Digital cinema projector
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US06585378B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-01

    申请号:US09813207

    申请日:2001-03-20

    IPC分类号: G03B2100

    摘要: A digital cinema projector (100) for projection of color images onto a display surface comprises a light source (116), which produces a beam of light. Beam-shaping optics (130) homogenize and focus the beam of light and color splitting optics (132) separate focus beam of light into separate color beams. A first modulation optics system comprises a prepolarizer (212), which prepolarizes a first color beam; a wire grid polarization beamsplitter (224), which transmits a first predetermined polarization state of the prepolarized beam; a reflective spatial light modulator (204), which alters the transmitted prepolarized beam with information and reflects the image bearing first color beam through the wire grid polarization beamsplitter (224); and a wire grid polarization analyzer (228), which transmits the image bearing first color beam and attenuates unwanted polarization components. A recombination prism (232) combines the first color beam from the first modulation optical system with other image bearing color beams to create a full color image bearing beam. A projection lens system (150) projects the full color image bearing beam onto the display surface (140).

    Laser printer using multiple sets of lasers with multiple wavelengths
    3.
    发明授权
    Laser printer using multiple sets of lasers with multiple wavelengths 失效
    激光打印机使用多组波长的激光器

    公开(公告)号:US6064417A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-16

    申请号:US52592

    申请日:1998-03-31

    CPC分类号: B41J2/46 B41J2/473

    摘要: A color printer for imaging on an image plane includes: (a) a plurality of light sources, each of the light sources being adapted to provide a spatially coherent, composite beam of light, each of the composite beams including a plurality of spectral components; (b) a single beam shaping optics accepting the composite beams, the beam shaping optics having optical elements adapted to shape said composite beams by a different amount in a scan direction and a cross scan direction, so as to form for each of the composite beams (i) a first beam waist in the cross scan direction of the composite beam and (ii) a second waist in the scan section of the composite beam, the first and second beam waists being spaced from one another; (c) a deflector adapted to move said plurality of composite beams across the image plane, the deflector being located closer to the first beam waists than to the second beam waists; and (d) scan optics located between the deflector and the image plane, the scan optics being adapted to (i) geometrically conjugate said deflector to the photosensitive medium in the cross scan direction of each composite light beam for each of the spectral components, and (ii) re-image the first and second waists onto the image plane.

    摘要翻译: 用于在图像平面上成像的彩色打印机包括:(a)多个光源,每个光源适于提供空间相干的复合光束,每个复合光束包括多个光谱分量; (b)接受复合光束的单个光束整形光学元件,所述光束整形光学器件具有适于在扫描方向和横扫描方向上将不同量的所述复合光束成形的光学元件,以便为每个复合光束形成 (i)在复合梁的十字扫描方向上的第一束腰和(ii)复合梁的扫描部分中的第二腰部,第一和第二梁腰彼此间隔开; (c)偏转器,适于使所述多个复合光束跨越所述像面移动,所述偏转器位于比所述第二光束腰更靠近所述第一光束腰部; 扫描光学器件适于(i)在每个光谱分量的每个复合光束的交叉扫描方向上几何地将所述偏转器与所述光敏介质共轭;以及(d)扫描位于所述偏转器和所述图像平面之间的光学元件, (ii)将第一和第二腰部重新成像到图像平面上。

    Gas zoom lens assembly
    4.
    发明授权
    Gas zoom lens assembly 失效
    气体变焦镜头组件

    公开(公告)号:US4758072A

    公开(公告)日:1988-07-19

    申请号:US932965

    申请日:1986-11-20

    CPC分类号: G02B13/00 G02B3/12 G02B3/14

    摘要: A gas zoom lens of the double Gauss type is disclosed. The lens, at a unity magnification setting, has cavities between the outer lens elements filled with a gas under a first pressure and a central cavity filled with the same gas at a second lower pressure. When the lens is moved to alternate magnification positions, its focal length is adjusted by changing the relative pressure, and hence the refractive index of the gas within the cavities, thereby adjusting the focal length of the lens for the particular magnification.

    Apparatus and method for producing images without distortion and lateral color aberration
    5.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for producing images without distortion and lateral color aberration 有权
    用于产生没有失真和横向色差的图像的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06747702B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-08

