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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Duane Scott Dewald, Plano, TX (US);

Nathan Wainwright, Plano, TX (US);

Douglas J. Gorny, Pacifica, CA (US);

Martin J. Richards, Gig Harbor, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2006.01); G02B 5/04 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G03B 33/12 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 1/11 (2015.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/28 (2013.01); G02B 1/11 (2013.01); G02B 5/04 (2013.01); G02B 27/1033 (2013.01); G03B 21/008 (2013.01); G03B 21/2013 (2013.01); G03B 21/2066 (2013.01); G03B 33/12 (2013.01); H04N 9/3126 (2013.01); G02B 27/0994 (2013.01);
Abstract

Prism assemblies for projector display systems disclosed receive inputs from discrete color channels (e.g., red, green and blue channels. In one embodiment, 'off state' light from the red, green, and blue DLP modulation may be reflected away from on-state light paths within the prism, tending to avoid uncontrolled scatter. In other embodiments, by keeping the colors separate for much of the prism path length, power levels may be significantly reduced at typical failure points. Light efficiency may be increased significantly when using discrete light sources like LEDs and lasers by removal of the additional red, green, and blue separation and re-combination losses.


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