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7286290 Optical illumination apparatus  
An optical illumination apparatus has a polarization conversion device for converting light from a light source into light polarized uniformly in a predetermined manner and an optical integrator...
7281803 Polarization conversion assembly to complement angular transmission distribution of polarizing light modulator  
An apparatus, system, and method for a polarizing conversion assembly adapted to provide polarized light having an intensity distribution to complement an angular transmission distribution of a...
7278743 Single panel illumination system and projection display apparatus using the same  
The present invention provides an illumination system and projection system using the same. The present invention can eliminate the reflective light on the internal optical surface of the optical...
7273279 Projection display apparatus  
A white light emitted from a light source is homogenized by an integrator optical system, transmitted through a color polarizer ( 113 ) to be turned into an R light and a G light of a P polarized...
7261418 Projection apparatus  
A projection engine uses a first polarizing beam splitter (PBS) that substantially reflects light incident along a first input direction in a first polarization state and substantially transmits...
7255444 Optical unit and projection-type image display apparatus using the same  
A technique according to the present invention allows a projection-type image display system to suppress the temperature rise of the polarization split devices and secure high image quality....
7246907 Projection type image display apparatus using reflective image display elements, reflective polarizing plates and auxiliary analyzers  
A compact, light projection type image display apparatus based on reflection image display devices which provide high brightness without contrast deterioration caused by light leakage associated...
7245336 Liquid crystal display device  
A liquid crystal display device includes an illumination device, a light control element arranged at a projected light side of the illumination device, a reflective polarizer arranged at an upper...
7241014 Microdisplay projection  
Methods and apparatus for forming two orthogonally polarized beams of light from an unpolarized beam of light using one of at least two different image modes, the forming includes a color filtering...
7237901 Projection type image display device, rear projection type image display device, optical unit, and screen unit  
The present invention provides a projection type image display device capable of affording a bright display of a high saturation and capable of ensuring a high reliability of optical parts. The...
7232228 Light recovery for projection displays  
A light recovery system for a projection display with a reflector having a first and a second focal points. A source of electro-magnetic radiation is disposed proximate to the first focal point of...
7229177 Restraining temperature rise in light exiting-side polarizer constituting liquid crystal light valve  
Embodiments of the invention restrain temperature rise in a light exiting-side polarizer included in a liquid crystal light valve without limiting the quantity of light incident on the liquid...
7222965 Optical unit and a projection image display apparatus using the same  
The present invention provides a projection image display technology capable of correcting astigmatism due to use of a polarized-beam splitter, thus ensuring high-resolution projection images. A...
7213920 Image display apparatus  
According to the present invention, there is provided an image display device including a non-luminous reflection type spatial light modulating element, illuminating system to illuminate the...
7213924 Image projection apparatus and image projection system  
The image projection apparatus includes a first, a second and a third reflective liquid crystal display element, an illumination optical system which color-separates light from a light source into...
7210788 Color prism and projection-type image display apparatus employing the same  
A color prism capable of separating incident light into four color beams and synthesizing incident four-color beams, and a projection-type image display apparatus employing the color prism. The...
7207676 Image projection apparatus  
A reflection type projector apparatus uses polarized beam filters that are resistant to fluctuations in incident angle as the light beam splitting elements and in which are provided for the blue...
7202918 LCD projection system and illumination device thereof  
The present invention relates to an illumination device of an LCD projection system. The illumination device comprises a light source, a quarter-wave retardation and a wire grid polarizer. The...
7193248 LED backlighting system  
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device having non-white and white light emitting diodes and a liquid crystal display. A spectrum converting material is positioned between non-white LEDs and the LCD...
7190519 Plate-like polarizing element, a polarizing conversion unit provided with the element, and a projector provided with the unit  
This specification discloses a polarizing. element for dividing light into first and second polarized lights differing in polarized state from each other by a polarizing dividing surface, directing...
7180557 Liquid-crystal projector  
A projection unit comprises a light source unit and an image forming unit. The light source unit includes a light source section and an illuminating optical system which condenses the illuminating...
7156520 Color separating optical system, image display optical system, and projection image display apparatus  
A color separating-combining optical system is configured to separate illumination light into a plurality of color spectrums, guiding these color spectrums to respective image display elements, and...
7154671 High efficiency electromagnetic beam projector, and systems and methods for implementation thereof  
This invention relates to electromagnetic wave beam paths, formation of the beam, illumination of programmable electromagnetic wave field vector orientation rotating devices (“PEMFVORD”) with...
7150532 Projection system with scrolling unit  
A projection system including a light source, a polarization conversion system, a reflection mirror, a color separator, a scrolling unit, a light valve, and a projection lens unit is provided. The...
7148936 Color-separation/synthesis optical system with particular cut-off wavelengths and emission-side polarizer and projection type liquid crystal display device using the same  
The present invention provides a projection type liquid crystal display device capable of achieving a high contrast ratio without causing optical leakage on boundary wavelength regions of three...
7139042 Display device with capacity of displaying three-dimensional images  
A display device for selectively displaying any one of 2D and 3D images with a capacity of displaying the 3D image with the same resolution as that of the 2D image. The display device includes a...