    申请号:US09220162

    申请日:1998-12-23

    IPC分类号: H04N5225

    CPC分类号: H04N5/217

    摘要: According to one aspect of the invention, an apparatus for forming distortion free images comprises: (i) a rotationally symmetric lens system capable of forming a distorted image and of introducing lateral color aberration; (ii) a photosensitive image capture medium capable of capturing the distorted image created by the lens system; (iii) an image storage medium storing the distorted image captured by the image capture medium; (iv) an image buffer medium (area) for holding at least one distorted image stored by the image storage medium; and (v) an image processing unit correcting the distorted image and creating an undistorted image. The image processing unit has information describing distortion and lateral color aberration characteristics of the lens system. The image processing unit calculates, for at most one quadrant of the image, given any ideal radial position of a pixel, the actual radial position of the distorted data pixel from which to retrieve the data. Then the image processing unit moves the data corresponding to the radial value of the pixel with the distorted data to its undistorted pixel location in each quadrant of the image, thereby building a corrected image. The corrected image is stored in the image buffer medium; and then moved from the buffer to the image storage medium.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的一个方面,一种用于形成无失真图像的装置包括:(i)能够形成失真图像并引入横向色差的旋转对称透镜系统; (ii)能够捕获由透镜系统产生的失真图像的光敏图像捕获介质; (iii)存储由图像捕获介质捕获的失真图像的图像存储介质; (iv)用于保持由图像存储介质存储的至少一个失真图像的图像缓冲介质(区域); 和(v)图像处理单元,校正失真的图像并创建未失真的图像。 图像处理单元具有描述透镜系统的失真和侧向色差特性的信息。 图像处理单元对于图像的至多一个象限,计算像素的任何理想的径向位置,从中检索数据的失真数据像素的实际径向位置。 然后,图像处理单元将具有失真数据的像素的径向值对应的数据移动到图像的每个象限中的未失真像素位置,从而构建校正图像。 将校正后的图像存储在图像缓冲介质中; 然后从缓冲器移动到图像存储介质。

    Replaceable laser and modulator unit
    6.
    发明授权
    Replaceable laser and modulator unit 有权
    可更换的激光和调制器单元

    公开(公告)号:US6069752A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-30

    申请号:US250803

    申请日:1999-02-17

    CPC分类号: G02B7/08

    摘要: A replaceable modular opto-mechanical unit includes a light source in the form of, for example, a laser assembly; an optical modulator assembly which modulates light from the light source; and a lens located in a light path between the light source and the optical modulator assembly. The lens focuses the light from said light source toward a center of the optical modulator assembly. The unit further includes a base adapted to removably support the light source, the optical modulator assembly and the lens in an optically aligned manner. The base is further adapted to be removably attached onto a receiving structure of a printer, such that an attachment of the base having the optically aligned light source, optical modulator assembly, and lens supported thereon, permits light from the optical modulator assembly to be focussed onto an optical element of the printer.

    摘要翻译: 可替换的模块化光机械单元包括例如激光组件形式的光源; 调制来自光源的光的光调制器组件; 以及位于光源和光调制器组件之间的光路中的透镜。 透镜将来自所述光源的光聚焦到光调制器组件的中心。 该单元还包括适于以光学对准的方式可移除地支撑光源,光学调制器组件和透镜的基座。 基座还适于可移除地附接到打印机的接收结构上,使得具有光学对准的光源,光调制器组件和支撑在其上的透镜的基座的附接允许来自光调制器组件的光被聚焦 到打印机的光学元件上。

    Printer system having a plurality of light sources of different
wavelengths
    7.
    发明授权
    Printer system having a plurality of light sources of different wavelengths 失效
    具有多个不同波长的光源的打印机系统

    公开(公告)号:US06031561A

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-29

    申请号:US25273

    申请日:1998-02-18

    摘要: A printer system for producing color prints includes: (a) three light sources, each generating a light beam of different wavelengths; (b) three modulators, each of the modulators modulating intensity of each of the light beams by image data, to provide three modulated light beams; (c) a beam combiner combining the three modulated light beams into a single light beam; (d) a single set of beam shaping optics shaping this single light beam into a shaped light beam having different vergences and waist locations in the page and line directions, the vergences and the waist locations being substantially the same in each of the three wavelengths; (e) a light deflector deflecting the shaped light beam to provide a deflected beam, and performing a scanning function; (f) an f-.theta. lens focusing the deflected light beam onto an associated image surface.

    摘要翻译: 用于产生彩色印刷品的打印机系统包括:(a)三个光源,每个产生不同波长的光束; (b)三个调制器,每个调制器通过图像数据调制每个光束的强度,以提供三个调制的光束; (c)将三个调制光束组合成单个光束的光束组合器; (d)一组光束整形光学器件将该单个光束成形为在页面和线方向上具有不同聚光度和腰部位置的成形光束,所述光束和腰部位置在三个波长中的每一个中基本相同; (e)光偏转器,偏转成形光束以提供偏转光束,并执行扫描功能; (f)将偏转的光束聚焦到相关联的图像表面上的f-θ透镜。

    Dual format pre-objective scanner
    8.
    发明授权
    Dual format pre-objective scanner 失效
    双格式预先目标扫描器

