Display system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWinthrop D. Childers, Noah Lassar, William Allen, Mohammad M. Samii, Jack H. Schmidt, Mark A. Van Veen
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Abstract
A display system is provided, the system including an illumination source configured to produce light and direct light along an optical path, a plurality of color filters disposed in the optical path configured to generate a plurality of colored light beams, and a spatial light modulator disposed in the optical path adapted to receive and adjust the colored light beams to produce an image.
Claims32
A display system comprising:
- an illumination source configured to produce light and direct light along an optical path;
- a low-resolution color modulator disposed in the optical path and configured to modulate the light to generate a low-resolution color image;
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- a high-resolution light modulator disposed in the optical path and configured to refine the low-resolution image.
A display system comprising:
- an illumination source configured to produce light and direct light along an optical path;
- a plurality of color filters disposed in the optical path configured to generate a plurality of colored light beams;
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- a spatial light modulator disposed in the optical path adapted to receive and adjust the colored light beams to produce an image.
A display device comprising:
- a color light source configured to generate a low-resolution color light array;
- a high-resolution light modulator configured to receive the low-resolution color light array and to produce a higher-resolution color light array;
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- a display surface configured to receive the higher-resolution color light array to produce an image based on such higher-resolution color light array.
A method for displaying an image, the method comprising:
- generating a low-resolution color light array;
- directing the low-resolution color light array onto a high-resolution spatial modulator;
- selectively modulating portions of the low-resolution color light array to generate a high-resolution image;
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- directing the high-resolution image onto a display surface to produce an image.
A display system configured to display an image, the system comprising:
- illumination means for directing light along an optical path;
- color-separating means in the optical path for selectively separating the light into a color light array;
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- spatial light modulating means in the optical path for selectively modulating the color light array to produce a color image.
A display system configured to display an image, the system comprising:
- an illumination source configured to produce and direct light along an optical path;
- a color modulator in the optical path for selectively separating the light into a color light array;
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- a spatial light modulator configured to selectively modulate the color light array to produce a color image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.