80 as illustrated in
Further, methods and processes described in this document may be computer driven, and corresponding algorithms may be programmed on such processors, which may be in the form of an ASIC. An algorithm may be generally conceived to be a self-consistent set of related steps leading to a desired result. When stored, the algorithms may be stored in any computer-readable medium. Accordingly, these methods and processes are not inherently related to any particular computer or other apparatus for performing the operations. The processor may be a general purpose machine or a machine specially constructed for the stated purpose. When comprised of separate machines, the separate machines may be directly connected or connected by a network, such as a local or wide area network.
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Another embodiment, shown as a display system 110, is illustrated in
Various techniques for communicating image data 112 exist. For example, image data 112 may be communicated to controller 114 via a graphics port, a universal serial bus (USB), an infrared connection, a super-video (S-video) port, or any of various communication links. Image data 112 may be directly communicated to controller 114, and thus may be termed raw image data.
System 110 may be configured to display images based on image display conditions. In this context, display condition refers to a condition, factor, feature or characteristic of an image, and may include, for example, image type, image content, image source, appearance of the displayed image, user preference and/or ambient light conditions. System 110 thus may include an image content analyzer 116, an ambient light sensor 118, a gamut selection device 120 and a display appearance analyzer 122, coupled with controller 114. It will be appreciated that these features are exemplary, and the disclosure is not limited to the use of these particular techniques for determining and/or establishing display conditions.
For system 110, controller 114 is further coupled with light sources 124, 126 and 128. As is indicated in
In this respect, light sources 124, 126 and 128, in turn, may be optically coupled, respectively, with optical elements 130, 132 and 134 and beam combiners 136, 138 and 140 along respective portions 141 a, 141 b, 141 c of an optical path 141. In this regard, light 142, 144 and 146 from light sources 124, 126 and 128 is directed by respective optical elements 130, 132 and 134 through beam combiners 136, 138 and 140 to a spatial light modulator (SLM) 148. SLM 148 is typically coupled with controller 114 so as to cooperate in selectively directing light 150, through an optical element 152. Light 150 may include a to-be-displayed image 154, which corresponds with image data 112. As is shown in
As will be appreciated, SLM 148 may be configured to direct light 141 towards lens 152 on a pixel-by-pixel basis to form light 150, which may include image 154. Thus, as is discussed further below, controller 114 may sequence light sources 124, 126 and 128 and may control SLM 148 so as to cooperate, in the foregoing described fashion, to display image 154 on screen 156 on a pixel by pixel basis.
For system 110, image content analyzer 116 may be configured to receive image data 112, in order to examine the image data to formulate image content information. Image content analyzer 116 may then communicate the image content information to controller 114. Such image content information may, for example, include one or more of (a) the number of unique colors included in the image data, (b) the frequency, or a histogram, of unique colors, (c) pixel intensity, such as an average pixel intensity of the image data, and (d) changes in image data from one display frame to the next.
Image content may be determined in a number of ways. By way of example, image content may be determined as a result of the source of the image content. In this regard, an image is communicated to display system 110 through a video graphics array (VGA) input port (not shown), this may indicate that the image is a graphical image such as a still photograph or graph, and a high-brightness gamut may be selected. Alternatively, an image communicated to display system 110 through a super-video (S-video) port (not shown), may indicate that the image is a video image such as broadcast television or video game, and a high-chroma gamut may be selected. In another example, image content itself may be examined to determine if video or graphical images are to be displayed. As will be appreciated, image content analyzer 116 may be implemented, for example, as machine-readable instructions included in a software program or may be implemented using pipeline processing.
Ambient light sensor 118 may also be coupled with controller 114. Sensor 118 may be configured to detect ambient light in an environment where system 110 is being used to display images. In this regard, sensor 118 may be a charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor, or any other sensor capable of detecting light, including a photovoltaic device. Information regarding such ambient light character, such as hue, saturation, luminance, color temperature, chromaticity, and power spectral density may be communicated from sensor 118 to controller 114. In response to such ambient light information, controller 114 may modify the sequence of light sources 124, 126 and 128 and the operation of SLM 148 to adjust display of image 154. Such techniques are discussed in more detail below.
