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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2007
Estill Thone Hall, Jr., Fishers, IN (US);
Estill Thone Hall, Jr., Fishers, IN (US);
Shenzhen TCL New Technology Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an illumination system. The illumination system comprises a plurality of modules such that each module comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) adapted to emit light. The illumination system further comprises a plurality of lens elements disposed subsequent to the LEDs. Further, a number of the lens elements corresponds to a number of LEDs; such that the plurality of lens elements is adapted to redirect the light emitted by the LEDs on a plurality lenses. The illumination system further comprises a plurality of imagers disposed subsequent to the plurality of lenses, such that each of the imagers forms an image from the light provided by each of the lenses, respectively. Further, the images formed by the plurality of imagers are combined by a device, such as an X-cube, to form a single image that is further provided to a light pipe of a display system.