Color liquid crystal projection display systems
US5757341A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 26, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/133623
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a color liquid crystal projection display in which three differently-colored illuminating beams (R,G,B) are incident from mutually different directions on an LC panel (20) having an array of display elements (40) with a microlens array (21) at the input side of the panel end of whose elements (42) overlies a respective group of three adjacent display elements in row or delta configuration and through each of which light of the three colours (R,G,B) is directed at different angles respectively and converged towards respective ones of the display elements in its associated group, a deflecting element array (25), comprising, for example, microlens element (44) or microprisms (46) formed in a glass substrate of the panel, is positioned close to the plane of the display elements to deflect the directions of light of at least two of the three colours from each microlens element (42) to bring the directions of light of the three colours at the output side of the panel towards a common direction, and preferably substantially parallel to one another. A significant reduction in the amount of spread of light if the output side is thereby achieved, such that, inter alia, a comparatively sma…
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