Color correction to target white points by adjustment of two colors
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorMatthew S. Brennesholtz
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Abstract
Partially polarized light produced by an integrator/polarization conversion system combination and two non-pixilated twisted nematic liquid crystal display cells (TN-LCD) or other light modulators are utilized. By adjusting the voltages on the TN-LCD cells, it is possible to adjust the relative amounts of the greatest two of the colors supplied, of the red, green and blue colors, used by the display without changing the light of the color in the least supply. Because all of the adjustments are done electronically through voltage controls, not mechanically, the “white” point correction system is both simple and reliable.
Claims18
A method of primary color correction to obtain “white” point color control in an optical system, comprising the steps:
- passing a beam of light for which color correction is desired in an optical path extending through a pre-polarizer to partially polarize said light beam;
- said polarized beam of light having a first primary color of a lesser supply and two primary colors in a greater supply in said polarized beam of light;
- passing said polarized beam of light through a polarization modulator that independently changes the degree of polarization of selected portions of said two primary colors in greater supply without substantially changing the polarization of said primary color in lesser supply;
- independently varying the degree of polarization of said selected portions of said two primary colors in greater supply to selectively control the color supply thereof;
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- passing said color controlled polarized beam of light through a second polarizer.
A method of primary color correction to obtain “white” point color control in an optical system, comprising the steps of:
- passing a beam of light for which color correction is desired through a pre-polarizer to partially polarize said light beam;
- dividing said partially polarized light beam into three mutually exclusive primary color sub-beams, one of said sub-beams being of a primary color in lesser supply, and each of said other two sub-beams being of a separate primary color in greater supply than first primary color;
- independently varying the degree of polarization of a selected portion of each of said two primary color sub-beams in greater supply;
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- passing each of said sub-beams through a second polarizer for forming a color corrected image.
A method of primary color correction to obtain “white” point color control in an optical system, comprising the steps of:
- dividing a beam of light for which color correction is desired into three sub-beams;
- each one of said three sub-beams mutually exclusively being of a primary color;
- said primary color of one of said sub-beams being in lesser supply than the primary color in each of said other two sub-beams;
- passing each of said sub-beams of a primary color through a pre-polarizer to partially polarize said sub-beams;
- independently varying the degree of polarization of selected portions of the two primary color sub-beams in greater supply than the primary color sub-beam in lesser supply to match the primary color of lesser supply;
- and passing each of said sub-beams through a second polarizer.
A “white” point controlled optical system comprising:
- a lamp for providing a beam of light;
- a pre-polarizer for receiving and partially polarizing said beam of light;
- said partially polarized beam of light having a first primary color of a lesser supply and two primary colors in a greater supply than said first primary color;
- a polarization modulator for receiving said partially polarized beam of light;
- said polarization modulator passing said first primary color of a lesser supply and operable to control the degree of polarization of selected portions of said two primary colors in greater supply without substantially changing the polarization of said primary color in lesser supply to balance the primary color supply;
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- a second polarizer positioned to receive the output from said polarization modulator to provide a color balanced image.
A “white” point controlled optical system comprising:
- a lamp providing a beam of light for which color correction is desired;
- a pre-polarizer positioned to receive and partially polarize said beam of light;
- means for receiving and dividing said partially polarized light beam into at least three mutually exclusive primary color sub-beams;
- at least one of said sub-beams being of a first primary color in a lesser supply than the other two primary colors;
- at least two of said other sub-beams each being of a separate primary color in greater supply than said first primary color;
- polarization modulation means positioned to receive said partially polarized sub-beams of primary color in greater supply than said first primary color to independently vary the degree of polarization of selected portions of said sub-beams to balance the color supply;
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- a second polarizer positioned to receive the output from said polarization modulation means for color balancing said sub-beams of primary color in greater supply to tat of said sub-beam of a first primary color in lesser supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.