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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2019
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin J. Richards, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Nathan Shawn Wainwright, Plano, TX (US);
Duane Scott Dewald, Dallas, TX (US);
Barret Lippey, Foster City, CA (US);
Brad Walker, Plano, TX (US);
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Projection systems and/or methods comprising a blurring element are disclosed. In one embodiment, a blurring element may comprise a first plate having a pattern on a first surface and second plate. The first plate and the second plate may comprise material having a slight difference in their respective index of refraction. In another embodiment, a blurring element may comprise a first plate having a pattern thereon and a second immersing material. The blurring element may be placed in between two modulators in a dual or multi-modulator projector system. The blurring element may be configured to give a desired shape to the light transmitted from a first modulator to a second modulator.