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Image forming system having uniform illumination flux for liquid crystal image means
Assignee: Albemarle Corp
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Filing: 1985-04-17
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Granted: 1989-02-28
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Expires: 2005-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A light source is disposed and spaced apart from a display surface and the light from the light source is changed into the light rays having a substantially uniform distribution of luminous flux density by a light control device such as a mirror having a specially designed configuration before the light reaches the display surface. An image generation device such as a transmission type liquid crystal image generation device is inserted in the path of the light rays having a substantially uniform distribution of luminous flux density, and the such light rays transmitted through the image generation device forms an image on the display surface with uniform intensity of illumination. In order to form a color image, three optical systems as above corresponding to the three red, green and blue primary colors are provided and the lights from the three primary color light sources are transmitted with a time difference to an image generation device. In synchronism with this transmission, the three primary color image signals are sequentially transmitted to the image generation device, whereby a color image is formed by the color sequence process. When the above optical systems are provided for respective primary colors and three primary color image signals are synchronously applied to three image generation devices, a color image is formed by the additive process. The above-described color image formation systems can attain a high degree of convergence.
Inventors
- 👤 Masataka Negishi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-27 09:15
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3102; H04N9/3105; H04N9/3141; H04N9/317; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/1336; G02F1/133621; G02F1/133622
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
An image forming system comprising: display surface means, a light source disposed in spaced apart relationship with said display surface means, light control means disposed in the light path to control light rays from said light source in such a manner as to cause the light rays to be transmitted with a uniform distribution of luminous flux density throughout the cross section of the light rays to said display surface means, and image generation means interposed between said light control means and said display surface means and having elemental portions for varying the quantity of light to be transmitted therethrough, said elemental portions corresponding to respective picture elements of an image to be formed on the display surface means, each elemental portion controlling the quantity of light to be transmitted independently of each other in response to a signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
An image forming system comprising: display surface means, a light source disposed in spaced apart relationship with said display surface means, light control means disposed in the light path to control light rays from said light source in such a manner as to cause the light rays to be transmitted with a uniform distribution of luminous flux density throughout the cross section of the light rays to said display surface means, and image generation means interposed between said light control means and said display surface means and having elemental portions for varying the quantity of light to be transmitted therethrough, said elemental portions corresponding to respective picture elements of an image to be formed on the display surface means, each elemental portion controlling the quantity of light to be transmitted independently of each other in response to a signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
An image forming system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said image generation means is a liquid crystal image generation device and said display surface means is a light diffusion surface formed on the side opposite to the side at which the light reaches said image generation means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
An image forming system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said light control means includes a reflecting mirror for reflecting the light from said light source.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
An image forming system as set forth in claim 1 wherein said light control means includes a Fresnel plate through which the light from said light source is transmitted.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
An image forming system as set foth in claim 1 wherein said light control means includes a lens through which the light from said light source is transmitted.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
220 words
An image forming system comprising: display surface means, three red, blue and green primary color light sources disposed in spaced apart relationship with said display surface means, light control means disposed in respective light paths from said light sources for controlling the light rays from said light sources in such a manner as to cause the light rays to reach said display surface means with a uniform distribution of luminous flux density throughout the cross section of the light rays, image generation means disposed adjacent to the side facing the light sources of said display surface means and having elemental portions for varying the quantity of light to be transmitted therethrough, the elemental portions corresponding to respective picture elements of an image to be formed on the display surface means, three primary color switching means for transmitting sequentially with a time difference light rays from said three primary color light sources to said respective image generation means, image signal input means for sequentially transmitting with a time difference three primary color image signals to said elemental portions of said imge generation means, thereby controlling the quantity of the light to be transmitted through each elemental portion, and synchronizing means for carrying out synchronization between said three primary color switching means and said image signal input means with respect to color.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
220 words
An image forming system comprising: display surface means, three red, blue and green primary color light sources disposed in spaced apart relationship with said display surface means, light control means disposed in respective light paths from said light sources for controlling the light rays from said light sources in such a manner as to cause the light rays to reach said display surface means with a uniform distribution of luminous flux density throughout the cross section of the light rays, image generation means disposed adjacent to the side facing the light sources of said display surface means and having elemental portions for varying the quantity of light to be transmitted therethrough, the elemental portions corresponding to respective picture elements of an image to be formed on the display surface means, three primary color switching means for transmitting sequentially with a time difference light rays from said three primary color light sources to said respective image generation means, image signal input means for sequentially transmitting with a time difference three primary color image signals to said elemental portions of said imge generation means, thereby controlling the quantity of the light to be transmitted through each elemental portion, and synchronizing means for carrying out synchronization between said three primary color switching means and said image signal input means with respect to color.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image forming system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said image generation means is a liquid crystal image generation device.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
An image forming system as set forth in claim 6 wherein said three primary color switching means are liquid crystal shutter means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
176 words
An image forming system comprising: display surface means, three red, blue and green primary color light sources disposed in spaced apart relationship with said display surface means, light control means in respective light paths from said light sources for controlling the light rays from said light source in such a manner as to cause the light rays to reach the display surface means with a uniform distribution of luminous flux density throughout the cross section of the light rays, three image generation means interposed between the light control device of each light source and said display surface means and having elemental portions for varying the quantity of light to be transmitted therethrough, the elemental portions corresponding to respective picture elements of an image to be formed on the display surface means, said image generation means being disposed to cause the images generated thereby to be superposed on said display surface means, and image signal input means connected to said image generation means for applying thereto three primary color image signals synchronously and independently of each other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
176 words
An image forming system comprising: display surface means, three red, blue and green primary color light sources disposed in spaced apart relationship with said display surface means, light control means in respective light paths from said light sources for controlling the light rays from said light source in such a manner as to cause the light rays to reach the display surface means with a uniform distribution of luminous flux density throughout the cross section of the light rays, three image generation means interposed between the light control device of each light source and said display surface means and having elemental portions for varying the quantity of light to be transmitted therethrough, the elemental portions corresponding to respective picture elements of an image to be formed on the display surface means, said image generation means being disposed to cause the images generated thereby to be superposed on said display surface means, and image signal input means connected to said image generation means for applying thereto three primary color image signals synchronously and independently of each other.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
An image forming system as set forth in claim 9 wherein said image generation means are liquid crystal image generation devices.
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