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Display medium using emitting particles dispersed in a transparent host
Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc
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Filing: 1999-11-24
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Granted: 2001-12-04
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Expires: 2019-11-24
Abstract
Abstract Two and three dimensional color image displays. The displays include a display medium having a substantially uniform dispersion of red, green and blue visible light emitting particles sized between approximately 0.5 to approximately 50 microns therethrough. The particles can be dye doped polymethylmethacrylate(pmma) plastic, and the display medium can be pmma, acrylic plastic or glass. Other particles can be used such as rare earth doped crystals. The two dimensional display uses three laser sources each having different wavelengths that direct light beams to each of three different types of particle in the display medium. Light is absorbed by the particles which then become excited and emit visible fluorescence. Modulators, scanners and lens can be used to move and focus the laser beams to different pixels in order to form the two dimensional images having different visible colors.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Bass
- 👤 Hans Jennsen
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 06:17
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/02; C09K11/08; C09K11/77; C09K11/7766; C09K11/7772; C09K11/7773; G; G02; G02F; G02F2/00; G02F2/02; G09; G09F; G09F13/00; G09F13/20; H; H04; H04N; H04N13/00; H04N13/30; H04N13/324; H04N13/388; H04N13/39
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A method of displaying two dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to excite first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles include sodium yttrium fluoride(NaYF4) doped with rare earth family emitting ions; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to excite second particles in the transparent display medium, the first wavelength being different than the second wavelength, the first particles being different from the second particles; absorbing the first light beam in the first particles located in the transparent display medium; absorbing the second light beam in the second particles in the transparent display medium; forming a first visible light color from the first particles being excited by the first light beam; forming a second visible light color from the second particles being excited by the second light beam, the first visible color being different from the second visible color; and moving the first light beam and the second light beam to excite different particles in different places in the display medium to form the two dimensional image in two colors.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
186 words
A method of displaying two dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to excite first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles include sodium yttrium fluoride(NaYF4) doped with rare earth family emitting ions; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to excite second particles in the transparent display medium, the first wavelength being different than the second wavelength, the first particles being different from the second particles; absorbing the first light beam in the first particles located in the transparent display medium; absorbing the second light beam in the second particles in the transparent display medium; forming a first visible light color from the first particles being excited by the first light beam; forming a second visible light color from the second particles being excited by the second light beam, the first visible color being different from the second visible color; and moving the first light beam and the second light beam to excite different particles in different places in the display medium to form the two dimensional image in two colors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of displaying two dimensional color images of claim 1 , wherein the first light beam and the second light beam are generated from: a laser diode source.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of displaying two dimensional color images of claim 1 , wherein the first particles and the second particles include: dye doped plastic.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of displaying two dimensional color images of claim 3 , wherein the plastic includes: polymethylmethacrylate(pmma).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 3 , wherein the dye doped plastics includes: a dye having a large Stokes shift, narrow absorption band, high coefficient of nonlinear aborption and high quantum efficiency.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of displaying two dimensional color images of claim 1 , wherein the first particles and the second particles include: sizes of approximately 0.5 microns to approximately 50 microns each.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of displaying two dimensional color images of claim 1 , wherein the rare earth family emitting ions are chosen from at least one of: Br(erbium), Tm(thulium), Ho(holmium) and Pr(praesodymium).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of displaying two dimensional color images of claim 1 , wherein the display medium includes at least one of: polymethylmethacrylate(pmma), acrylic plastic and glass.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of displaying two dimensional color images of claim 1 , wherein the first particles and the second particles are substantially uniformly dispersed in the display medium.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of displaying three dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles including sodium yttrium fluoride(NaYF4) doped with rare earth family emitting ions; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to the first particles, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; intersecting the first beam with the second beam to excite a first visible color; generating a third light beam having a third wavelength to second particles located in the transparent display medium, the second particles being different from the first particles; generating a fourth light beam having a fourth wavelength to the second particles, the third wavelength being different from the fourth wavelength; intersecting the third beam with the fourth beam to excite a second visible color which is different from the first visible color; and moving the intersecting beams to form a three dimensional image having two colors.