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Liquid crystal projection display with complementary color dye added to longest wavelength imaging element
Assignee: Raychem Corp
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Filing: 1992-05-19
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Granted: 1994-04-26
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Expires: 2012-05-19
Abstract
Abstract A liquid crystal projection display, having (a) a light source for producing light of at least two different primary colors; (b) an imaging element corresponding to each primary color light produced by the light source, each imaging element comprising plural pixel elements, each pixel element comprising liquid crystal composition dispersed in plural volumes in a containment medium and being independently addressable to primarily scatter light incident thereon in the absence of a sufficient electric field and to primarily transmit light incident thereon in the presence of a sufficient electric field; and (c) a lens for projecting light transmitted by each imaging element onto a screen; the liquid crystal composition in the pixel elements of the imaging element corresponding to the primary color light of longest wavelength including a pleochroic dye of a color complementary to the primary color light of longest wavelength, which pleochroic dye preferentially absorbs incident light which has not been scattered by the liquid crystal material in the absence of the sufficient electric field and transmits incident light in the presence of the sufficient electric field.
Inventors
- 👤 Philip J. Jones
- 👤 Wayne Montoya
- 👤 Hundi P. Kamath
- 👤 Akira Tomita
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-08 05:20
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3102; H04N9/3105; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1334; G02F1/137; G02F1/13725; G02F2202/00; G02F2202/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A liquid crystal projection display, comprising (a) light source means for producing light of at least two different primary colors; (b) an image forming means corresponding to each primary color light produced by the light source means, each image forming means comprising plural pixel elements, each pixel element comprising liquid crystal composition dispersed in plural volumes in a containment medium and being independently addressable to primarily scatter light incident thereon in the absence of a sufficient electric field and to primarily transmit light incident thereon in the presence of a sufficient electric field; and (c) lens means for projecting light transmitted by each image forming means onto a screen; the liquid crystal composition in the pixel elements of the image forming means corresponding to the primary color light of longest wavelength including a pleochroic dye of a color complementary to the primary color light of longest wavelength, which pleochroic dye preferentially absorbs incident light which has not been scattered by the liquid crystal material in the absence of the sufficient electric field and transmits incident light in the presence of the sufficient electric field.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
A liquid crystal projection display, comprising (a) light source means for producing light of at least two different primary colors; (b) an image forming means corresponding to each primary color light produced by the light source means, each image forming means comprising plural pixel elements, each pixel element comprising liquid crystal composition dispersed in plural volumes in a containment medium and being independently addressable to primarily scatter light incident thereon in the absence of a sufficient electric field and to primarily transmit light incident thereon in the presence of a sufficient electric field; and (c) lens means for projecting light transmitted by each image forming means onto a screen; the liquid crystal composition in the pixel elements of the image forming means corresponding to the primary color light of longest wavelength including a pleochroic dye of a color complementary to the primary color light of longest wavelength, which pleochroic dye preferentially absorbs incident light which has not been scattered by the liquid crystal material in the absence of the sufficient electric field and transmits incident light in the presence of the sufficient electric field.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 1, wherein the light source means comprises a white light source and dichroic mirror means for splitting the white light produced by the white light source into at least two primary colors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 1, wherein the light source means comprises a plurality of primary light sources, each producing light of a different primary color.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 1, wherein the light source means produces light of three primary colors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 4, wherein the the primary colors are red, blue, and green.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 5, wherein the pleochroic dye is a cyan dye.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 5, wherein the pleochroic dye has an absorption maximum in between 550 nm and 700 nm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
81 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 4, wherein the liquid crystal composition in the image forming means corresponding to the primary color of second longest wavelength includes a pleochroic dye of a color complementary to the primary color of second longest wavelength, which pleochroic dye preferentially absorbs incident light which has not been scattered by the liquid crystal material in the absence of the sufficient electric field and transmits incident light in the presence of the sufficient electric field.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal composition in the image forming means is operationally nematic and has a positive dielectric anisotropy.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 1, wherein the pixel elements are addressed via thin film transistors or metal-insulator-metal diodes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A liquid crystal projection display according to claim 1, wherein the pixel elements are addressed by passive multiplexing.
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