Digital cinema projector
US6585378B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B13/16
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital cinema projector (100) for projection of color images onto a display surface comprises a light source (116), which produces a beam of light. Beam-shaping optics (130) homogenize and focus the beam of light and color splitting optics (132) separate focus beam of light into separate color beams. A first modulation optics system comprises a prepolarizer (212), which prepolarizes a first color beam; a wire grid polarization beamsplitter (224), which transmits a first predetermined polarization state of the prepolarized beam; a reflective spatial light modulator (204), which alters the transmitted prepolarized beam with information and reflects the image bearing first color beam through the wire grid polarization beamsplitter (224); and a wire grid polarization analyzer (228), which transmits the image bearing first color beam and attenuates unwanted polarization components. A recombination prism (232) combines the first color beam from the first modulation optical system with other image bearing color beams to create a full color image bearing beam. A projection lens system (150) projects the full color image bearing beam onto the display surface (140).
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