7131730 Illumination optical system and projection display optical system  
An illumination optical system which can use light from a light source with high efficiency and can provide an illumination luminous flux with highly uniform illuminance, is disclosed. The...
7131729 Projection display apparatus  
A projection display apparatus that is lightweight and provides bright, high quality images is provided. The projection display apparatus comprising a color separation and synthesis optical system ...
7131737 Housing for mounting a beamsplitter and a spatial light modulator with an output optical path  
A housing ( 500 ) for a wire grid polarizing beamsplitter ( 240 ) and a spatial light modulator ( 210 ) in alignment with an output optical path has a front plate having an opening ( 502 ) for...
7130122 Polarization recovery system for projection displays  
A waveguide polarization recovery system both polarizes the input light energy for use with an LCD imager and converts the polarity of unusable light energy to add to the illumination of the LCD...
7130120 Prism, projection and optical component  
An apparatus for transmitting or reflecting incident light. The apparatus includes a pair of diffraction grid substrates; a substantially grid-shaped diffraction grid formed of metal, wherein the...
7126648 Liquid crystal projector comprising a plurality of light shielding members fixed between the lens array and the polarized light generator  
Heat generation is inhibited in a polarized light generating optics system in a projector. A liquid crystal projector includes: lens arrays 140, 150 that generate partial light beams from a...
7126649 Oblique plate compensators for projection display systems  
Projection systems having o-plate compensation elements are described. The compensation elements may be negative, positive or biaxial anisotropic element and may have a homogeneous tilt or a...
7118229 Illumination optical system and projector using the same  
The present invention provides a technique for readily changing the design of a projector. A projector comprises: an illumination optical system; a light modulation device; a projection optical...
7119957 Polarization luminaire and projection display  
A polarization luminaire is disclosed having a light source that emits light having random polarization directions, a first lens plate and a second lens plate. The first lens plate has a plurality...
7111942 Reflection-type image projection unit and a reflection-type image display apparatus, and a light source device for use therein  
In a reflection-type image projecting unit, being applicable into a reflection-type image display apparatus, being superior in contrast and achieving small-sizing of the apparatus, together with a...
7108374 Image display device having a field lens  
A color management system for use with projection displays includes an image assimilator and an analyzer. The image assimilator comprises a panel that produces a light beam comprising spatial...
7110053 Reflective liquid crystal projection apparatus with elliptical polarization  
A reflective liquid crystal projection apparatus 14 is composed of a light source 2, a polarizing plate 16 A for incident light, a reflective liquid crystal element 8, another polarizing...
7102822 High efficiency electromagnetic beam projector, and systems and methods for implementation thereof  
This invention relates to electromagnetic wave beam paths, formation of the beam, illumination of programmable electromagnetic wave field vector orientation rotating devices (“PEMFVORD”) with...
7101047 Projection display systems for light valves  
Projection display systems for light valves such as liquid crystal display panels, and in particular to the use of color component rotators, such as retardation filters, to provide for improved...
7097306 Projection device and liquid crystal panel unit for use in the projection device  
A projection device includes on a chassis a liquid crystal panel for irradiation with light from a light source, a polarizing plate opposing the liquid crystal panel, and an optical compensation...
7092159 Polarization recovery system for projection displays  
A waveguide polarization recovery system both polarizes the input light energy for use with an LCD imager and converts the polarity of unusable light energy to add to the illumination of the LCD...
7090351 Projection type image display apparatus  
A compact, light projection type image display apparatus based on reflection image display devices which provide high brightness without contrast deterioration caused by light leakage associated...
7090350 Optical projection system and method  
An optical projection system can receive a red light beam, green light beam, and blue light beam. The optical projection system includes a color-combination prism, and the light beams respectively...
7081997 High efficiency electromagnetic beam projector, and systems and methods for implementation thereof  
This invention relates to electromagnetic wave beam paths, formation of the beam, illumination of programmable electromagnetic wave field vector orientation rotating devices (“PEMFVORD”) with...
7073911 Projector with improved heat radiation  
An optical apparatus includes a color synthesizing prism, a plurality of exit-side polarizer plates which are respectively arranged on the light entrance side faces of the color synthesizing prism...
7070280 Method for the generation of light of a given polarization state  
A method and apparatus or configuration generates light of a given polarization state (P). A polarization state-sensitive beam splitter is acted upon by light (L) at an input (E 1 ), light (L P )...
7072096 Uniform illumination system  
A compact and efficient optical illumination system featuring planar multi-layered LED light source arrays concentrating their polarized or un-polarized output within a limited angular range. The...
7066600 Projection type image display apparatus  
Disclosed is a compact, light, inexpensive reflection type liquid crystal projector optical unit or reflection type liquid crystal projector which provides high brightness without contrast...
7059725 Reflection-type image projection unit and a reflection-type image display apparatus, and a light source device for use therein  
In a reflection-type image projecting unit, being applicable into a reflection-type image display apparatus, being superior in contrast and achieving small-sizing of the apparatus, together with a...
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