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Laser projection display system

US6577429B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 2002
Grant dateJun 10, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/48
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a laser light source for emitting a light beam having a coherence length; a beam expander for expanding the light beam; a spatial light modulator; beam shaping optics for shaping the expanded laser beam to provide uniform illumination of the spatial light modulator, the beam shaping optics including a fly's eye integrator having an array of lenslets; a diffuser located in the light beam between the laser light source and the beam shaping optics; an electrically controllable de-speckling modulator for modifying the temporal and spatial phase of the light beam; and a projection lens for producing an image of the spatial light modulator on a distant screen.

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