WO2004051995A3 - Two-stage projection architecture - Google Patents

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WO2004051995A3
WO2004051995A3 PCT/US2003/038011 US0338011W WO2004051995A3 WO 2004051995 A3 WO2004051995 A3 WO 2004051995A3 US 0338011 W US0338011 W US 0338011W WO 2004051995 A3 WO2004051995 A3 WO 2004051995A3
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pixel
imager
light
pixels
modulated
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Valter Drazic
Khaled Sarayeddine
Estill Thone Hall Jr
Eugene Murphy O'donnell
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Thomson Licensing Sa
Valter Drazic
Khaled Sarayeddine
Estill Thone Hall Jr
Eugene Murphy O'donnell
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Priority to JP2004557388A priority Critical patent/JP4677233B2/en
Priority to AU2003293163A priority patent/AU2003293163A1/en
Priority to EP03790152A priority patent/EP1576830A2/en
Priority to MXPA05005805A priority patent/MXPA05005805A/en
Priority to BR0316729-1A priority patent/BR0316729A/en
Priority to US10/537,112 priority patent/US7175279B2/en
Publication of WO2004051995A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004051995A2/en
Publication of WO2004051995A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004051995A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B13/00—Optical objectives specially designed for the purposes specified below
    • G02B13/0095—Relay lenses or rod lenses
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
    • H04N9/12—Picture reproducers
    • H04N9/31—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B21/00—Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor
    • G03B21/005—Projectors using an electronic spatial light modulator but not peculiar thereto
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B21/00—Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor
    • G03B21/005—Projectors using an electronic spatial light modulator but not peculiar thereto
    • G03B21/006—Projectors using an electronic spatial light modulator but not peculiar thereto using LCD's
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B21/00—Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor
    • G03B21/14—Details
    • G03B21/26—Projecting separately subsidiary matter simultaneously with main image
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B33/00—Colour photography, other than mere exposure or projection of a colour film
    • G03B33/10—Simultaneous recording or projection
    • G03B33/12—Simultaneous recording or projection using beam-splitting or beam-combining systems, e.g. dichroic mirrors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/74—Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
    • H04N9/12—Picture reproducers
    • H04N9/31—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM]
    • H04N9/3102—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM] using two-dimensional electronic spatial light modulators
    • H04N9/312—Driving therefor
    • H04N9/3126—Driving therefor for spatial light modulators in series
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
    • H04N9/12—Picture reproducers
    • H04N9/31—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM]
    • H04N9/3141—Constructional details thereof
    • H04N9/315—Modulator illumination systems
    • H04N9/3167—Modulator illumination systems for polarizing the light beam

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  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Liquid Crystal (AREA)
  • Projection Apparatus (AREA)
  • Transforming Electric Information Into Light Information (AREA)

Abstract

A two-stage light projection system is provided for projecting an image comprising a matrix of light pixels having modulated luminance. A first imager is configured to modulate a light band on a pixel-by-pixel basis proportional to gray scale values provided for each pixel of the image to provide a first output matrix. A second imager is positioned and configured to receive the first output matrix and modulate the individual modulated pixels of light from the first imager on a pixel-by-pixel basis proportional to a second gray scale value provided for each pixel. A relay lens system having a single-gauss lens set and a mirror positioned at the system stop focuses the modulated light output from the first imager on a pixel-by-pixel basis onto the corresponding pixels of the second imager.
PCT/US2003/038011 2002-12-04 2003-11-26 Two-stage projection architecture WO2004051995A2 (en)

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JP2004557388A JP4677233B2 (en) 2002-12-04 2003-11-26 Two-stage projector structure
AU2003293163A AU2003293163A1 (en) 2002-12-04 2003-11-26 Two-stage projection architecture
EP03790152A EP1576830A2 (en) 2002-12-04 2003-11-26 Two-stage projection architecture
MXPA05005805A MXPA05005805A (en) 2002-12-04 2003-11-26 Two-stage projection architecture.
BR0316729-1A BR0316729A (en) 2002-12-04 2003-11-26 Two-stage projection architecture
US10/537,112 US7175279B2 (en) 2002-12-04 2003-11-26 Two-stage projection architecture

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US43099602P 2002-12-04 2002-12-04
US60/430,996 2002-12-04

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JP (1) JP4677233B2 (en)
KR (1) KR101004572B1 (en)
CN (1) CN100477801C (en)
AU (1) AU2003293163A1 (en)
BR (1) BR0316729A (en)
MX (1) MXPA05005805A (en)
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