Gamut selection device 120 may also be coupled with controller 114. In this regard, gamut selection device 120 may be configured to provide for user selection of a display gamut. In this context, gamut refers to the spectral power distribution of a range of colors the device is capable of producing. Information communicated from gamut selection device 120 to controller 114 may result in the controller modifying the sequence of light sources 124, 126 and 128 and operation of SLM 148 when displaying image 154, such as increasing or reducing the amount of white light or one or more of the colored lights generated during a display frame. A higher setting on gamut selection device 120 may result in a brighter image 154 as opposed to a lower setting, or as compared to display of image 154 based solely on image data 112. Alternatively or additionally, gamut selection device 120 may alter the color temperature of the gamut, or some other attribute of the gamut. Techniques for modifying gamut based on information communicated from gamut selection device 120 are discussed further below. Other gamut altering techniques, such as are described with respect to other embodiments, including the selective use of filters or the variation in the energy applied to the light sources, may also be used.
Display appearance analyzer 122 may also be coupled with controller 114. Display appearance analyzer 122 may be configured to review display image 154 in order to formulate appearance information, such as the information obtained with regard to the raw image data. Such appearance information thus must be obtained by a CCD sensor or other device suitable for obtaining information about the displayed image may be communicated to controller 114 for use in improving the displayed image.
As was previously indicated, controller 114 may sequence light sources 124, 126 and 128 when displaying image 154. For instance the red, green and blue light sources may be turned on, or the light may be allowed to pass through a light valve for a selected duration once per display frame. Accordingly, timing pulses may be applied to the light sources. Red light source 124 may be turned on at the initiation of such a display frame. Red light source 124 may remain on for time duration tR. Green light source 126 may then be turned on for time duration tG, followed by blue light source 128 being turned on for time duration tB. Time durations tR, tG and tB may be approximately equivalent, non-overlapping time periods, though the disclosure is not so limited, and other timing relationships are possible. For example, if image 154 has a relatively low red content relative to its green and/or blue content, red light source 124 may be on for a shorter period of time than green light source 126 or blue light source 128 during a given display frame. Alternatively, if the red light source has a lower luminance than the other light sources, it may be on for a longer period of time.
It will be appreciated that although a frame width of 1/60 second is used as an example here, the display system may provide for variation in frame width from one frame to another, for example, due to variations in the image data. This typically would result in proportional changes in the time durations of the different light sources.
The three light sources, one source, or three RGB arrays of sources may also be turned on or an aperture opened twice during a frame. This sequence may repeat for successive display frames. Such a sequence may reduce sequential color artifacts relative to the first example in which the light sources are on once during a frame. Sequential color artifacts, it will be appreciated, may include rainbow colored shadows that may trail moving objects in video images, or flickering that results from one color appearing brighter than another color.
Other timing sequences are possible, such as the colors appearing three or more times per second or the colors appearing with different frequencies, such as two green pulses for a red pulse. Also, nonuniform pulse widths may be used within a single frame, such as where a light source comes on three times a display frame with one of the three time periods being approximately half of the other two. The specific timing relationship may be based on display conditions such as gamut selection, ambient light, image content, and display appearance as were previously discussed. Controller 114 thus may modify the sequence of the light sources to implement an appropriate RGB timing relationship based on display conditions. In this respect, the time duration a light source is on in a given display frame may be based on display conditions. For example, if an image to be displayed has a relatively high red content, as compared to the image's green and blue content, red light source 124 may be on for a longer relative time during display of such an image.
