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`‘lhepresent invention is in the area of video projection display, and pertains more
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`Cross-Reference to Related’Applications
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`The present application is a continuation-in—part application of prior application
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`08/686,809, filed July 26, 1996, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
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`Background of the Invention
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`There are many different systems available for video projections. Such systems
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`Cathode Kay Tube (CRT) projectors, micro-mirror projectors and so forth. There are also
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`back projection systems available, that project on the back oftranslucent or transparent
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`material, and are viewed from the opposite direction, but they use generally the same
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`technology as the systems already mentioned. In general, however, all ofthese display
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`systems are rather expensive and have difficulty proving satisfactory light levels.
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`Less expensive units than those mentioned above have recently become available,
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`mostly based on small active matrix color LCD’S (AM-LCD’s) or thin-film transistor
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`LCD’sCl‘FT—LCD’s). These systems are a partial solution to the problems besetting
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`projection display technology, but resolution and brightness are still limited, and cost
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`viewipg may not be effective due to strong ambient light. Of course curtains can be
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`closed, or a special windowless TV room can be built, but cost and ease of use suffer.
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`What is clearly needed are better'projection systems and better methods, crossing
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`traditional media boundaries.
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`One simple way to offer more brightness is to use brighter, better lamps. This
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`allows more light to be projected 'The problem, however, with brighter, more powerful
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`lamps is that the lamps generate a lot of heat, requiring noisy high speed fans, and at the
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`same time drastically reduce the useful life of LCD's used in such projection schemes by
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`thermally loading the LCD‘s to the maximum allowable, and sometimes beyond, This is
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`true partly because in a conventional color AM—LCD 'only 2-5°/o of light is transmitted
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`when a cell is on, and near 0% when the LCD cell is off, This fact dictates that most light
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`is converted into heat in the LCD.
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`Summary of the Invention
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`In a preferred embodiment of the present invention a video projector system is
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`provided comprising individual light sources, one each for each color to be projected,
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`adapted to provide each a separate light beam; a lens system in the path of the separate
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`light beams, adapted for focusing the beams; a number of individual color filters equal to
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`the number of beams, in the colors to be projected, and placed one each in each beam
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`path; a light-shutter matrix system comprising a number of equivalent switching matrices
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`equal to the number of beams and placed one each in the beam paths; 3 video controller
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`adapted for controlling the light-shutter matrices; and an optical combination system
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`adapted for combining the several beams into a single composite beam for projection on a
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`surface to provide a video display. Each beam passes through a color filter before being
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`ln apreferred embodiment the light-shutter matrices are monochrome LCD arrays
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`and three light sources provide three beams. Red, green, and blue filters are used to
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`provide red, green, and blue beams to an .LCDmatrix system.
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`In various embodiments, assuming projectors ofrelatively equal cost, by using a
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`triple monochrome LCD structure instead of a color AM—LCD, and pre-coloring oflight,
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`more light output can be achieved than in conventional systems. Systems according to
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`embodiments ofthe invention are also less expensive than conventional color LCD
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`systems, because the monochrome LCDS used are less expensive than color LCDs, and
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`because alignment of components is less critical than in conventional LCD prOjection
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`systems A further advantage in quality is provided because the recombination ofthree
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`video-controlled color beams allows superposition ofcolor spots (or nibbles) in a final
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`display.
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`In another embodiment ofthe invention a single white light beam is focused on a
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`prism system which splits the white light beam into separate color beams, which are in
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`l u n directed as parallel beams on cells ofa monochrome LCD array, The LCD array is
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`switched by a controller following a video signal, and the emerging beams are
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`recombined and focused on a screen to form a dynamic video image
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`Video projection systems according to embodiments of the present'invention are
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`less complicated apparatus, and with considerably less need to dispose ot‘waste heat from
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`light sources.
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`Fig. 2 is a diegrammalical representation ofan enhanced video projector system
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`The present invention in various embodiments differs from the prior art in that a
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`color AM-LCD array, as described above in the Background section, is not used. When a
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`color AM-LCD array is used in video projection systems, the light typically first has to
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`pass through apolarization filter, then through the glass and circuitry of the LCD matrix
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`as well as the actual chambers containing the LCD material. The light then passes
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`through a second set ofcircuitry and glass, through a second polarization filter, and
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`finally through the color filter. Since a color filter is essentially a band pass filter for
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`light, and typically the scheme used is Red/Green/Bliie (RGB), by it's very definition it
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`must absorb most ofthe energy reaching it Also, the color filter contains nibbles ofeach
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`color next to each other, and must be precrsely aligned when attached to the glass, in
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`order to provide that the LCD cell and the Filter nibble match.
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`In embodiments of the present invention, the apparatus is arranged in a distributed
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`manner. Light from light sources, typically lamps, is first colored and otherwrse prepared
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`into three single color beams, which then pass each through a monochrome LCD array.
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`The three color beams are then optically recombined with a mirror and prism ‘system in
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`suah away that they form a single beam having light of all colors of each pixel
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`superimposed, instead of side by side in each pixel, as is typical in the art. Superposition
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`oftlte color dots 1n the pixels projected and displayed provides for true and brighter color,
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`einbodii‘ncnt ol‘ the present invention. Light for the projector is generated in this
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`embodiment by three High intensity Discharge (HJD) lamps. 132-134, which are
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`controlled by controller 130, which also controls a fan I 36 for cooling the light sources.
