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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7180555 | System and method for producing an image with a screen using erase (off) and image (on) light sources An image system includes a beam generator and a screen having a region with an adjustable brightness. The beam generator directs first and second electromagnetic beams onto the region. The first beam changes the brightness of the region according to a first polarity... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180556 | System and method for capturing, transmitting, and displaying an image An optical image system includes an image projector and an image generator. The image projector has regions with adjustable brightness levels. The image generator generates an image received from a remote location on the image projector by directing first and second... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6411270 | Display apparatus capable of selecting display picture or screen sizes for displaying static picture of images written in a spatial light modulator A spatial light modulator includes a pair of transparent substrates disposed with a prescribed gap therebetween and each having thereon a transparent electrode, and a liquid crystal layer and a photoconductor layer disposed between the substrates, with th... | 06/25/2002 |
| 4951150 | Optical projection system An optical projection system which in one implementation reflects illumination from a source off of an electro-optic imaging member in the shape of a plate. The imaging member in the preferred embodiment is an electro-optic ceramic plate, such as PLZT, wh... | 08/21/1990 |
