Illumination device for illuminating a display device
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1. An illumination device for illuminating a display device, said illumination device comprising:
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
holographic polarization beam splitting means for receiving non-polarized light emitted from said non-polarized light source and for outputting first polarized light beams having a first polarization and second polarized light beams having a second polarization, said second polarization being orthogonal to said first polarization; and
holographic focusing means for receiving one of said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams output from said holographic polarization beam splitting means and for focusing said one of said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams onto detector cells of a display device which is oriented in a plane parallel to a plane containing said holographic focusing means, wherein said holographic polarization beam splitting means is formed on a first face of a prism and said holographic focusing means is formed on a second face of said prism, said first face and said second face of said prism being orthogonal to one another.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an illumination device for illuminating a display device. In a preferred embodiment, non-polarized light from a non-polarized light source is polarized by a holographic polarization beam splitting device and focused onto a liquid crystal display device by a holographic focusing device. The invention is operable with monochrome and color display devices, and allows for a high light yield independent of the useful surface area of each detector element of the display device.
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1. An illumination device for illuminating a display device, said illumination device comprising:
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
holographic polarization beam splitting means for receiving non-polarized light emitted from said non-polarized light source and for outputting first polarized light beams having a first polarization and second polarized light beams having a second polarization, said second polarization being orthogonal to said first polarization; and holographic focusing means for receiving one of said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams output from said holographic polarization beam splitting means and for focusing said one of said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams onto detector cells of a display device which is oriented in a plane parallel to a plane containing said holographic focusing means, wherein said holographic polarization beam splitting means is formed on a first face of a prism and said holographic focusing means is formed on a second face of said prism, said first face and said second face of said prism being orthogonal to one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
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10. An illumination device for illuminating a display device, said illumination device comprising:
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
holographic polarization beam splitting means, formed on a common face of a first prism and a second prism so as to be sandwiched therebetween, for receiving non-polarized light emitted from said non-polarized light source and for outputting first polarized light beams having a first polarization and second polarized light beams having a second polarization, said second polarization being orthogonal to said first polarization; a half wave device formed on a face of said second prism which is orthogonal to said common face, said half wave device receiving one of said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams output from said holographic polarization beam splitting beams as an input and outputting polarized light beams having a polarization orthogonal to that of said input; and holographic focusing means for receiving polarized light beams output from both of said holographic polarization beam splitting means and said half wave device and for focusing said polarized light beams onto detector cells of a display device which is oriented in a plane parallel to a plane containing said holographic focusing means, wherein said half wave device and a face of said first prism orthogonal to said common face are oriented in a plane parallel to a plane containing said display device so as to align said holographic polarization beam splitting means and said holographic focusing means perpendicular to one another. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
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21. An illumination device for illuminating a display device, said illumination device comprising:
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
a first holographic mirror formed on a first face of a prism, for reflecting said non-polarized light emitted from said non-polarized light source onto a second face of said prism, said first face and said second face of said prism being orthogonal to one another; holographic matrix means formed on said second face of said prism, for receiving said non-polarized light reflected from said first holographic mirror, for generating first polarized light beams having a first polarization and second polarized light beams having a second polarization, said second polarization being orthogonal to said first polarization, and for focusing one of said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams onto detector cells of a display device which is oriented in a plane parallel to a plane containing said holographic matrix means, wherein a second holographic mirror is formed between said holographic matrix means and said display device in a plane parallel to a plane containing said holographic matrix means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
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28. An illumination device for illuminating a display device, said illumination device comprising:
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light; and
at least one optical device, each one of said at least one optical device including first holographic polarization beam splitting means for receiving non-polarized light emitted from said non-polarized light source and for reflecting components of said non-polarized light having a first polarization and a specific wavelength while retransmitting a remainder of said non-polarized light and light having a second polarization orthogonal to said first polarization; a half wave device for converting polarizations of light retransmitted from said first holographic polarization beam splitting means from said second polarization to said first polarization; second holographic polarization beam splitting means for receiving said remainder of said non-polarized light retransmitted by said first holographic polarization beam splitting means and outputted from said half wave device and for reflecting components of said remainder of said non-polarized light having said first polarization and said specific wavelength while retransmitting all remaining components of said remainder of said non-polarized light having said second polarization and at least one wavelength other than said specific wavelength; and holographic focusing means for receiving light having said first polarization and said specific wavelength reflected from said first holographic polarization beam splitting means and said at least one second holographic polarization beam splitting means and for focusing said light onto detector cells of a display device which is oriented in a plane parallel to a plane containing said holographic focusing device. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light; and
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38. An illumination device for illuminating a display device, said illumination device comprising:
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
and at least one optical apparatus, each one of said at least one optical apparatus including holographic polarization beam splitting means, formed on a common face of a prism and an optical deviating means so as to be sandwiched therebetween, for receiving non-polarized light emitted from said non-polarized light source for outputting first polarized light beams having a first polarization and second polarized light beams having a second polarization, said second polarization being orthogonal to said first polarization; a holographic device formed on a face of said optical deviating means; and holographic focusing means for receiving said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams outputted from said holographic polarization beam splitting means and for focusing said first polarized light beams and said second polarized light beams onto detector cells of a display device which is oriented in a plane parallel to a plane containing said holographic focusing means, wherein non-polarized light incident on said holographic polarization beam splitting means at an angle other than 45°
with respect thereto is deviated by said holographic device and said optical deviating means so as to impinge upon said holographic polarization beam splitting means at an angle of 45°
with respect thereto. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
- a non-polarized light source for emitting non-polarized light;
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