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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1997
Yoshiharu Ooi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuneo Wakabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeyuki Serizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Sonda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaya Kunigita, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Hirai, Yokohama, JP;
AG Technology Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A light source optical system for projection 1, dichroic mirrors 21, 22 disposed to have a predetermined included angle .beta., a reflection type liquid crystal optical element blocks 31-33 each including a closely contacted converging lens and having a reflection surface and a projection optical system 4 are provided, wherein the normal line of a dichroic mirror surface and the optical axis of incident light form an included angle .alpha.; the normal line of the reflection surface and the optical axis of incident light form an included angle .gamma.; light emitted from a light source is color-separated so as to become color lights; the color lights are rendered to be parallel light beams, and are modulated and reflected by means of the reflection type liquid crystal optical elements; the reflected light beams are color-synthesized; and the color-synthesized light is projected through a projection lens. A projection type color liquid crystal optical apparatus having a compact shape and a high brightness is obtainable.