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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
May. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis D. Lowenthal, Edmonds, WA (US);
Scott R. Karlsen, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
Aculight Corporation, Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2/114 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating a display is provided. In the disclosed system, each color required by the display is generated by incoherently combining the beams of tens or hundreds of individual lasers. In order to achieve a full color display, three independent IBC systems are used to generate the required three colors (e.g., red, green and blue). The output from each IBC system is modulated and the three beams are combined to form a single, modulated output beam that is directed to a display scanner.