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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert James Monson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Michael Edward Smith, St. Bonifacius, MN (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/156 ; G03B 2/100 ; G03B 2/114 ; G03B 2/122 ; G03B 2/128 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/156 ; G03B 2/100 ; G03B 2/114 ; G03B 2/122 ; G03B 2/128 ;
Abstract
A compact projector system utilizing a rear projection console with at least one projector and a set of mirrors with each mirror being positionally placed with respect to the rear of the display screen and operating together by bouncing an image carrying light beam which originates from a projector from one mirror to the next within the console and across itself before the image-carrying light impinges upon the rear of the display screen to produce a relatively large, contiguous image thereupon with the at least one projector and set of mirrors being confined in a relatively small console area.