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Projector device capable of obtaining a high luminance without increasing output of light source

US6336724B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1999
Grant dateJan 8, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/3167
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a projector device for magnifically projecting onto a screen a beam of light emitted from a light source which is irradiated at a mirror reflecting type light modulator after being color-separated into light beams of three primary colors and after respective light beams of primary colors modulated in the mirror reflecting type light modulator are synthesized by a color prism, a light beam emitted from a first light source is polarized into an “p” polarization by a polarization converter and a light beam emitted from a second light source is polarized into a “s” polarization by the polarization converter, thereby both light beams are synthesized by a polarization beam splitter.

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