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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
May. 18, 2011
Barry D. Silverstein, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph R. Bietry, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert Metzger, Fairport, NY (US);
Gary E. Nothhard, Hilton, NY (US);
Richard P. Corey, Rush, NY (US);
Barry D. Silverstein, Rochester, NY (US);
Joseph R. Bietry, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert Metzger, Fairport, NY (US);
Gary E. Nothhard, Hilton, NY (US);
Richard P. Corey, Rush, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Etendue maintaining polarization switching occurs, according to various embodiments, with a mirror that quickly transitions between two positions. Light having uniform polarization is transmitted to the mirror. Light reflected off of the mirror in one of the two positions has its polarization changed, whereas light reflected off of the mirror in the other of the two positions has its polarization maintained. Thereafter, the polarization-changed light and the polarization-maintained light easily may be recombined in an entendue-maintaining manner. Because the recombined light includes two different polarization states, stereoscopic images may be generated.