Additionally, white light may be added to a frame when a higher brightness is desired, as compared to the brightness provided for only the individual component colors. Such a situation may include an environment where ambient light may detract from viewability of image 154 without increasing the brightness. White light may be provided by a white light source. When only component colors are used, white light is provided by concurrently combining light of the component colors. In the example shown, white light may be produced during a time period tW, as the sum of red, green and blue light. This situation may increase the brightness of image 154 when displayed.
Yet another alternative is the addition of yellow light to an image. In this example, red light source 124 and green light source 126 may be on simultaneously for a time tY, so as to produce yellow light, the sum of red and green light. It will be appreciated, that in this particular situation, green light source 126 may be on individually (producing green light) for a relatively shorter duration of time than red light source 124 or blue light source 128 during the frame. Such a situation may be beneficial where an image being displayed has a high yellow content. In other words, display system 110 may modify the gamut produced for displaying images frame by frame, based on display conditions, as were previously described. It will be appreciated, of course, that the color sequences described in any of the aforementioned examples may be repeated one or more times during a frame.
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The percent of time that white light is produced during a given display frame with respect to red, green and blue light, as indicated by line 162, varies linearly with the value given the identified condition, which in this example is referred to as a user input 164. In this respect, when user input 164 is 1, white light is not generated, or represents zero percent of the frame, while red, green and blue light are each generated for one-third (33.33%) of a given display frame. Comparing line 162 and line 166 of graph 160 demonstrates the relative percentage of frame time 168 that white light, red light, green light and blue light are generated for this embodiment. In this respect, a lower user input corresponds with a lower percentage of frame time 168 during which white light is generated.
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Image data 112 may be processed to reduce variation in display of an associated image across various display systems. In this respect,
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Each color may have a different gamma curve, and the curve may not be a smooth curve. Additionally, the slope may change signs one or more times.
Equations 202 may be implemented in a linear matrix relationship 204. In this respect, an "original" color vector 206 may be multiplied by a correction factor matrix 208, which may include the correction factors of equations 202, to produce a "new" color vector 210. It will be appreciated that image data may be modified via various correction factors, color matrices, exponential relationships and look-up tables. For example, not all correction factors may be applied in certain circumstances. The color matrixing relationship used may depend on, at least, display conditions, such as display appearance, the display system used to display the images, and image type. Look-up tables may preserve computational resources. Other factors exist, and the invention is not limited to these specific conditions.
Color wheel 222 may be mounted on a shaft 232 which, in turn, may be operated on by a motor or some other drive mechanism (not shown) capable of rotating the color wheel rapidly, typically on the order of several thousand revolutions per minute (rpm). Color wheel 222 defines three color regions, a red region, a green region, and a blue region, which pass through the optical path as the color wheel rotates so as to sequentially filter light from the light source.
As indicated, as it passes through the color wheel, incident light 226 is filtered, producing colored light 234. Reflective filters may also be used, in which case the light would reflect off of the color regions. With either embodiment, the optical path impinges the filter. Colored light 234 may then be passed through an integrator rod 236 that homogenizes the colored light and directs such homogenized colored light toward an illumination lens 238. Illumination lens 238, in turn, may direct the homogenized colored light onto a spatial light modulator (SLM) 240, such as a digital micro-mirror device, an LCD, an LCOS, a spatial light modulator, or a digital light processor. Use and operation of such SLMs is known, and will not be discussed in detail here. Spatial light modulator 240 converts the colored light from color wheel 222 into modulated colored light 242 comprising differently colored images. The colored light will be seen to pass through a projection lens 244, and then along optical axis 228 on to a display surface 246 for display of an image. A viewer 248 then views the displayed image also along the optical path.
Display system 220, as described to this point, may produce a displayed image having a gamut determined by the features of the system, such as the received image information, the spectral color distribution of the light source, the filter characteristics of the various filters in the color wheel, the optics, spatial light modulator, screen, and any processing performed on the image information. As has been discussed, based on image display information identified by an image display condition identifier 250, a controller 252 may change the gamut, also referred to as color balance or color characteristics, of the image in various ways, a few of which have been and will be described.
