Electro-optic projection display with luminosity channel
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1. A method of operating an electro-optic projection display comprising:
- generating a light source;
splitting the light from said source into two separately polarized beams including a first beam of a first polarization and a second beam of a second polarization, said first and second polarizations being different polarizations;
forming three color plane channels using said first polarized beam;
forming a luminosity channel using said second polarized beam; and
converting said first and second polarized beams to the same polarization.
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Abstract
A luminosity channel may be provided in an electro-optic projection display by beam splitting the incident light source into first and second polarization beams. One polarization beam may be used to illuminate the three modulators for the three primary color channels. The other beam may be utilized to illuminate a white light modulator which provides a luminosity channel. The two beams may be recombined to produce the final image. As a result, in some embodiments, higher resolution, or wider color gamut, and better image quality may be achieved without unduly effecting the light efficiency of the display.
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1. A method of operating an electro-optic projection display comprising:
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generating a light source;
splitting the light from said source into two separately polarized beams including a first beam of a first polarization and a second beam of a second polarization, said first and second polarizations being different polarizations;
forming three color plane channels using said first polarized beam;
forming a luminosity channel using said second polarized beam; and
converting said first and second polarized beams to the same polarization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An electro-optic projection display comprising:
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a light source;
a variable ratio beam splitter to split the light from said light source into two separately polarized beams in unequal percentages;
a first electro-optic device to form three modulated primary color channels; and
a second electro-optic device to modulate a white light channel. modulators to form said color plane channels and using a separate spatial light modulator to form said luminosity channel. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electro-optic projection display comprising:
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a spatial light modulator to produce a luminosity channel;
a light source;
a variable ratio beam splitter to split light from said light source into first and second oppositely polarized beams in unequal percentages, one of said oppositely polarized beams to form the light for said luminosity channel; and
a half wave plate to convert the polarization of said first polarized beam to the polarization of the second polarized beam. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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