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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999

Filed:

Apr. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Shinsuke Shikama, Kyoto, JP;

Daisuke Umeno, Nagasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G03B / ; H04N / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359465 ; 359464 ; 359462 ; 353-7 ; 353-8 ; 349 15 ; 348 57 ; 348 58 ;
Abstract

A stereoscopic image projector has a light valve controlled by two image signals. The light valve produces a polarized raster image in which some rasters are modulated by the first image signal and other rasters by the second image signal. A polarization switch changes the polarization of rasters modulated by the second image signal, thereby creating a stereoscopic image, which is projected through a projection lens onto a screen, and viewed through polarizing eyeglasses. A color stereoscopic image is obtained by using three light valves and three polarization switches, one for each of the three primary colors, and combining their images for projection through a single projection lens. The projection lens is preferably a telecentric zoom lens consisting of three lens groups.


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