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Method of imaging using a liquid crystal display device

US6243149A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 1999
Grant dateJun 5, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S359/90
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Binary optics are used in an illumination system to provide a method of imaging for a color projection display. In one embodiment a broad spectrum light source illuminates a multilevel optical phase element which disperses the broad spectrum light from the light source by diffraction. A display having a number of pixel elements, each capable of transmitting a predetermined spectral region, is positioned within the near field region of the multilevel optical phase element so as to receive the light dispersed by the multilevel phase element.

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