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Laser projection display apparatus
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1999-03-26
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Granted: 2000-01-25
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Expires: 2019-03-26
Abstract
Abstract A laser projection display apparatus including an optical separating device for separating a white light beam emitted from a first optical source into red, green, and blue monochromic light beams, an image signal processing unit for separating a received composite image signal into an image signal and horizontal and vertical synchronous signals, an optical modulator for modulating the monochromic beams according to the image signal output by the image signal processing unit, a galvanometer and a rotating polygonal mirror for vertically and horizontally projecting the modulated beams, respectively, on a screen, a second optical source for radiating light on the reflection planes of the rotating polygonal mirror, and an optical detector for detecting light emitted from the second optical source and reflected by the reflection planes of the rotating polygonal mirror, and transmitting the detection signal to the image signal processing unit, when a starting point of horizontal projection by the rotating polygonal mirror is made on a predetermined vertical line on the screen, wherein the image signal processing unit synchronizes the image signal with the detection signal of the optical detector and outputs the synchronized image signal to the optical modulator.
Inventors
- 👤 Seong Soo Hong
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 16:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3129; G; G02; G02B; G02B26/00; G02B26/08; G02B26/10; G02B26/12; G02B26/123
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
192 words
A laser projection display apparatus comprising: an optical separating device for separating a white light beam emitted from a first optical source into red, green, and blue monochromic light beams; an image signal processing unit for separating a received composite image signal into an image signal and horizontal and vertical synchronous signals; an optical modulator for modulating the monochromic beams according to the image signal output by the image signal processing unit; a galvanometer and a rotating polygonal mirror for vertically and horizontally projecting the modulated beams, respectively, on a screen; a second optical source for radiating light on the reflection planes of the rotating polygonal mirror; and an optical detector for detecting light emitted from the second optical source and reflected by the reflection planes of the rotating polygonal mirror, and transmitting the detection signal to the image signal processing unit, when a starting point of horizontal projection by the rotating polygonal mirror is made on a predetermined vertical line on the screen, wherein the image signal processing unit synchronizes the image signal with the detection signal of the optical detector and outputs the synchronized image signal to the optical modulator.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
192 words
A laser projection display apparatus comprising: an optical separating device for separating a white light beam emitted from a first optical source into red, green, and blue monochromic light beams; an image signal processing unit for separating a received composite image signal into an image signal and horizontal and vertical synchronous signals; an optical modulator for modulating the monochromic beams according to the image signal output by the image signal processing unit; a galvanometer and a rotating polygonal mirror for vertically and horizontally projecting the modulated beams, respectively, on a screen; a second optical source for radiating light on the reflection planes of the rotating polygonal mirror; and an optical detector for detecting light emitted from the second optical source and reflected by the reflection planes of the rotating polygonal mirror, and transmitting the detection signal to the image signal processing unit, when a starting point of horizontal projection by the rotating polygonal mirror is made on a predetermined vertical line on the screen, wherein the image signal processing unit synchronizes the image signal with the detection signal of the optical detector and outputs the synchronized image signal to the optical modulator.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
132 words
The laser projection display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image signal processing unit comprises: a decoder for dividing the composite image signal into the image signal and the vertical and horizontal synchronous signals; an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter for converting the image signal output from the decoder into a digital signal; a memory for storing the digital signal; a read/write controller for outputting a write signal for allowing the digital signal to be stored in the memory, and outputting a read signal for allowing the digital signal stored in the memory to be output upon receiving the detection signal of the optical detector; and a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter for converting the digital signal output by the memory into an analog signal and outputting the analog signal to the optical modulator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The laser projection display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical modulator is comprised of three acoustic-optic modulators to independently modulate the red, green, and blue monochromic beams.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The laser projection display apparatus as claimed in claim 3, further comprising an optical synthesizing device for synthesizing the monochromic beams modulated by the acoustic-optic modulators into one light beam and outputting the synthesized light beam to the galvanometer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The laser projection display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a relay lens installed on a light path between the galvanometer and the rotating polygonal mirror for focusing light traveling via the galvanometer on the reflection planes of the rotating polygonal mirror.
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