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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7349136 | Method and device for a display having transparent components integrated therein A display panel includes an array of interferometric modulators arranged over a transparent substrate and a transparent electrical device arranged between the array of interferometric modulators and the transparent substrate. The transparent electrical device may be... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325929 | Method and apparatus for controllably modulating a laser in a laser projection display A laser projection device suitable for displaying full color images is disclosed. The LPD includes a variety of techniques for modulating laser beams produced by one or more lasers with image data to controllably produce the image using a modified raster scan. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7244030 | Rear projection type image display device The present invention relates to a rear projection type image display device comprising projection lenses (2, 3) for projecting an image displayed on an image display element onto a transmission type screen (6) on a larger scale, an optical path turn-b... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7196687 | Swept illumination to reduce LCD lag in front and rear projection displays Methods for illuminating the display area of a liquid crystal panel (13) are provided. Illumination light (17) is compressed into a stripe which is scanned across the display area in synchronization with the display's refresh cycle. In particular, the ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195358 | Rear projection type image display device The present invention relates to a rear projection type image display device comprising projection lenses (2, 3) for projecting an image displayed on an image display element onto a transmission type screen (6) on a larger scale, an optical path turn-b... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7167297 | Micromirror array In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7121668 | Device and method for generating an image for projection In an image projection device, interferences between the light source and the light modulator leading to visible interferences in the projected image are suppressed by an interference cancellation circuit that pre-corrects the control signal that includes the image ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118226 | Sequential color recapture for image display systems A method for transmitting light in an image display system includes generating a beam of light from a light source. The beam of light is directed at a first segment of an electronically-switchable filter. A first portion of the beam of light is accepted by the first... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7077325 | Portable instrument for electro-optically reading indicia and for projecting a bit-mapped image A portable instrument incorporates an electro-optical assembly for reading indicia during a reading mode, and for projecting a bit-mapped image during a display mode. A manually operable switch on the instrument is disposed for selecting one of the modes. The image ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066605 | Color recapture for display systems A sequential color display system using a white light source to create a full color image projected onto an image plane. A dynamic filter, typically a series of moving dichroic filters, generates a series of primary colored light beams that are swept across the surf... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7040766 | Illumination optical system and projection-type display apparatus The illumination optical system for guiding a light emitted from a light source to an object to be illuminated along an optical path includes a first reflecting mirror reflecting a part of a light which is moving in a forward direction along the optical path to move... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7023607 | Double substrate reflective spatial light modulator with self-limiting micro-mechanical elements A spatial light modulator including first and second substrate, and an array of deflectable elements disposed within a gap between the first and second substrates is disclosed herein. For electrostatically actuating the deflectable elements, an array of electrodes a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7023606 | Micromirror array for projection TV In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7012731 | Packaged micromirror array for a projection display In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012733 | Double substrate reflective spatial light modulator with self-limiting micro-mechanical elements A spatial light modulator including first and second substrate, and an array of deflectable elements disposed within a gap between the first and second substrates is disclosed herein. For electrostatically actuating the deflectable elements, an array of electrodes a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7006275 | Packaged micromirror array for a projection display In order to minimize light diffraction along the direction of switching and more particularly light diffraction into the acceptance cone of the collection optics, in the present invention, micromirrors are provided which are not rectangular. Also, in order to minimi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7006163 | Illuminating device and projector using it and built-in display unit An illuminating device comprising a light source for emitting a plurality of light beams (207, 208, 209) of different colors, a plurality of rotating beam scanners (102, 103, 104) and a plurality of scanning lenses (109, 110, 111). The beam scan... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6967759 | Pulse width modulation sequence generation A system and method for addressing and synchronizing a spatial light modulator (SLM) device and a scrolling color recovery (SCR) illumination system. This method applies all the colors to a single SLM simultaneously and recaptures light rejected by the color filters... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6950088 | Synchronizing optical scan and electrical addressing of a single-panel, scrolling color LCD system The electrical scan which applies data for one of the red, green and blue colors of a liquid crystal display (LCD) to the pixels of each row of the display and the optical scan of the panel with the color stripe of that color are synchronized to ensure sufficient ti... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945652 | Projection display device Light beams having different wavelengths emitted from red and blue semiconductor lasers and a laser diode pumped green solid-state laser are incident on respectively different surfaces of a color combining element and are overlaid on a single light path. Multiple be... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947200 | Double substrate reflective spatial light modulator with self-limiting micro-mechanical elements A spatial light modulator includes an upper optically transmissive substrate held above a lower substrate containing addressing circuitry. One or more electrostatically deflectable elements are suspended by hinges from the upper substrate. In operation, individual m... