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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Adrianus H van den Brandt, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus A Timmers, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
353102 ; 353 31 ; 353 38 ; 362309 ; 359622 ;
Abstract
An efficient illumination system for an image projection apparatus is described, which system comprises a radiation source (20), a concave reflector (21) and a first and a second lens plate (25, 28) each being provided with a matrix of lenses (26, 29) for forming superimposed images of the radiation source on the object (1) to be illuminated, the aspect ratio of the lenses (26, 29) corresponding to that of the object (1).