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`The lamps are provided in a separate sub—unit
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`l3] , which acts as a heat containment
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`system, exchanging the heat via fan l36to the outside, rather than in the box, Light
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`After leaving the heat containment and light source unit. the three light beams
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`RG13 filters 112—1 14. The position and order ofthe color filters is arbitrary, as long as one
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`On the first glass of LCD unit 120, which comprises three monochrome LCD
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`arrays 1 17,
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`l 18, and 119, there is an optional metal mask 1 16blacking out the non-active
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`areas of the LCD, An aluminum process can be used for the mask, similar to a process
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`known in the art for making connections on the active matrix oftlie LCD.
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`After passing through the active regions 1 17-1 l9,the separate beams get
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`focused and projected onto a surface 101. It Wlll be apparent to those with skill in the art
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`that there are a number of ways the beam combination may be done, and a number of
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`ways lens system 1 10 may be Fashioned and used to project the final display on a screen
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`or wall or other surface. The projection system is useful as well for backside projection
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`A video signal for the system is delivered from outside via link 125 into a
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`controller 122. A great variety of different Signal formats are known and can be
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`implemented, both analog and digital, or any combination of several signals can he used.
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`Controller 12200ntrols the three monochrome matrices 117, 118, and 1 19. In one
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`embodiment the LCD unit is built from three separate pieces of glass, each containing
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`only one monochrome set. A mounting frame is then used to align those in front of
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`mirror and prism system 1
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`In some embodiments ot‘the invention, chip-on-glass technology is used to
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`implement most of LCD controller 122 on glass, reducing wiring and handling issues,
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`In embodiments ofthe present invention the color filter always precedes the LCD
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`arrays, and the filters are implemented in such a manner that each color filter covers all
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`pixels ofits own color in a contiguous manner. This feature allows more light than in the
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`prior at; paitly because monochrome LCD cells absorb much less light than do color
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`LC D's, and also allows much cheaper manufacturing cost than prior art systems, since no
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`precise alignment between color filter and LCD is required.
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`A control link 1241s provided between controllers 122 and 130, and this link is
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`invention In the embodiment ot‘Fig, 2 a Single white-light source 233 is used. and a
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`single beam is passed through heat filter glass 123 to condenser lens system 1 15, From
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`lens system 1 15the collimated white—light beam is directed to a prism system 21 l where
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`the white light is split into three beams, red, green, and blue (RGB). Mirrors 213 and 215
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`cooperate in directing two beams back toward monochrome LCD array 120, while the
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`third beam is directed straight ahead into the LCDarray. Since the white (or near white
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`light) contains energy in all colors of visible light, splitting out the three colors for the
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`LCD array results in no significant loss oflight energy For each color.
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`After passing through monochrome LCD array 120, which in this embodiment is
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`to Fig. l,the colors are recombined by another prism system 217 and mirrors 219 and
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`221. The recombined beam is then focused and directed by lens system 1 IOto a screen
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`101 to provide adynamic color image. Compensation filters may be mounted to
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`compensate for differences in light efficiency for the system.
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`'lt will be apparentto those with skill in the an that there are many alterations that
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`of the invention. For example, there are many ways to implement light shutter devices
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`besides LCD's . There are similarly many sorts of light sources that may be used in
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`practicing embodiments of the invention. There are many ways adequate controllers may
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`be implemented as well. Other design differences will become apparent to those with
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`skill in the art. The invention is limited in scope only by the claims which follow.
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`What is claimed is:
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`1. A video projector system comprising:
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`a source projecting parallel beams otlight of different colors;
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`at light-shutter matrix system comprising a number of equivalent switching
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`matrices equal to the number of beams and placed one each in the beam paths;
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`2‘ The system of claim 1 wherein the sourceprojecting parallel beams oflight comprises
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`three white-light sources producing three parallel beams of white light through three color
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`4. The system ofclaim 1 wherein the source projecting parallel beams of light comprises
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`a single white-light source projecting a white beam on a prism system adapted to separate
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`the white beam into three color beams, and a redirection apparatus for directing the color
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`5. The system of claim 4 wherein the three color beams produced by the prism'system
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`6. The Video projection system ot‘claim 1 wherein the light-shutter matrix system
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`7, A method for projecting a dynamic color image, comprising steps of:
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`a) providing separateprtrallel beams of colored light;
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`b) directing the separate color beams on separate cells ofa monochrome LCD
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`0) switching the monochrome matrix by action of a video signal through an LCD
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`e) focusing the recombined beam on a surfaceto provide a dynamic color image.
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`having as many cells as the separate beams ofcolored light;
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`(1) switching the monochrome matrix by action ofa video Signal through an LCD
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`A color video projector system has separate light sources for producing separate
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`beams of light which are passed each first through color filters to provide separate color
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`beams before being processed by video-controlled light shutter matrices and then
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`combined into a single beam projectable to prOVide a full-color video display wrth
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`superimposed color spots rather then side—by-side color spots. In a preferred embodiment
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`the color beams are red, green, andblue.
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`In another aspect ofthe invention a single
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`white-light source is used, and the beam oi" white light is split by a prism system into
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`separate color beams, which are redirected to impinge as parallel beams on a
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`monochrome LCD array. The LCD array is switched'by a controller driven in accordanca
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`with a video signal, and the emerging beams are recombined and focused on a surface to
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`produce a dynamic color image.
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`EnhancedVldeO PrOJection System
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