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US 2010/0245689 A1Published application
Projector
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTomoharu MASUDA
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Abstract
A projector includes: a light modulation device that changes the polarization state of incident light; and a polarization maintaining reflector provided along the outer edge of an effective pixel area in the light modulation device, the polarization maintaining reflector having a flat surface that reflects the incident light with its polarization state maintained.
Claims14
A projector comprising:
- a light modulation device that changes the polarization state of incident light;
- and
- a polarization maintaining reflector provided along the outer edge of an effective pixel area in the light modulation device, the polarization maintaining reflector having a flat surface that reflects the incident light with its polarization state maintained.
A projector comprising:
- a light modulation device that changes the polarization state of incident light;
- and
- a polarized light absorber provided along the outer edge of an effective pixel area in the light modulation device, the polarized light absorber absorbing a specific polarized light component of the light components of the incident light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.