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5568286 Fast liquid crystal switching unit  
A fast-speed optical switching unit includes a polarization rotation unit having plurality of liquid crystal cells disposed on a common substrate and optically coupled together in series so as to...
5566007 Reflection type liquid crystal display device capable of color display  
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device, having light-converging member provided for each pixel or each pixel row consisting of a plurality of pixels for converging the light...
5565933 Color switching apparatus for liquid crystal light valve projector  
A liquid crystal light valve (12) is sequentially modulated with images corresponding to three primary color components of a scene at a rate which is faster than flicker can be perceived. A color...
5561538 Direct-view display apparatus  
A direct-view display apparatus provides improved image quality by preventing the formation of a stripe pattern caused by parallax effects. A liquid-crystal panel for active matrix driving is...
5557433 Transmissive liquid crystal display having prism lens film for light illumination and wave lens film for light diffusion  
In a TN LCD, a prism lens film and a wave lens film are disposed on the incoming and outgoing sides of a liquid crystal panel, respectively, to obtain an image wide in visual angle and good in its...
5557432 Display device and image formation apparatus having first and second lens arrays  
A display device includes a plurality of light modulation portions, a first lens array having lens portions corresponding to the plurality of light modulation portions to converge incident light by...
5552906 Optically addressed picture display apparatus  
A picture display apparatus which converts an input optical image into a projected picture using a photoelectric effect. The picture display apparatus includes an image transfer device having a...
5550656 Full color display with plural two-dimensional planar arrays of lenslets  
A full color display is disclosed having a high efficiency light source optically coupled by a light coupling lens array to the active matrix of pixel elements of an image forming means such as a...
5548349 Transmission type color liquid display apparatus with first and second lens layers located between a white light source and the display device  
A color liquid crystal display apparatus according to the present invention includes: a transmission type liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix along a...
5546202 Rear projection screen for high ambient light environments having a pinhole area substantially equal to luminous area of the light source  
In a display system suitable for high ambient light environments, a lamp is used simply as a light source to illuminate a rear projection display screen, which is a matrix of tiny cells that...
5546206 Concealing a bright defect using light blocking means to block only the wavelength band shed onto the defective pixel  
A method of concealing a bright defect in a transmission display device which displays by selectively transmitting plural beams different wavelength bands shed onto corresponding pixels of a...
5543942 LCD microlens substrate with a lens array and a uniform material bonding member, each having a thermal resistance not lower than 150°C  
The present invention discloses an opposed substrate for use in a liquid crystal display element, for example. The opposed substrate is constructed by a transparent substrate, microlenses formed on...
5543870 Rear projection screen with high off-axis sunlight rejection  
A projection system having a rear projection screen (28) employs a collimating lens (26) in the form of a Fresnel lens adjacent the rear surface of the screen (28) to improve the image luminance at...
5541745 Illumination system for a display using cholesteric liquid crystal reflectors  
A display system for direct viewing or projection includes a source of polarized light, an analyzer for reflecting or transmitting light as a function of the wavelength and polarization...
5541746 Light source device for use in liquid crystal projectors  
A light source device for use in liquid crystal projectors which comprises a reflector oriented toward a liquid crystal panel and having a reflecting surface formed by a paraboloid or ellipsoid,...
5541751 Light scan type display device having light waveguides and photo conductive switching elements  
The light scan type display device includes a display medium laid between two opposed substrates, which is driven in response to a light signal. One of the substrates has plural light waveguides...
5535025 Helmet mounted off axis liquid crystal display with a fiber optic wedge and a curved reflector  
An optical arrangement that provides a telecentric helmet mounted display optical system. The optical arrangement comprises an image source including a faceplate wedge attached to a liquid crystal...
5530489 Single projection lens color projection system  
Color separation dichroic mirrors (40,42) positioned between a group of reflective liquid crystal light valves (26,28,30) and a polarization analyzer (14) enable a single projection lens (18) to...
5528392 Image-forming apparatus having liquid crystal and photoconductive members and using the same light beam for reading and writing  
An image-forming apparatus for exposing a photosensitive material with image light. An optical modulation device is provided such that the intensity of image light made incident from one side of an...
5526146 Back-lighting system for transmissive display  
A display assembly includes a display screen having a predetermined generally planar area for displaying transmissive data. A light source is provided for generating light of predetermined...
5517340 High performance projection display with two light valves  
A simplified two-light valve configuration for high performance projection displays which eliminates much complexity and the costs associated with three-light valve projection displays, such as a...
5515185 Single panel type liquid crystal display projector  
A single panel type liquid crystal display projector includes a flat LCD panel oriented perpendicularly to a first optical axis, lighting means having an illumination source surrounded by a...
5515202 Optical projector arrangement comprising a compensator  
An optical projector arrangement includes a light source. Light from the light source is formed into a collimated beam travelling along an axis by optics. The light is split into red, green and...
5508830 Liquid crystal display unit having an enclosed space between the liquid crystal cell and at least one polarizer  
In a liquid crystal display unit for use in a liquid crystal projector used in a high-temperature environment, this invention is directed to provide a liquid crystal display unit which prevents...
5504602 LCD including a diffusing screen in a plane where emerging light from one pixel abuts light from adjacent pixels  
A projection apparatus for holographic stereogram recording has a transmissive liquid crystal device and a diffusion screen. The transmissive liquid crystal device has a microlens array on its...
5500692 Image projecting apparatus for producing an image for display on a projection screen  
An image projector apparatus for producing an image for display on a projection screen. The image projector apparatus includes a plurality of first microlenses each receiving light from a light...
