US4563699A
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Television receiver or projection type
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1983-02-18
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Granted: 1986-01-07
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Expires: 2003-02-18
Abstract
Abstract A television receiver of projection type including a color cathode ray tube having a phosphor face forming a color phosphor pattern, a projection screen, a projection lens for projecting an image on the cathode ray tube on the projection screen, and a prism plate having a plurality of prisms disposed in front of the color cathode ray tube for splitting a light path from the color cathode ray tube so as to shift the images relative to each other by a predetermined distance on the projection screen, wherein the inclination angle of each prism of the prism plate is selected different between at central portion and at peripheral portion.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshiro Watanabe
- 👤 Takashi Tohyama
- 👤 Akio Ohkoshi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 18:45
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A television receiver of the projection type comprising: a color cathode ray tube having a phosphor face with a color phosphor pattern and on which an image may be formed; a projection screen; projection lens means for projecting an image on said face of the cathode ray tube as a projected color pattern onto said projection screen; and prism plate means comprising a plurality of prisms disposed in front of said color cathode ray tube for splitting light from said color cathode ray tube into a plurality of images which are shifted relative to each other by a predetermined distance on said projection screen; characterized in that an inclination angle of each prism in a central portion of said prism plate means is different from an inclination angle of each prism in a peripheral portion of said prism plate means, whereby light forming the images is split by said prism plate means by different amounts, such that the split images are uniformly separated by a predetermined amount across the entire screen to reduce distortion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A television receiver of the projection type comprising: a color cathode ray tube having a phosphor face with a color phosphor pattern and on which an image may be formed; a projection screen; projection lens means for projecting an image on said face of the cathode ray tube as a projected color pattern onto said projection screen; and prism plate means comprising a plurality of prisms disposed in front of said color cathode ray tube for splitting light from said color cathode ray tube into a plurality of images which are shifted relative to each other by a predetermined distance on said projection screen; characterized in that an inclination angle of each prism in a central portion of said prism plate means is different from an inclination angle of each prism in a peripheral portion of said prism plate means, whereby light forming the images is split by said prism plate means by different amounts, such that the split images are uniformly separated by a predetermined amount across the entire screen to reduce distortion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
73 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 1, wherein said color phosphor pattern on said phosphor face is formed from successive sets of color stripes, each set including a red stripe, a green stripe and a blue stripe in a regular, spaced order; a color pitch of said pattern is equal to a distance between successive stripes of one color; and said predetermined distance is less than one color pitch.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 2, wherein said color phosphor pattern of said color cathode ray tube is a color stripe pattern.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 3, wherein said color stripe pattern is aligned vertically and said prism plate means splits light from said color cathode ray tube horizontally.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 1, wherein said inclination angle of each of said prisms of said prism plate means in said peripheral portion is smaller than said inclination angle of each of said prisms in said central portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
47 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 1, wherein said prism plate means comprises first and second transparent resin layers disposed adjacent each other so as to form a triangular wave shape at a boundary face of said first and second transparent resin layers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 6, wherein said first resin layer is made of epoxy resin and said second resin layer is made of acrylic resin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 6, further comprising a first glass plate disposed between a face plate of said color cathode ray tube and said prism plate means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 8, further comprising a second glass plate covering said prism plate means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
A television receiver of the projection type according to claim 1, wherein said phosphor face of said cathode ray tube and said prism plate means are separated by a distance which is less than one third a distance separating said phosphor face and said projection screen.
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