Optics: image projectors – Plural projection paths with single light source
Patent
1981-12-28
1984-07-24
Corbin, John K.
Optics: image projectors
Plural projection paths with single light source
353 31, 350401, 350403, 350408, 350342, G02F 113, G02F 100, G03B 2100
Patent
active
044615426
ABSTRACT:
A first color selective beam splitter is provided for splitting light from a source into first and second beams, the first beam being blue and the second beam having red and green color components.
A second beam splitter is provided for directing light of the first beam to a blue liquid crystal light valve. The light valve modulates the polarization of the light in the first beam and returns it to the second beam splitter which converts the modulations of polarization to modulations of intensity in the conventional manner and reflects it to a first projection lens.
A third beam splitter is provided for splitting the second beam into third and fourth beams having first and second polarization states, respectively. The third beam is reflected to a red filter. The fourth beam is transmitted through a green filter.
The output of each filter is a substantially monochromatic beam of a single polarization state. The filter outputs are recombined into a single beam which illuminates a fourth beam splitter. The fourth beam splitter is a main polarizing prism. It reflects light of the first polarization state to the green light valve and transmits light of the second polarization state to the red light valve. The light valves modulate the polarization state of incident light in the conventional manner and return it to the main prism. The main prism recombines the light from the first and second light valves into a single beam which is directed to a second projection lens.
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patent: 2403731 (1946-07-01), MacNeille et al.
patent: 4019807 (1977-04-01), Boswell et al.
patent: 4191456 (1980-03-01), Hong et al.
Hong et al., II, "Application of the Liquid Crystal Light Valve to a Large Screen Graphics Display", SID, May 8, 1979.
Benman, Jr. William J.
Bethurum William J.
Corbin John K.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Karambelas Anthony W.
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