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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2005
Hiromi Ishikawa, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Kazuhiko Nagano, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Hiromi Ishikawa, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Kazuhiko Nagano, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a method of forming an image, pixel portions of a spatial light-modulation element are two-dimensionally arranged, and individually modulated portions of light are applied to the spatial light-modulation element, according to control signals. A first image-forming optical system is arranged in optical paths of the portions of the light modulated by the pixel portions, a microlens array is arranged in a vicinity of an image-forming plane of the first image-forming optical system, and has microlenses arranged in correspondence with the pixel portions, respectively. A second image-forming optical system is arranged in optical paths of the portions of the light which have passed through the microlenses, and forms, on a predetermined surface, an image represented by the portions of the light modulated by the spatial light-modulation element. Each of the first and second image-forming optical systems forms an image with a magnification power greater than one.