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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Adrianus Johannes Stephanes Maria De Vaan, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerardus Johannes Josephus Vanlier, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a projection display device comprising a illumination system having a light source and an optical bar for providing an illumination beam, an image display system comprising a display panel for modulating the illumination beam with image information and projecting the image on a screen, and a color filter provided on a wheel, rotatably mounted at its hub, for transmitting colored portions of the illumination beam for illuminating the display panel. In order to improve the efficiency of the projection display device, the color filter comprises adjacent spiral-shaped filter portions for simultaneously illuminating portions of the display panel by the colored portions of the illumination beam so that the portions of the display panel are consecutively illuminated by the colored portions of the illumination beam.