In the exemplary system shown in
Alternatively, the filters may be manipulated by a handle 261, lever or other device that provides for manual movement of the individual filters relative to the optical path. In such an instance, system 220 may also provide for changing the way that images are produced in response to the position of the one or more filters. That is, a sensor 263 may detect the position of each filter relative to the optical path 228, such as by detecting indicia marked on the filters, or by a position detector 265 mounted onto support 254. The detector and sensor thereby function as a condition identifier and may be referred to as means for producing an indication of the operating state of the display system. When a change in the position of one or more filters is detected, controller 252 may alter the way the image is produced. For example, controller 252 may alter the way that modulator 240 modulates the color images, may alter the way that light source 224 produces light, as described below, or may change the filter wheel used, as also described below.
None, one or more filters may be placed in the optical path, as is indicated by a second filter 262 shown in dashed lines. These filters may have a variety of filtering characteristics to modify selectively the light spectrum in different ways. The gamut of an image is changed according to the combined effect of all filters moved into and out of the optical path.
It will be appreciated then that a variety of gamut changes may be obtained that corresponds to the different combinations of the various filters in the optical path. This capability may be achieved regardless of where in the optical path that the filters are placed. For instance, filters may be a part of the light source structure, as represented by dashed line 264. The filters may further be placed between functional structures in the optical path, as illustrated by dashed lines 266, 268 and 270. A further filter position could also be between screen 246 and viewer 248, as represented by dashed line 272. Additionally, any of the optical features, such as lenses or filter wheels, could include filtering coatings or elements, although this may require interchanging a plurality of such features in the optical path. Further, combinations of interchangeable filters dispersed at different filter stations along the optical path also may be provided.
Interchangeable filters may also be used in display systems in which the optical path has branches, such as system 110 illustrated in
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An example of one pattern of energy applied to light source 224 is illustrated by a graph 280 in
Given the application of energy of equal levels, color source 274 or colored image source 276 may produce light having the relative levels represented by waveform 292 in
A white pulse 310 having a total duration DW may be divided into component durations D1, D2 and D3. The level L1 applied during durations D1 and D3 may be substantially the same, while the level L2 applied during duration D2 may be higher or lower, as appropriate. A relatively narrow pulse of increased energy level, such as the pulse 312 represented by the level L2 during duration D2, may be useful for extending the life of certain light sources. By applying such a pulse during the white duration DW of a frame, it may be used to increase the luminance of a resulting image.
The resulting color levels produced by a color source or colored image source may then be as shown by waveform 314 in
The gamut of an image may thus be modified by changing the level of the energy applied to a light source during production of different colors. The gamut may also be changed by applying one or more positive or negative narrow pulses to one or more of the different colors. Additionally, a higher chroma gamut may be produced by reducing in time or energy level, or even by eliminating entirely, the white light duration. A further example of this is illustrated by waveform 330 in
As has been discussed, display systems may be considered to have a fixed gamut. In this regard, only a single range of colors (gamut) may be produced by such systems. Since high-brightness gamuts may not be particularly well suited for displaying video images, and high-chroma gamuts may not be particularly well suited for displaying graphical images, consumers have sometimes purchased separate display systems to achieve the best quality for both types of images. However, such display systems may be expensive, making purchase of multiple display systems undesirable.
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Incident light 354 impinges a sequential color filter or color wheel 368 containing color filters, to produce colored light 370. The respective different colors are directed along a common associated portion 356 a of optical path 356. Colored light 370, in turn, may pass through integration rod 360, which homogenizes the colored light and directs such homogenized colored light toward illumination lens 362. Illumination lens 362 may then direct the homogenized colored light onto spatial light modulator 364, which produces colored light 372 modulated to form differently colored images directed along associated optical path portion 356 b. Modulated colored light 372 may then pass through projection lens 366, and then on to a display surface 374 to display an image such as that shown at 376.
