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Image display device

US6926411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 2003
Grant dateAug 9, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/7441
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image display device has three reflective image display elements for red, green and blue to form an optical image according to a video signal from light output from a light source, and an optical system to supply light onto the display elements and to combine and output the light reflected from the display elements. The image display device includes a first polarity converting unit to convert luminous flux from the light source to S polarized light, a first polarized beam splitter, and second polarized beam splitter. The reflective image display element for green is provided in a vicinity of the first polarized beam splitter, and the light reflected by the first polarized beam splitter and input to the reflective image display element for green is S polarized light. The light output from the reflective image display element for green permeates the first and second polarized beam splitters.

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