Ag Technology Co., Ltd.

Shigeyuki Serizawa

Yoshiharu Ooi

Tsuneo Wakabayashi

Yoshiyuki Sonda

Yoshinori Hirai

Masaya Kunigita

A projection type display apparatus comprising a light source apparatus which is provided with an elliptic mirror 12, a light source 11 disposed at the first focal point, a cone-like material disposed at the second focal point, a condenser lens 13, display elements 15R-15B, a color separating and synthesizing optical system, second condenser lenses 16R-16B and a projection lens 19. The cone-like material is one selected from the group of a convex cone lens, a concave cone lens 2, a convex cone-like reflector and a concave cone-like reflector 20. In the projection type display element, light emitted from the light source is introduced into the cone-like material and is emitted as divergent light through the conical surface of the cone-like material. The divergent light is introduced into the condenser lens 13 so that the light is rendered to be parallel light fluxes, which are color-separated and introduced into the display elements 15R-15B disposed for each color in order to form light fluxes of display colors. The light fluxes are again subjected to color synthesization, and the synthesized light is projected as a full color picture image on a screen through the projection lens 19. The projection type display apparatus provides a display having uniformity, a good contrast ratio and brightness.

Light source apparatus using a cone-shaped element and an applied

A light source optical system for projection 1, dichroic mirrors 21, 22 disposed to have a predetermined included angle .beta., a reflection type liquid crystal optical element blocks 31-33 each including a closely contacted converging lens and having a reflection surface and a projection optical system 4 are provided, wherein the normal line of a dichroic mirror surface and the optical axis of incident light form an included angle .alpha.; the normal line of the reflection surface and the optical axis of incident light form an included angle .gamma.; light emitted from a light source is color-separated so as to become color lights; the color lights are rendered to be parallel light beams, and are modulated and reflected by means of the reflection type liquid crystal optical elements; the reflected light beams are color-synthesized; and the color-synthesized light is projected through a projection lens. A projection type color liquid crystal optical apparatus having a compact shape and a high brightness is obtainable.

Projection type color liquid crystal optical apparatus

Light source apparatus using a cone-like material and an applied

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Yokohama, Japan

Shigeyuki Serizawa