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Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 23, 2017
Applicant:

Hitachi-lg Data Storage, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Kunikazu Oonishi, Tokyo, JP;

Satoshi Ouchi, Tokyo, JP;

Seiji Murata, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroshi Ogasawara, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/20 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/2066 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G02B 26/101 (2013.01); G03B 21/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

The reflection surface of a DMD is divided into a first area and a second area, causing the first area to display images while appropriately controlling the on and off states of the micromirrors within the second area on the basis of a prescribed control logic according to the on and off states of the micromirrors within the first area. Further, the DMD off-state light created in the first and second areas is caused to recurse to the DMD via a prescribed recycle optical system for the DMD off-state light, and only the second area in the reflection surface is intensively irradiated along a prescribed irradiation direction, thereby efficiently converting the DMD off-state light to the effective projection light.


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