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6690432 | Alignment of the optical and the electrical scan in a scrolling color projector A prism is mounted onto a motor without regard to its rotation angle relative to the motor index. Its position is electronically set later after construction of the optical path. A motor controller is used to control the rotation of the prism. This motor ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5905479 | Coloring device with rotary filter and detection sensor mounted on the drive motor rotor A coloring device for use, for example, in a color image display device, includes a rotary filter rotated by a motor and includes color filter sections of the three colors which pass over the screen of a monochromatic display device in a predetermined seq... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5892623 | Mutli-color-band light source A light source for projecting rectangular color light bands includes a white-light source, a color separation device for separating the white light into red, green and blue components, and separate optics for forming images of rectangular red, green and b... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5734178 | Imaging system using area sensor An imaging system using an area sensor in which reading of very fine object such as a manuscript, etc. is permitted to be carried out. This imaging system includes an area sensor in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged so that a pixe... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5644357 | Burst driving of single-panel display A single-panel matrix display has rows of pixels continually illuminated by scanning red, green and blue light bands. The transmissivity of the rows is modulated for each colored light band in turn by sequentially driving a group of closely-spaced rows of... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5508738 | Single panel color porjection video display having control circuitry for synchronizing the color illumination system with reading/writing of the light A color projection video system utilizing only a single light valve. A white light source is separated into into red, green and blue bands. Scanning optics cause the RGB bands to be sequentially scanned across a light valve, such as a transmission LCD pan... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5416514 | Single panel color projection video display having control circuitry for synchronizing the color illumination system with reading/writing of the light valve A color projection video system utilizing only a single light valve. A white light source is separated into into red, green and blue bands. Scanning optics cause the RGB bands to be sequentially scanned across a light valve, such as a transmission LCD pan... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5313137 | Display devices A display system comprises a cathode ray tube (10) including an electron gun (12) for producing a modulated beam of electrons and a mechanism (14, 15) for focusing the beam of electrons and scanning it along a strip (17) of phosphor to produce a linear di... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5148285 | Image display apparatus with increased raster scan rate of laser beams An image display apparatus having light beam sources for generating light beams, an optical modulator for modulating the light beams by image signals to be projected, a deflection device for deflecting the modulated light beams, the deflection device incl... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5136426 | Light projection apparatus A high efficiency light projection apparatus using lasers that optimize all available power output from two lasers to provide a balanced color display is disclosed. The light projection apparatus comprises two laser and light separation means to produce s... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5107363 | Projection-type display apparatus A projection-type display apparatus has a light modulator for emitting a zero-order diffracted beam and a first-order diffracted beam which are added by a prism into a projecting light beam which is introduced into a light beam scanning system, which two-... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4992858 | Laser beam scanning apparatus A laser beam scanning apparatus deflects laser beams of different wavelengths to scan an object or medium in at least one direction using an acousto-optic deflector. The angle of scanning deflection is dependent on the frequency of the drive signal applie... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4978202 | Laser scanning system for displaying a three-dimensional color image A laser scanning system includes a read light emitting member, a green light emitting member, a blue emitting member, a scanning light member, and a controller. The red, green and blue emitting light members include an optical-frequency modulator and a li... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4979030 | Color display apparatus A color display apparatus for displaying a color video format signal comprising a two-dimensional screen on which light-beam sensitive three-primary-color luminous bodies are arrayed regularly in a predetermined direction, a generator for generating horiz... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4931786 | Electronic image display systems with improved cathode-ray tube construction Light weight, compact electronic image displays are provided which have flat profiles and which can be configured as direct view or projection displays. An improved cathode-ray tube utilizing two or more electron guns simultaneously produces two or more l... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4835601 | Color video generating apparatus using acousto-optical deflector Disclosed is a laser beam scanning system having a laser source for producing a plurality of laser beams each having a different wavelength which are deflected by an acousto-optical deflector to scan an object in at least one direction to produce a video ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833528 | Color video projecting apparatus using acousto-optical deflector Disclosed is a laser beam scanning system which includes a plurality of laser sources each of which produces a laser beam having a different wavelength. The laser beam component is intensity-modulated with a corresponding color video signal and deflected ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4610536 | Laser scanning and printing apparatus A laser scanning and printing apparatus operates to scan an original picture in generally low resolution to provide a minimal quantity of image data which may be modified to provide an enhanced image reproduction of the original by subsequently laser scan... | 09/09/1986 |
| 4274109 | Scanned beam color video generator Technique for generating scanned video signals for a viewed scene by scanning a beam of white light across the scene to be viewed and detecting the amounts of light reflected from the scene in each three spectral regions corresponding to the primary color... | 06/16/1981 |
