Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080285129 | COLOR LIGHT COMBINING SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL PROJECTOR - A color light combining system comprises a polarizing beam splitter that includes a reflective polarizer film, a first prism face that receives a first unpolarized color light, a second prism face that receives a second unpolarized color light, and a third prism face that provides a first combined light output that includes combined first color light polarized in a first direction and second color light polarized in a second direction. The polarizing beam splitter includes a reflector at a fourth prism face. A color-selective stacked retardation polarization filter faces the third prism face. The first color selective stacked retardation polarization filter provides a second combined light output that includes the first and second color lights that are combined and have the same polarization direction. | 11-20-2008 |
20090168028 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - A total internal reflection prism comprises at least two subprisms. The at least two subprisms define an airgap of a uniform thickness following a one-dimensional curve. | 07-02-2009 |
20100277796 | LIGHT COMBINER - Light combiners and light splitters, and methods of using light combiners and light splitters are described. In particular, the description relates to light combiners and splitters that combine and split, respectively, light of different wavelength spectrums using polarizing beam splitters. The light combiners include arrangements of four polarizing beam splitters, such that three different wavelength spectrums of light can be directed into three of the polarizing beam splitters, and a combined light can be received from the fourth polarizing beam splitter. The light splitters can be the same configuration as the light combiners, but the direction of light travel is reversed to split, rather than combine, light. Polychromatic light can be directed into one of the polarizing beam splitters, and light having three different wavelength spectrums can be received from the other three polarizing beam splitters. The three different wavelength spectrums of light, the combined light, and the polychromatic light can be unpolarized light. The light combiners can be useful as unpolarized white light sources, such as in digital micro-mirror display projection systems. | 11-04-2010 |
20110007392 | LIGHT COMBINER - Light combiners and light splitters, and methods of using light combiners and light splitters are described. In particular, the description relates to light combiners and splitters that combine and split, respectively, light of different wavelength spectrums using polarizing beam splitters. The polarizing beam splitters include a reflective polarizer to efficiently split incident light into transmitted and reflected beams having different polarization directions. Reflectors and quarter-wave retarders are positioned facing selected prism faces of the polarizing beam splitters, to affect the polarization state of light passing through the prism faces. The reflectors can be dichroic filters adapted to reflect light that is outside a selected wavelength range, so that light of different wavelength spectrums can be affected at different prism faces. The surfaces of each polarizing beam splitter can be polished so that the light utilization efficiency is increased due to total internal reflection within the polarizing beam splitter. The light combiners can combine up to five unpolarized different color lights to produce an unpolarized polychromatic light output, which may be white light useful for a projection display. The light splitters can split unpolarized polychromatic light to produce up to five unpolarized different color light outputs. | 01-13-2011 |
20110141442 | PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH IMAGING LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - An imaging light source module that includes a plurality of light guides, a plurality of light emitting sources, and an intermediate image surface is disclosed. Each of the plurality of light guides has an entrance face, an exit face, and at least one side wall, and all of the light guides are capable of delivering light along associated light distribution axes intersecting a common reference point. Each of the plurality of light emitting sources delivers light only to a single light guide of the plurality of light guides. The intermediate image surface comprises a plurality of pixels, where each pixel receives light from the exit face of a single associated light guide of the plurality of light guides. | 06-16-2011 |
20120075855 | LIGHT REFLECTORS AND FLOOD LIGHTING SYSTEMS - Light reflectors and flood lighting systems for illumination and lighting. Each light reflector may include a housing having a plurality of facets, each of the plurality of facets having a shape that is a portion of separate ellipses sharing a common focus. First and second surfaces are defined by first and second planes intersecting along a line within a volume of the body. A light source is positioned near the first surface, at the common focus, and is angularly oriented thereto such that light emitted by the light source is directed into the housing, reflected by at least one of the plurality of facets, and exits the light reflector out of either the first plane or the second plane. The body of the light reflector may include a free-form surface that is generated as the best fit to the plurality of facets. | 03-29-2012 |
20130100524 | MICRODISPLAY-BASED HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head-up display (HUD) system is provided. The HUD system comprises a microdisplay-based projection system, a diffuser, a relay optical system, and a combiner. The microdisplay-based HUD system includes aberration correction capabilities and may easily and effectively replace a CRT-based HUD system in aircrafts while providing light-weight, multi-color, superior imaging capabilities with a large field-of-view. | 04-25-2013 |