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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Applicant:
Michael T. Davis, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventor:
Michael T. Davis, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/222 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 19/18 (2006.01); G03B 21/32 (2006.01); G03B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated system comprises a light valve and an image sensor for image display and image capture. The image sensor and the light valve share a common dual-function lens by positioning the light valve and image sensor at locations offset from the optical axis of the dual-function lens.