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of displaying three dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles including sodium yttrium fluoride(NaYF4) doped with rare earth family emitting ions; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to the first particles, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; intersecting the first beam with the second beam to excite a first visible color; generating a third light beam having a third wavelength to second particles located in the transparent display medium, the second particles being different from the first particles; generating a fourth light beam having a fourth wavelength to the second particles, the third wavelength being different from the fourth wavelength; intersecting the third beam with the fourth beam to excite a second visible color which is different from the first visible color; and moving the intersecting beams to form a three dimensional image having two colors.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of displaying three dimensional images of claim 10 , wherein the first particles and the second particles include: dye doped plastic.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of displaying three dimensional color images of claim 11 , wherein the plastic includes: polymethylmethacrylate(pmma).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of displaying three dimensional color images of claim 10 , wherein the first particles and the second particles each include: sizes of approximately 0.5 microns to approximately 50 microns each.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of displaying three dimensional color images of claim 10 , wherein the rare earth family emitting ions are chosen from at least one of: Er(erbium), Tm(thulium), Ho(holmium) and Pr(praesodymium).
Claim 17
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of displaying two dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to excite first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles include dye doped plastics; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to excite second particles in the transparent display medium, the first wavelength being different than the second wavelength, the first particles being different from the second particles; absorbing the first light beam in the first particles located in the transparent display medium; absorbing the second light beam in the second particles in the transparent display medium; forming a first visible light color from the first particles being excited by the first light beam; forming a second visible light color from the second particles being excited by the second light beam, the first visible color being different from the second visible color; and moving the first light beam and the second light beam to excite different particles in different places in the display medium to form the two dimensional image in two colors.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of displaying two dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to excite first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles include dye doped plastics; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to excite second particles in the transparent display medium, the first wavelength being different than the second wavelength, the first particles being different from the second particles; absorbing the first light beam in the first particles located in the transparent display medium; absorbing the second light beam in the second particles in the transparent display medium; forming a first visible light color from the first particles being excited by the first light beam; forming a second visible light color from the second particles being excited by the second light beam, the first visible color being different from the second visible color; and moving the first light beam and the second light beam to excite different particles in different places in the display medium to form the two dimensional image in two colors.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 15 , wherein the dye doped plastics includes: polymethylmethacrylate(pmma).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 15 , wherein the dye doped plastics includes: a dye having a large Stokes shift, narrow absorption band, high coefficient of nonlinear absorption and high quantum efficiency.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
158 words
A method of displaying three dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles including dye doped plastics; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to the first particles, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; intersecting the first beam with the second beam to excite a first visible color; generating a third light beam having a third wavelength to second particles located in the transparent display medium, the second particles being different from the first particles; generating a fourth light beam having a fourth wavelength to the second particles, the third wavelength being different from the fourth wavelength; intersecting the third beam with the fourth beam to excite a second visible color which is different from the first visible color; and moving the intersecting beams to form a three dimensional image having two colors.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
158 words
A method of displaying three dimensional color images, comprising the steps of: generating a first light beam having a first wavelength to first particles located in a transparent display medium, the first particles including dye doped plastics; generating a second light beam having a second wavelength to the first particles, the first wavelength being different from the second wavelength; intersecting the first beam with the second beam to excite a first visible color; generating a third light beam having a third wavelength to second particles located in the transparent display medium, the second particles being different from the first particles; generating a fourth light beam having a fourth wavelength to the second particles, the third wavelength being different from the fourth wavelength; intersecting the third beam with the fourth beam to excite a second visible color which is different from the first visible color; and moving the intersecting beams to form a three dimensional image having two colors.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 18 , wherein the dye doped plastics includes: polymethylmethacrylate(pmma).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 18 , wherein the dye doped plastics includes: a dye having a large Stokes shift, narrow absorption band, high coefficient of nonlinear absorption and high quantum efficiency.
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