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Screen for rear projection display

US6970289B1 · kind B1 · utility

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17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 2000
Grant dateNov 29, 2005
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/625
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A rear projection screen for use with a projection lens which has an exit pupil (23) is provided. The screen has a light entering side and a light exiting side and comprises in order from said light entering side to said light exiting side: (a) a Fresnel structure (11); (b) a lenslet array (13); and (c) an opaque layer (15) comprising a plurality of pinholes, said pinholes being at locations which correspond to the images of the exit pupil formed by the combination of the Fresnel structure and the lenslet array.

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