As indicated, display system 350 includes first sequential color wheel 368, which may be of a high-chroma configuration. Color wheel 368 may define a red filter region 378, a green filter region 380 and a blue filter region 382. The depicted color wheel typically is used to produce video images due to its high relative chroma (color intensity and saturation). In this regard, color wheel 368 may be characterized as producing a "high-chroma gamut."
Display system 350 also includes a second sequential color wheel 384, which may be of a high-brightness configuration, producing a sequence of colors similar to that illustrated in
Each of color wheels 368 and 384 may be moved in to and out of the optical path so as to selectively cooperate in sequentially filtering light 354. Thus, display system 350 may produce a dynamic gamut, either a high-chroma gamut using color wheel 368 for displaying video images or a high-brightness gamut using color wheel 384 for displaying graphical images. The gamut thus may be selected based on image content. Similarly, the gamut may be selected based on physical environment (e.g. ambient lighting), user preferences, etc. Although first color wheel 368 and second color wheel 384 take the form of rotating wheels, other techniques of producing sequentially colored light or aligning color filters sequentially with the optical path may be provided. For instance, three colored light sources may be used, as has been described with reference to system 110 shown in
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Carriage 402 may be manually controlled, or automatically controlled based on image content or other identified display condition, as previously described. Accordingly, color wheel 368 is shown disposed within the optical path along which light from illumination source 352 is directed. The same color wheel is shown in dot-dash lines as it may be disposed when carriage 402 is moved such that color wheel 384 is disposed in the optical path. Various techniques for aligning selectively color wheels 368 and 384 in the optical path exist. For example, a mechanical shuttle may be used or, alternatively, a rotational mechanism, or some other transport mechanism may be used.
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For display system 410, incident light 354 from light source 352 may be conveyed through condensing lens 358. Mirror 415 may then alter the path 356 of light 354, directing it to color wheel 384, rather than through color wheel 368. Mirror 413 may then direct light 354 through color wheel 384 to produce colored light 370. Colored light 370 may then be directed, by mirror 414, to mirror 416, which may, in turn, direct the colored light to integrator rod 360. Upon removing mirrors 415 and 416 from the optical path, light may be directed through color wheel 368. For instance, mirrors 415 and 416 may be mounted on a carrier 417. Further, carrier 417 may be moved manually by a user manipulating a handle 418, a lever or other element. The optical path of light from light source 352 thus may be selectively altered depending on the content of an image to be displayed (e.g. graphical or video image), as has been previously discussed. Alternatively, the optical path of light may be manually altered and the position of the mirrors may then be detected, such as was described with reference to the filters in system 220 described with reference to
Various configurations of color regions may be used on color wheels 426 and 428. For instance, a color wheel may define four color regions of generally equivalent size, a red region, a green region, a blue region and a white region as illustrated for color wheel 384 in
The color wheels may include indicia along their perimeters, such as on a face or edge to accommodate accurate positioning of the color wheels. Any other indicia or rotational position sensing configuration may be provided to permit operation of the color wheels as described.
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These color wheels may also be aligned so that the same color is not produced consecutively by the two color wheels. For instance if color wheel 428, as viewed, is rotated counter-clockwise 120 degrees, the colored light will have the sequence blue-green-red-blue-green-red. Such sequence may have reduced sequential color artifacts due to the increased frequency of the different colors.
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While the present disclosure has been provided with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art will understand that many variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims. The description should be understood to include all novel and non-obvious combinations of elements described herein, and claims may be presented in this or a later application to any novel and non-obvious combination of these elements. The foregoing embodiments are illustrative, and no single feature or element is essential to all possible combinations that may be claimed in this or a later application. Where the claims recite "a" or "a first" element or the equivalent thereof, such claims should be understood to include incorporation of one or more such elements, neither requiring nor excluding two or more such elements.
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