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Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2006
Applicants:

Markus Kamm, Karlsruhe, DE;

Olivier Ripoll, Rueschlikon, CH;

Inventors:

Markus Kamm, Karlsruhe, DE;

Olivier Ripoll, Rueschlikon, CH;

Assignee:

Sony Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image generation unit with an illumination unit for generating a plurality of coherent sub-beams and for illuminating an image modulator, including a light source, and a projection lens for superimposing each of the coherent sub-beams onto a projection screen plane. An optical set-up introduces angles between each two of the sub-beams, which are chosen to produce uncorrelated speckle patterns in the projection screen plane, resulting in an interference speckle pattern. A phase modulator including a liquid crystal cell changes its directory profile in a lateral manner, thereby being able to change the phase of light of each sub-beam individually.


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