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Tri-color separating optical system

US4933751A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1988
Grant dateJun 12, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/16
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To form three different color optical images in close vicinity to each other on the same image forming plane in a tri-color separating optical system, the optical system comprising a lens for focusing a subject optical image on a green optical image forming plane (I.sub.g); dichroic mirrors or a dichroic prism for directly passing a green color image and reflecting a blue color image in the first direction and a red color image in the second direction; a first prism having therein a total reflection surface and an extended optical path length for reflecting the blue color image to a blue optical image-forming plane (I.sub.b); and a second prism having therein a total reflection surface and an extended optical path length for reflecting the red color image to a red optical image-forming plane (I.sub.r).

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