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Display optical unit and display apparatus using this unit

US6595645B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 28, 2001
Grant dateJul 22, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/3141
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display optical unit includes a light valve which modulates light to form picture information, a light splitter which splits light into a plurality of color components and for directing each of the color components to the light valve, an illumination unit which directs light emanated from a light source to the light splitter, and a projection lens which magnifies and projects the modulated light having the picture information for displaying a picture. An optical axis of the projection lens is shifted from an optical axis of the illumination unit and the light splitter, and a projection lens unit including the light valve and the projection lens has a positioning mechanism which determines a position thereof when attached and is attachable and detachable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection lens unit.

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