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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Jean-jacques Sacre, Chateaugiron, FR;
Pascal Benoit, Liffre, FR;
Inventors:
Jean-Jacques Sacre, Chateaugiron, FR;
Pascal Benoit, Liffre, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illuminating device is described comprising an optical source emitting an unpolarized light beam, a polarizing beam splitter comprising a grid polarizer situated between the faces of two prisms. The light beam penetrates into the first prism through a face and reaches the polarizing beam splitter that transmits the light having a first polarization direction to the face that reflects it toward an exit face. In addition, the splitter reflects the light having a second polarization direction to the face that reflects it toward an exit face.