    公开(公告)号:US5867298A

    公开(公告)日:1999-02-02

    申请号:US771367

    申请日:1996-12-16

    摘要: A dual format pre-objective scanner (10), for use in a laser printer, having an incident beam (22) from input optics (12) incident on a polygon tower (14) comprised of a first polygon (20) having a first diameter and first number of facets and a second polygon (30) having a second diameter and second number of facets, rotating about an axis (42) common to both first and second polygon. The polygon tower (14) is moved in a vertical direction so that the incident light is directed in a plane approximately perpendicular to the axis rotation of the first and second polygon, at either the first polygon (20) or the second polygon (30). The polygon tower (14) is also moved in a lateral direction approximately perpendicular to the axis (42) of rotation of the polygon tower (14). To change size and formats, the polygon tower (14) is moved simultaneously both vertically and laterally so that incident beams on the facets of the first polygon (20) become incident on the facets of the second polygon (30) at approximately the same distance from a scan lens (16).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于激光打印机的双格式预物镜扫描器(10),其具有入射在多边形塔(14)上的入射光束(22),入射光束(22)由多边形塔(14)组成,所述多边形塔(14)包括第一多边形 直径和第一数目的小平面以及具有第二直径和第二数量小面的第二多边形(30),围绕第一和第二多边形的共同轴线旋转。 多边形塔(14)沿垂直方向移动,使得入射光在与第一多边形(20)或第二多边形(30)的任一侧的大致垂直于第一和第二多边形的轴线旋转的平面中定向, 。 多边形塔架(14)也沿大致垂直于多边形塔架(14)的旋转轴线(42)的横向移动。 为了改变尺寸和格式,多边形塔(14)同时垂直和横向移动,使得第一多边形(20)的小面上的入射光束以大致相同的距离入射到第二多边形(30)的小平面上 从扫描透镜(16)。

    Writing beam focusing utilizing light of a different wavelength
    9.
    发明授权
    Writing beam focusing utilizing light of a different wavelength 失效
    写波束聚焦利用不同波长的光

    公开(公告)号:US5212500A

    公开(公告)日:1993-05-18

    申请号:US670092

    申请日:1991-03-15

    CPC分类号: G06K15/029 G02B7/32

    摘要: In an imaging system comprising a source of light movable with respect to a writing element and projectable thereon to generate an image, a focusing means is provided for focusing a light source which generates a first beam of light of a wavelength selected to be actinic with respect to the writing element At least a portion of the first beam of light is absorbed by the writing element. The focusing means includes means for generating a second beam of light which is projectable onto the writing element and has a wavelength different than the wavelength of the first light beam. Means is provided which is responsive to the second beam of light to generate a signal to control the focusing means.

    摘要翻译: 在包括可移动相对于书写元件并且可投射到其上以产生图像的光源的成像系统中,提供聚焦装置,用于聚焦光源,所述聚焦装置产生相对于所选择的波长选择为光化的第一光束 到写入元件第一光束的至少一部分被写入元件吸收。 聚焦装置包括用于产生可投影到写入元件上并且具有与第一光束的波长不同的波长的第二光束的装置。 提供响应于第二光束以产生信号以控制聚焦装置的装置。

    Telecentric F-theta lens for laser microfilm printer
    10.
    发明授权
    Telecentric F-theta lens for laser microfilm printer 有权
    用于激光微缩胶片打印机的远心F-theta透镜

    公开(公告)号:US06515782B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-04

    申请号:US10066934

    申请日:2002-02-04

    IPC分类号: G02B2608

    CPC分类号: G02B26/125 G02B13/0005

    摘要: A laser microfilm printer (170) having a telecentric F-theta scan lens (166) with optical resolution for image pixel sizes 1-5 microns for writing on an image-receiving medium (164) comprises a polygon reflector. A laser beam incident on the polygon reflector, has a diameter as measured at the 1/e2 intensity value, which is at least 1.4 times a width of a polygon facet (162) in a scan section of the laser microfilm printer (170). The polygon facet (162), at center of scan position, is in a substantially optically conjugate relationship with the image-receiving medium (164) in a cross-scan section of the laser beam (160). The cross-scan section of the F-theta lens (166) has an absolute value of optical magnification of 0.25 to 0.5 as measured from the facet (168) to the image-receiving medium (164).

    摘要翻译: 具有用于在图像接收介质(164)上写入的图像像素尺寸1-5微米的具有光学分辨率的远心F-θ扫描透镜(166)的激光微缩胶片打印机(170)包括多边形反射器。 入射到多边形反射器上的激光束具有在激光微缩胶片打印机(170)的扫描部分中以1 / e2强度值测量的直径,其为多边形刻面(162)的宽度的至少1.4倍。 在扫描位置的中心处的多边形小面(162)与激光束(160)的横扫描部分中的图像接收介质(164)基本上具有光学共轭关系。 F-theta透镜(166)的横扫部分从小平面(168)到图像接收介质(164)测得的光学放大率的绝对值为0.25至0.5。