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Light to light modulator with reading light of specified wavelength

US5381188A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 4, 1992
Grant dateJan 10, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G3/02
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention offers a display system for displaying information comprising a linear array of N light-emitting devices emitting light of predetermined wavelength, the devices are arranged respectively with N pixels, a stream of the information is divided into pieces each of which containing the N pixels, and the N light-emitting devices are caused to emit N light beams simultaneously in a form of array during a given period for every divided piece of the information, the every divided piece of information may correspond to one line of a frame of picture, the N light beams are intensity-modulated respectively with the divided piece of the information, the N light beams are deflected simultaneously in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the array of the N light beams, and a spatial light modulator having a photoconductive layer and a light modulation layer interposed between a pair of electrodes, the photoconductive layer is responsive to the deflected N light beams incident thereto through a focusing lens as a writing light, and a reading light of visible wavelength which is shorter than the predetermined wavelength of the emitted light from the linear array of the N…

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