1. An article of footwear comprising, in combination:
an upper; and
a sole assembly secured to the upper and including a support assembly comprising:
an upper member;
a lower member spaced from the upper member;
a first layer positioned beneath and in contact with the upper member and having a wave shaped profile with a plurality of first wave crests and first wave troughs; and
a second layer positioned above the lower member and having a wave shaped profile with a plurality of second wave crests and second wave troughs;
wherein the first and second layers form a strip extending about a portion of a periphery of the upper and have smooth arcuate wave profiles.
2. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second wave crests of the second layer is secured to a corresponding first wave trough of the first layer.
3. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein an amplitude of the first layer is non-constant along a length of the first layer.
4. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein a frequency of the first layer is non-constant along a length of the first layer.
5. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein an amplitude of the second layer is non-constant along a length of the second layer.
6. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein a frequency of the second layer is non-constant along a length of the second layer.
7. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the first layer is secured to the second layer with an adhesive.
8. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the first layer is secured to the second layer with a laser.
9. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the upper member, the lower member, the first layer, and the second layer are of unitary construction.
10. The article of footwear of claim 1, further comprising a third layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer and having a wave shaped profile with a plurality of third wave crests and third wave troughs.
11. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein at least one of the third wave crests is secured to a corresponding first wave trough.
12. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein at least one of the third wave troughs is secured to a corresponding second wave crest.
13. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein a frequency of the third layer is non-constant along a length of the third layer.
14. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein an amplitude of the third layer is non-constant along a length of the third layer.
15. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein the third layer is secured to the first layer and the second layer with an adhesive.
16. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein the third layer is secured to the first layer and the second layer with a laser.
17. The article of footwear of claim 10, wherein the upper member, the lower member, the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are of unitary construction.
18. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly comprises a portion of a midsole.
19. The article of footwear of claim 1, further comprising an outsole secured to the support assembly.
20. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly extends around a periphery of a heel portion of the sole assembly.
21. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly comprises a first portion in a heel portion of the sole assembly, a second portion in a midfoot portion of the sole assembly, and a third portion in a forefoot portion of the sole assembly.
22. The article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the first portion is substantially oval-shaped and extends about a periphery of the heel portion.
23. The article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the midfoot portion comprises a first leg extending between the heel portion and the forefoot portion along a lateral side of the sole assembly, and a second leg extending between the heel portion and the forefoot portion and spaced from the first leg in a medial direction.
24. The article of footwear of claim 21, wherein the forefoot portion comprises a first leg extending along a lateral side of the sole assembly, a second leg extending from a front end of the first leg laterally to a medial side of the sole assembly, and a third leg connecting a medial end of the second leg to a rear end of the first leg.
25. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the sole assembly includes a midsole, the midsole formed of a foam layer, the support assembly being captured at least partially within the foam layer.
26. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein an upper surface of the upper member is secured to the upper.
27. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein the support assembly comprises a plurality of segments, each segment including an interior surface, an opposed exterior surface, a first end surface, and an opposed second end surface.
28. The article of footwear of claim 27, wherein an interior surface of at least one segment is concave and the exterior surface of the at least one segment is convex.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a plurality of LCD modules tiled together;
a microlens on each of the plurality of LCD modules, wherein each of the microlenses has a curved portion and a flat portion;
a timing controller for outputting RGB data;
a lookup table for separating the RGB data corresponding to the curved and flat portions of each of the microlenses, for converting the RGB data of the curved portion, and for outputting the RGB data corresponding to the flat portion and the converted RGB data corresponding to the curved portion; and
a source driver IC storing the RGB data corresponding to the flat portion and the converted RGB data corresponding to the curved portion in a register to output to data lines of each of the LCD modules.
2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the lookup table comprises:
a recordoutput unit for recording the RGB data from the timing controller, for separating the RGB data into RGB data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens and RGB data corresponding to the flat portion of the microlens, and for outputting the RGB data corresponding to the flat portion of the microlens to the source driver IC; and
a data converting unit for converting the RGB data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens from the recordoutput unit and for outputting the converted RGB data to the source driver IC.
3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 2, wherein the recordoutput unit determines a gray level difference such that a luminance of the curved portion becomes equal or substantially equal to a luminance of the flat portion, and
wherein the data converting unit raises the gray level of the RGB data corresponding to the curved portion by the determined gray difference and outputs the raised RGB data to the source driver IC.
4. In a liquid crystal display device including a plurality of LCD modules tiled together and a microlens on each of the plurality of the LCD modules, each of the microlenses having a curved portion and a flat portion, a luminance difference compensating method comprising the steps of:
determining a per luminance gray difference by which luminances of the curved and flat portions become equal;
converting data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens by the determined gray difference; and
outputting the data corresponding to the flat portion of the microlens and the converted data corresponding to the curved portion of the microlens to each data line of the corresponding LCD module.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the per luminance gray difference is performed through a lookup table.
6. A method for compensating for a luminance variance in a liquid crystal display device, wherein the liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of LCD modules tiled together and a microlens on each of the plurality of the LCD modules, each of the microlenses having a curved portion and a flat portion, the method comprising:
receiving RGB data;
determining a gray difference for which a luminance of curved and flat portions become equal or substantially equal for each luminance; and
converting the RGB data of pixels corresponding to the curved portion based on the determined gray differences.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:
outputting the RGB data of pixels corresponding to the flat portion; and
outputting the converted RGB data of pixels corresponding to the curved portion.