High contrast front projection screen
First Claim
1. A front projection screen comprising a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers and one or more retarder layers, each cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a reflectance curve characterized by a reflectance peak and a reflectance full width at half maximum, the reflectance peaks of at least two cholesteric liquid crystal layers in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers being at different wavelengths, wherein a retardance full width at half maximum of a first retarder layer in the one or more retarder layers encloses the reflectance full width at half maxima of two or more cholesteric liquid crystal layers in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers.
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Abstract
A front projection screen and a projection system incorporating same are disclosed. The front projection screen includes a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers and one or more retarder layers. Each cholesteric liquid crystal layer has a reflectance curve characterized by a reflectance peak and a reflectance full width at half maximum. The reflectance peaks of at least two cholesteric liquid crystal layers in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers are located at different wavelengths. A retardance full width at half maximum of a first retarder layer in the one or more retarder layers encloses the reflectance full width at half maxima of two or more cholesteric liquid crystal layers in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers.
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- 1. A front projection screen comprising a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers and one or more retarder layers, each cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a reflectance curve characterized by a reflectance peak and a reflectance full width at half maximum, the reflectance peaks of at least two cholesteric liquid crystal layers in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers being at different wavelengths, wherein a retardance full width at half maximum of a first retarder layer in the one or more retarder layers encloses the reflectance full width at half maxima of two or more cholesteric liquid crystal layers in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers.
- 9. A front projection screen comprising a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers and one or more retarder layers, a first cholesteric liquid crystal layer in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers having a first reflectance peak at an mth order half-wave retardance peak of a retarder layer in the one or more retarder layers, a second cholesteric liquid crystal layer in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers having a second reflectance peak at an nth order half-wave retardance peak of a retarder layer in the one or more retarder layers, the first reflectance peak being at a different wavelength than the second reflectance peak, n being different than m.
- 19. A front projection screen comprising a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers and one or more retarder layer, each cholesteric liquid crystal layer having a reflectance curve characterized by a reflectance peak and a reflectance full width at half maximum, at least one of the one or more retarder layers having a plurality of half-wave retardance peaks within the reflectance full width at half maximum of a cholesteric liquid crystal layer in the plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers.
- 22. A front projection screen comprising at least three groups of optical layers, each group including a retarder layer disposed between two cholesteric liquid crystal layers having a same handed-ness, each group reflecting light in a wavelength region in which the other groups transmit light.
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32. A front projection screen comprising at least three groups of optical layers, each group reflecting light in a wavelength region in which the other groups transmit light, each of at least two groups including a retarder layer disposed between two cholesteric liquid crystal layers having a same handed-ness, at least one group including a multilayer optical film comprising alternating first and second layers, wherein the multilayer optical film reflects light by optical interference.
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33. A front projection screen comprising:
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a first group of optical layers substantially reflecting light in a first wavelength region in the visible and substantially transmitting light elsewhere in the visible;
a second group of optical layers substantially reflecting light in a second wavelength region in the visible and substantially transmitting light elsewhere in the visible, the second region being different than the first region, each of the first and second groups including a retarder layer disposed between two cholesteric liquid crystal layers having a same handed-ness; and
a colored reflective layer substantially reflecting light in a third wavelength region in the visible and substantially absorbing light elsewhere in the visible, the third region being different than the first and the second regions. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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