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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kentaro Oku, Mobara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349-5 ; 359634 ;
Abstract
Light in each of a series of very small areas arranged in a row is subjected to color separation and color mixing into a very small portion of light. There are provided columnar concave lenses CC1 corresponding to columnar convex lenses CV1 formed in a lattice pattern, dichroic mirrors DM1, DM2 each associated with the concave lenses CC1, mirrors M1 each associated with the dichroic mirrors DM2, and a liquid crystal panel main body LP disposed in contact with this optical element. Pixels LR, LG, LB in the liquid crystal panel main body LP are disposed so as to correspond in position to the mirrors M1, the dichroic mirrors DM2 and the mirrors M2, respectively.