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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1995
Junichi Nose, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Masanori Kojima, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kenji Kimura, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Hideo Arahama, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Hideki Kaneko, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kenji Maeno, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Naoto Kontani, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a projector having liquid crystal panels as light modulators, the liquid crystal panels are independently used for white-light modulation and colored-light modulation, respectively, so that high luminance and high resolution are compatibly attained. The projector has a liquid crystal panel which is driven by color signals, and which subjects light to colored-light modulation, and another liquid crystal panel which is driven by a luminance signal wherein a portion lower than a predetermined level is compressed by a compressing circuit, and which subjects light to white-light modulation. Modulated light outputted from the two liquid crystal panels are synthesized with each other in a polarized beam splitter, and the image of the synthesized light is formed on a screen by a lens. It is preferable that the color signal and the white signal which will be inputted to the liquid crystal panels are obtained from a composite video signal of the NTSC system.