Color projection display system
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Abstract
The present invention is a 3D/2D convertible color projection display system with two color LCoS panels, which enable the system to project two orthogonal polarized images. When the two images correspond to different view angles, each eye of an observer wearing a pair of polaroid glasses can only see one of the images, creating a 3D stereoscopic effect. When the two images correspond to the same view angle, then the observer, without any special glasses, can watch regular 2D images with multiple primary colors.
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49 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A system comprising:
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first and second color liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display panels; and
a polarizing beam splitter assembly configured so that during operation the polarizing beam splitter assembly combines a portion of a first light beam reflected by the first display panel with a portion of the second light beam reflected by the second display panel to form an image beam, and the combined portions of the first and second light beams have mutually orthogonal polarization states. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system comprising:
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first and second liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display panels each comprising a micro dichroic filter array; and
a polarizing beam splitter assembly configured so that during operation the polarizing beam splitter assembly combines a portion of a first light beam reflected by the first display panel with a portion of the second light beam reflected by the second display panel to form an image beam, and the combined portions of the first and second light beams have mutually orthogonal polarization states
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38. A system, comprising:
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a polarizing beam splitter assembly including a plurality of polarizing beam splitter coatings arranged in orthogonal planes; and
first and second display panels positioned relative to the polarizing beam splitter assembly so that during operation the polarizing beam splitter assembly combines light reflected from the first and second display panels to form an image beam. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method comprising:
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directing a first beam to reflect from a first color liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) display panel and a second beam to reflect from a second color LCoS display panel; and
combining a portion of the first light beam reflected by the first display panel with a portion of the second light beam reflected by the second display panel to form an image beam, wherein the combined portions of the first and second light beams have mutually orthogonal polarization states. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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45-1. The method of claim 43, further comprising modulating the portions of the first and second light beams with the first and second display panels so that the reflected first and second light beam portions correspond to the same view angle of an image.
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