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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167434 | Light projection system and display device The invention relates to a light projection system (10) for use in conjunction with a display device (40). The light projection system comprises a light source for emitting light being modulated by video and/or audio content of the display device (4... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8100536 | Digital light processing projector A DLP projector includes a light source generating white light beams, a color wheel separating the white light beams into three colored light beams, an integration rod rendering the colored light beams uniform, a projection lens, a DMD, a light-shade and a light-abs... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7988299 | Handy image projection apparatus A handy image projection apparatus includes a main body containing a projection optical unit configured to project an image from its front part, with the main body having a gravity center, and an operation member provided on an outer face of the main body. The opera... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7959299 | Projector having reduced color shading A projector including a lighting device for emitting light including first, second and third colored light beams. A first dichroic mirror separates the light into the first colored light beam by reflecting the light in a certain wavelength range and transmitting the... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7946710 | Projection display A projection display, for modulating lights into an optical image through an image display element, thereby projecting the optical image from a projection lens, enlargedly, comprising: a light source, which is configured to emit the lights; an optical integrator, wh... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7802889 | Color wheel module for a projection apparatus A color wheel module includes a color wheel having a side face defining a plurality of color regions and a detection region, a light source for emitting light beams toward the side face of the color wheel and a light detection device for detecting the light beams fr... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7443586 | Display device using single-panel diffractive light modulator Disclosed herein is a display device using a single-panel diffractive light modulator. The display device includes a light source unit, a condensing unit, an illumination unit, a diffractive light modulator, a projection unit, a filter unit, and a distortion correct... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440590 | System and technique for retrieving depth information about a surface by projecting a composite image of modulated light patterns A technique, associated system and program code, for retrieving depth information about at least one surface of an object. Core features include: projecting a composite image comprising a plurality of modulated structured light patterns, at the object; capturing an ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436572 | Micromirrors and hinge structures for micromirror arrays in projection displays A spatial light modulator is disclosed, along with methods for making such a modulator. The spatial light modulator comprises an array of micromirrors each having a hinge and a micromirror plate held via a hinge on a substrate, the micromirror plate being attached t... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429110 | Projector-type image display apparatus At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a projector which includes several optical elements, reflective devices and beam splitters, arranged to reduce back reflection effects. At least one exemplary embodiment includes a mirror, two beam splitters, three re... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7413311 | Speckle reduction in laser illuminated projection displays having a one-dimensional spatial light modulator A projection display including a one-dimensional light modulator includes an optical arrangement for projecting light from a laser onto the modulator in the form of a line of light. Light from the laser is divided to create in effect a two-dimensional array of mutua... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411722 | Display system incorporating bilinear electromechanical grating device A line scanned display system includes at least three different colors of illumination provided by one or more light sources, and at least one directional illumination optical system for directing the three different colors of illumination. Also in the system is a b... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401925 | Image projection system An image projector system includes an LED controller and first and second LEDs, a dichroic mirror. The LED controller controls the first and the second LED to emit first and second color lights, respectively. The second color light is of high luminance and is decomp... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403335 | Screen, Fresnel lens sheet used for the same, and image display apparatus using the same The present invention provides a screen suitable for reducing the longitudinal dimension of a set. The present invention includes two prism sections. One is a totally reflective prism section (10) provided at the image generation source side of a Fresnel lens... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396131 | Projection assembly Projection assemblies are provided herein for use in a display system. According to one exemplary embodiment, the projection assembly includes an illumination source and a plurality of co-planar modulator panels. A method of modulating light is also provided herein ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390094 | Method and apparatus to achieve a neutral dark state in image projection systems An absorptive layer is added to an image display system. The absorptive layer is selected to compensate for tint in a black state of a displayed image. In a Liquid Crystal On Silicon (LCOS) based light engine, blue wavelengths may cause a predominate tint in black p... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390095 | Projector Aspects of the invention can provide a projector that includes three optical modulators which modulate respectively red light, green light, and blue light, a color-synthetic optical system which synthesizes the light modulated by the three optical modulators, and a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387391 | Apparatus and method for mounting imagers on stress-sensitive polarizing beam splitters An optical device that includes an optical element, an imager, and a prism bracket. The optical element includes an optical element having first and second prisms coupled together. The imager is arranged adjacent to the first prism and configured to receive light fr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370976 | Projection type image display device The device has flexure correcting means for operating to rotate a first eccentric cam provided at a central part of a first side of a reflecting mirror, thereby moving up and down the central part of the first side to correct the flexure of the reflecting mirror, to... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365907 | Rear projection image display apparatus A compact rear projection image display apparatus in which the projection distance in a projection optical system is substantially reduced and no reflection mirror is used, thereby eliminating a major cause of image trapezoidal distortion. The rear projection image ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364305 | Projector A projector which is small in size and excellent in light utilization efficiency while keeping the advantage of a spatially-pixel-arrangement type is provided. The luminous flux emitted from a light source is separated by a color separation system into a plurality o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362506 | Ultra-bright light engine for projection displays A projector incorporating a prism and a plurality of light valves for modulating light that passes though the prism, wherein the color splitting-converging prism includes a dichroic coating having multiple layers of high and low index of refraction and ΒΌ wavelength... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362493 | Micromirror and post arrangements on substrates A micromirror of a micromirror array of a spatial light modulator used in display systems comprises a mirror plate attached to a hinge that is supported by two posts formed on a substrate. Also the mirror plate is operable to rotate along a rotation axis that is par... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354162 | Projector A projector includes: a light source device that emits substantially parallel illumination light; a first lens array having a plurality of first small lenses each of which divides the illumination light coming from the light source device into a plurality of partial... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350924 | Illumination apparatus and image projection apparatus using the illumination apparatus An illumination apparatus comprises a small-plane light source having diffusion radiation characteristics, a columnar light leading member, having an incident end surface, an outgoing radiation end surface and a reflection surface, configured to reflect on the refle... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347561 | Image display device A color management system for use with projection displays includes, for example, two or more analyzers positioned to receive light beams as they are emitted from the panels of a color management system. The analyzers are positioned to receive the light beams direct... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347559 | Color video projection system employing reflective liquid crystal display devices Methods and apparatuses for use in image projecting are provided. One apparatus includes a transflective polarizing beam splitter, a plurality of reflective liquid crystal light valves, and a spectrally selective output device. The beam splitter is capable of receiv... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347563 | Apparatus for fixing a reflective or transmissive liquid-crystal display element to a prism member At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a projection display apparatus configured to project an image on a projection plane, the image being formed using light from a light source by an image-forming element, is provided. The projection display apparatus in... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345654 | Three-dimensional image display apparatus A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes an image display configured to output image light which arrays a plurality of pixels and has polarization, a lens array arranged in front of the image display, configured to function as lens at light which has a 1... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334897 | Display apparatus using LCD Panel A projection apparatus (10) has an illumination section with a light source (20) providing a substantially unpolarized illumination beam of multiple wavelengths. A multiple wavelength polarizer polarizes the substantially unpolarized illumination beam ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336247 | Image display device An image display device incorporates a group of pixels of two or more types, each pixel including a light source whose primary wavelength is specific to the type of pixel; a generating device for generating analog pixel signals to be input to the group of pixels fro... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331679 | Reflection unit having a mirror array, and projection display system employing the same A projection display system includes a screen, an illumination projecting system to form an image using light radiated by a light source, to magnify the image, and to project the image along a rear side of the screen, and a reflection unit having an array of unit mi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330298 | Optical system and method for increasing image resolution and/or dithering in projection applications An optical system for projecting an image having x and y axes onto a image plane is provided. The system includes an SLM device spaced from the image plane, the SLM device having a plurality of pixels operable to project pixels of the image onto the image plane and ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329007 | Projector A projector includes an illumination device, a color separation system, a light combining system, a projection system, and an optical adjustment portion. The color separation system separates the light emitted from the illumination device into blue light, red light,... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329004 | Rear projection display device A rear projection display device improves the brightness by improving the utilization efficiency of image light projected to a screen from slantly below. At least a green component of the image light is P-polarized to the screen (7). Therefore, reflection of ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325956 | Light-emitting diode (LED) illumination system for a digital micro-mirror device (DMD) and method of providing same A light illumination system for projecting a color image to a digital micro-mirror display (DMD) panel includes a light-emitting diode (LED) illumination assembly (101, 102, 103), a dichroic combiner (107) for providing a single light source and a cond... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327508 | Display device using light modulator and having improved numerical aperture of after-edge lens system A display device using a light modulator and having an improved numerical aperture (NA) of an after-edge lens system is disclosed. The display device includes an illumination lens, a diffractive light modulator, an NA improvement unit, a filter system and a projecti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325957 | Polarized light emitting diode (LED) color illumination system and method for providing same A polarized light illumination system includes a light emitting diode (LED) (601, 602, 603) for providing a source of light that is directed to a non-polarizing dichroic combiner (607) for combining light from the LEDs into a single light source. A pow... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320521 | Optical engine architectures An optical engine architecture that operates as either a two-imager or a three-imager optical engine. The optical engine uses a first PBS cube and a second PBS cube having an optical axis between them. In between the first PBS cube and second PBS cube are two quarte... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317465 | Image display system and method A method of displaying an image may include receiving image data for the image, and defining first and second sub-frames of the image. The first and second sub-frames may have corresponding pluralities of image elements, with each image element of the second sub-fra... | 01/08/2008 |
