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Single-panel color image display apparatus

US6913360B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 8, 2003
Grant dateJul 5, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A single-panel color image display apparatus realizing a wide color gamut includes a light source, a colored light separator, and a light valve. The colored light separator has four or more dichroic filters of reflective type which separate a light emitted from the light source according to a wavelength. The light valve controls the light that is emitted from the light source and separated by the colored light separator according to color, on a pixel-by-pixel basis according to an input image signal, and forms a color image. By performing color scrolling using a scrolling unit having a spiral array of lens cells, the same resolution as that obtained when using a color wheel can be realized and the same light efficiency as that obtained when using a three-panel color image display apparatus can be realized.

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