5500747 Ultra-wide angle liquid crystal projector system  
An ultra-wide angle liquid crystal projector system comprising a light source, a liquid crystal panel, a curved screen, and a projection lens for projecting in accordance with light emitted by the...
5499138 Image display apparatus  
An image display apparatus, for example, a spectacle-type image display apparatus, which is capable of reproducing a high-definition image by projecting pixels at a proper pitch on the retina in...
5493351 Liquid crystal projector  
A liquid crystal projector includes a light source, a color filter for adding color projection image, a liquid crystal panel for forming a projection image on it, a projection lens and an optical...
5493427 Three-dimensional display unit with a variable lens  
A three-dimensional display unit has a liquid crystal panel for simultaneously displaying a plurality of different parallax images and an optical characteristic variable lens attached to the liquid...
5491525 Illumination unit for liquid crystal projection display apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus having it used  
A bulb (4) of lamp (1) has a reflection film (2) or reflection mirror (9) to make light components going outside a reflector (3) direct to the reflector (3) to reflect. If the lamp (1) is a spot...
5490006 Liquid crystal light valve apparatus with a pair of non-parallel phase difference plates  
In a liquid crystal light valve apparatus comprising an incident side polarizing plate, a twisted nematic liquid crystal cell of active matrix type and an outgoing side polarizing plate, two phase...
5486884 Reflecting image projection screen and image projection system comprising such a screen  
A reflecting image projection screen (1) is described, as well as an image projection system (17) in which such a projection screen (1) is used. Viewed from the front side (3) of the projection...
5479276 Sunlight enhanced backlight system for cockpit display  
An objective lens is mounted to the lower exterior portion of a canopy to focus sunlight into an attached fiber optic bundle. The bundle then carries the light a relatively short distance to an...
5479275 Backlit liquid crystal display with integral collimating, refracting, and reflecting means which refracts and collimates light from a first light source and reflects light from a second light source  
An improved NVG compatible day/night backlighting assembly for a color liquid crystal display includes a daytime high intensity light source, an edge-mounted nighttime low intensity light source,...
5477351 Polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel with diffraction grating and reflective counter electrode  
Pixel electrodes of a liquid crystal panel are made of a transparent conductive material, while a reflection electrode is formed on a counter substrate. A liquid crystal layer made of liquid...
5475513 Projection type image display device maintaining resolution of an image unaffected by parallax  
An image display device is arranged to have a liquid crystal light valve, a liquid crystal display panel, a backlighting unit, and a rod lens array. The liquid crystal light valve serves to form an...
5473453 Liquid crystal display with opaque film formed by exposure through microlens  
A photomask (5) of a liquid crystal display panel is formed by photolithographic exposure of a photosensitive resin layer through micro-lenses (3), and the apertures thereof are in complete...
5467206 Color display device with intervening lens and spatial filter or with overlapping beams of chromatically separated light between the chromatic separator and lens array  
A color display device comprises a source of light simultaneously emitting several ranges of chromatic components and a spatial light modulator comprising several dots, each dot comprising at least...
5467205 Image display system with right and left eye illuminating means  
An image display system wearable on the user's head is disclosed for displaying a magnified projected image. The image display system includes an image display element for displaying an image...
5467207 LCD projection system which aligns the larger beam spread angle of the light source with the larger acceptance angle of the light valve and a nonimaging reflector for an illumination system  
A projection system comprising a liquid crystal light valve having a wider acceptance angle for incident light in a first direction than in a second direction transverse to the first direction and...
5465174 Single light valve full-color projector display  
A single light valve full-color projector 10 operative to display an image on a screen 12 in response to first and second video signals. The inventive projector 10 includes a laser 22 for providing...
5459592 Projection display system including a collimating tapered waveguide or lens with the normal to optical axis angle increasing toward the lens center  
The present invention provides a lighting device including a light source; a reflecting mirror for reflecting light emitted by the light source in a determined direction; and a compensating element...
5450219 Raster following telecentric illumination scanning system for enhancing light throughout in light valve projection systems  
Optical apparatus that condenses illuminating light into a narrow formatted band of light that follows activated lines down a light valve as it is driven. The present invention is a telecentric...
5446510 Image display apparatus  
An image display apparatus has a radiation source, generator for generating an image by modulating a polarized light beam and directing device for directing a light beam from the radiation source...
5430562 Liquid crystal light valve including between light and light valve microlenses and two reflecting layers with a matrix of openings  
A liquid-crystal light valve unit and a projection display system using same are provided. The liquid-crystal light valve includes a light valve having openings defining pixels in a matrix...
5398125 Liquid crystal projection panel having microlens arrays, on each side of the liquid crystal, with a focus beyond the liquid crystal  
A liquid crystal projection panel for use in a projection system. The projection panel is comprised of a large number of pixels of liquid crystal defining a image forming plane provided between two...
5398081 Apparatus for projecting colored images  
A color projection display uses a dichroic cube for modulating the color of light reaching the imaging element of the display. This way, a colored image may be projected by frame sequential...
5398082 Scanned illumination for light valve video projectors  
A video projection system employs a reflective light valve (10) that is optically addressed by an image from a cathode ray tube (12) and provides an output image for projection by means of a high...
5394254 Light valve projector assembly including fiber optic plate with fiber bundle perimeter less than twice as reflective as elsewhere  
A liquid crystal light valve projector assembly is disclosed here including (1) a multi dashed layered liquid crystal light valve having a light-writing side and a light projecting side, (2)...