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Large-screen visualization device

US4365869A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 1980
Grant dateDec 28, 1982
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F1/133616
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for visualizing an image on a large screen with a small projection distance, in which the image is formed by pieces on an assembly of liquid crystal cells for then projecting it onto a visualization screen by means of an assembly of lenses associated with the liquid crystal cells; to illuminate the cells a transparent plate is used forming a light-guide and which comprises an assembly of networks associated with the cells to extract the light from the plate and project it onto the cells.

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