Abstract:
A high-efficiency, compact color illuminating system and a projection type image display apparatus using the color illuminating system are provided. The color illuminating system includes a light source, a spiral lens disc that periodically scrolls light by rotational movement, and an optical unit that isolates light beams of different wavelengths from white light emitted from the light source and guides the isolated light beams to enter at least two effective regions of the spiral lens disc. The projection type image display apparatus includes the color illuminating system, an image forming unit that generates images using scrolling light from the spiral lens disc, and a projection lens unit that enlarges and projects the images formed by the image forming unit on a screen.
Abstract:
An image display system includes an illumination system, a light valve, a polarization beam splitter, and at least one polarizing element. The illumination system includes a light source, a color separator, and a scrolling unit. The light valve processes color beams which are scrolled, according to an input image signal and form a color image. The polarization beam splitter transmits or reflects an incident light beam according to polarization so light from the illumination system advances toward the light valve and light from the light valve advances toward a projection lens unit. A polarizing element may be installed at a path of light traveling toward the polarization beam splitter or a path of light that is reflected by the light valve and travels toward the projection lens unit.
Abstract:
A high-resolution display displaying an image on a screen includes an illumination optical system, an image optical system, a pixel moving optical system, and a projection optical system. The illumination optical system includes a light source emitting a light. The image optical system includes an image forming device modulating an incident light to form the image. The pixel moving optical system includes a prism array deflecting the light from the image optical system to move pixels of the image to increase a number of pixels. The projection optical system includes a projection lens projecting the deflected light by the pixel moving optical system onto the screen.
Abstract:
A multi-display apparatus includes flat panel display devices and an optical path changing unit. The flat panel display devices include adjacent sides connected to each other. The optical path changing unit has an inclined surface symmetrical to a boundary surface of the flat panel display devices and shifting light emitted from the flat panel display devices toward a boundary surface between the flat panel display devices to display an image without a non-display area.
Abstract:
An apparatus for finely adjusting an orientation of an optical device. The apparatus includes a base plate which supports an optical device, a bracket coupled to the base plate such that the base plate is rotatable with respect to the bracket, a spring disposed between the base plate and the bracket to apply an elastic force to the base plate, and an adjusting element which pushes the base plate against the bracket through the base plate to adjust a relative position of the optical device with respect to the bracket. The apparatus can finely and precisely adjust the orientation of the optical device.
Abstract:
A projection system including a light source, a color separator, a scrolling unit, a light valve, a wire grid polarization beam splitter, and a projection lens unit is provided. The color separator separates an incident beam according to color. The scrolling unit scrolls the color beams. The light valve processes an incident beam according to an image signal and forms a color picture. The wire grid polarization beam splitter is disposed between the scrolling unit and the light valve and transmits or reflects an incident beam according to a polarization of the incident beam. The projection lens unit magnifies the color picture formed by the light valve and reflected by the wire grid beam splitter and projects the magnified color picture onto a screen.
Abstract:
A highly efficient projection system is provided, including a light source, a color separator, a scrolling unit, a light valve, a projection lens unit, and a polarization conversion system. The color separator separates an incident beam according to color. The scrolling unit includes at least one lens cell and converts a rotation of the lens cell into a rectilinear motion of an area of the lens cell through which light passes so the incident beam is scrolled. The light valve processes a beam transmitted by the color separator and the scrolling unit, according to an image signal and forms a color picture. The projection lens unit magnifies the color picture formed by the light valve and projects the magnified color picture onto a screen. The polarization conversion system is installed between the color separator and the light valve and converts the incident beam into a beam with a single polarization.
Abstract:
A color lighting apparatus and method which has a small optical apparatus or method illuminating color beams with a high optical efficiency and an image projection apparatus and method using the same. The color lighting apparatus includes a light source, a color beam separating unit for separating incident light according to predetermined wavelength bands, a first condensing lens which condenses the light separated by the color beam separating unit, and a scrolling unit which changes the travel paths of beams separated according to the predetermined wavelength bands, forms color bars at different locations, and scrolls the incident light so as to periodically scroll the color bars. The image projection apparatus includes the color lighting apparatus, a second condensing lens which again focuses incident light, a uniform light forming unit which makes light passing through a scrolling unit into uniform light, an image forming device which forms an image from the light passing through the uniform light forming unit, and a projection lens unit which magnifies and projects the image produced form the image forming device onto a screen.
Abstract:
A highly efficient projection system, including a light source, a scrolling unit, a color separation hologram, a light valve, and a projection lens unit. The scrolling unit includes spirally arranged cylinder lens cells to scroll/cycle incident beams while rotating. The color separation hologram separates a beam radiated from the light source into beams with different wavelengths. The light valve forms a color image by turning on or off pixels according to an input image signal. The projection lens unit magnifies the image formed by the light valve and projects the magnified image toward a screen. In this projection system three color beams from the light source are scrolled simultaneously to produce a picture, resulting in a highly light efficient projection system.
Abstract:
A spiral lens disk and a projection system adopting the same are provided. The spiral lens disk has spirally arranged cylinder lens cells and scrolls incident light by converting the rotation of the cylinder lens cells into rectilinear motion of a cylinder lens array. The projection system includes at least one spiral lens disk such that color scrolling is achieved using a single component to form a color image. Due to a reduction in the number of components, a light, low-price projection system can be obtained, and a single-panel projection system with high light efficiency can also be obtained.