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Projector

US6155685A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1997
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/3105
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical device includes four prisms joined into one body to combine light beams, a first type of multilayer coating being provided between joining surfaces of the four prisms, and a second type of multilayer coating being provided on at least one non-joining surface of the four right-angle prisms. Each prism bears the first type of multilayer coating and the second type of multilayer coating on two or less surfaces thereof. The optical device is further provided with liquid crystal image panels to combine optical images and project a combined optical image to a screen.

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