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- This invention relates generally to image display systems, and more particularly to projection display systems using a plurality of spatial light modulators illuminated with light from a lamp, partial images from the spatial light modulators being combined to form a high-resolution image on a display screen.
- Projection display systems use spatial light modulators (“SLMs”) to modulate light from a lamp to produce high-quality images suitable for home theater, large-format front projectors, such as digital cinema, projectors for business conferences, and rear-projection television.
- SLMs spatial light modulators
- the resolution of such systems is related to the number of picture cells (“pixels”) that the SLM generates.
- pixels picture cells
- the image from the SLM is magnified and projected onto a display screen.
- a larger SLM will generate more pixels than a smaller SLM with similarly sized actuator cells.
- an SLM of a fixed size can generate more pixels.
- SLMs suitable for large-format displays might not have suitable resolution for other applications, such as medical imaging, satellite imaging, or other display applications requiring very high information content.
- a viewer typically sits relatively far back from a large-format display screen, where the viewer's eye smooths the pixellated image.
- the resolution acceptable for large-screen displays might not be suitable for high-resolution displays, where the viewer is relatively close to the displayed image and a higher information density is desired.
- One technique to provide a high-resolution image is to provide SLMs with more actuator cells, either by making a larger SLM chip or by reducing the size of the actuator cells. Unfortunately, both approaches adversely affect yield-per-wafer and cost.
- SLMs have been used in image display systems for various reasons.
- One technique overlays images from multiple SLMs to increase the brightness of the resultant image.
- Another technique interleaves images from multiple SLMs that control different colors of light operating at a reduced duty cycle (e.g. 50% duty cycle when using two SLMs).
- Using multiple SLMs allows the use of slower SLMs to achieve a higher apparent refresh rate, but does not increase the resolution of the display.
- the present invention enables high-resolution image display systems.
- a single lamp is used.
- the lamp output is homogenized in a light integrator, which provides a homogenized light output.
- the homogenized light output is split into first and second light beams with a beam splitter.
- a first imager optically coupled to the first light beam produces a first modulated light beam that is optically coupled to first projection optics.
- the projection optics expand the first modulated light beam to form a first display image portion on a display screen.
- a second imager optically coupled to the second light beam produces a second modulated light beam that is optically coupled to second projection optics.
- the second projection optics expand the second modulated light beam to form a second display image portion on the display screen.
- the first display image portion and the second display image portion are combined at a margin to form a display image.
- An optional fold mirror(s) is used to enable a more compact projection system.
- the beam splitter is a polarizing beam splitter and the imagers are LCoS SLMs.
- the first light beam from the polarizing beam splitter has a first polarization state and the second light beam from the polarizing beam splitter has a second polarization state.
- a half-wave retarder plate in the path of the first light beam rotates the polarization state to operate in conjunction with the LCoS SLM.
- FIG. 1A is a simplified diagram of a monochrome image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1B is a simplified side view of a portion of the image display system of FIG. 1A illustrating the relationship of the fold mirror to a display screen.
- FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of a color image display system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is simplified diagram of a multi-lamp stitched image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a projected image is formed from partial images produced by a plurality of SLMs.
- the modulated light from the each SLM forms a portion of the projected image, and the portions are combined (“stitched”) to form a high-resolution image on a display screen.
- image portions from two SLMs, each having two million pixels are stitched together to form a projected image having about four million pixels.
- liquid-crystal on silicon (“LCoS”) SLMs are used.
- LCoS SLMs modulate polarized light by reflection.
- unpolarized light from the lamp is filtered with a pre-polarizer and light having the undesired polarization state is discarded, reducing brightness.
- light having the undesired polarization state is converted to light of the desired polarization state and is provided to a LCoS SLM.
- Such techniques are known as polarization conversion/recovery systems, but increase the complexity, cost, size, and weight of the display system.
- unpolarized light from a lamp is split into two polarization states using a polarizing beam splitter (“PBS”).
- PBS polarizing beam splitter
- Light having the first polarization state is directed to a first SLM
- light having the second polarization state is directed at a second SLM.
- the SLM can be a LCoS SLM or other type of SLM, such a digital mirror display (“DMD”) having a plurality of separately actuated micromirrors, or a transmissive SLM.
- DMD digital mirror display
- the present invention enables the full output of the lamp to be utilized without resorting to polarization recovery or conversion schemes.
- a single set of homogenizing optics, and in some embodiments relay optics are shared by multiple SLMs.
- FIG. 1A is a simplified diagram of a monochrome image display system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a lamp 12 having an arc 14 or filament and a reflector 16 provides unpolarized light 18 to a light integrator 20 , typically through a condenser lens 22 .
- the arc 14 generates non-uniform light, and the light integrator converts the non-uniform light from the arc 14 into a homogenized light beam 26 .
- Examples of light integrators include light rods and light tunnels, and are recirculating (recycling) or non-recirculating in alternative embodiments.
- a lens 28 couples the homogenized light beam 26 from the light integrator 20 to a wire-grid PBS 30 , which reflects light having a first polarization state 32 and transmits light having a second polarization state 34 .
- a thin-film PBS or other PBS is used.
- a 50/50 non-polarizing beam splitter is used; however, a PBS enables efficient use of the lamp output, and a wire-grid PBS enables a wide spectral band and good cone illumination, and hence is particularly desirable.
- the wire-grid PBS splits the light from the lamp 12 into two separate light beams, which are then directed to two SLMs 42 , 48 . It is desirable to position the wire-grid PBS 30 in a telecentric optical space to maintain color uniformity across the projected image.
- Light of the first polarization state 32 is reflected to an optional fold mirror 36 , which reflects the light to a half-wave retarder plate 38 .
- the half-wave retarder plate rotates the light from the first polarization state to the second polarization state, which is passed through another wire-grid PBS 40 to a LCoS SLM 42 .
- Light falling on a pixel of a LCoS SLM in the dark state is unmodified and is reflected back through the PBS 40 .
- Light falling on a pixel of a LCoS SLM in the bright state rotates the incident polarized light 90°.
- the rotated light 43 is reflected by the PBS 40 through an optional polarization analyzer 51 to projection optics 60 .
- Imaging off the wire-grid PBS 40 in reflection provides a higher quality image, but an alternative image display system images the light transmitted through the wire-grid PBS.
- the polarization analyzer is basically an absorptive filter that removes light of the undesired polarization state to improve the contrast of the projected image.
- the optional fold mirrors keep the light path from the lamp to the display screen 56 contained within a compact spatial envelope, which is particularly desirable for rear-projection image display systems.
- Light of the second polarization state 34 is transmitted to optional fold mirrors 44 , 46 , and then through a wire-grid PBS 47 to another LCoS SLM 48 .
- a pixel of the LCoS SLM in the dark state is unmodified and is reflected back through the PBS 47 .
- a pixel of the LCoS SLM in the bright state rotates the incident polarized light 90° to the complimentary polarization state.
- the rotated light 50 is coupled to the PBS 47 , which reflects the rotated light 50 through an optional polarization analyzer 52 to projection optics 54 .
- the projection optics 54 expand the image from the SLM 48 to form a first contiguous (i.e. continuous two-dimensional) display image portion 58 A on a first portion of an optional fold mirror 56 .
- the image from the other SLM 42 is expanded by second projection optics 60 to form a second contiguous display image portion 58 B on a second portion of the fold mirror 56 .
- Light from the projection optics, represented as arrows 55 A, 55 B is reflected off the fold mirror 56 to a display screen (see FIG. 1B , ref. num. 61 ).
- the reflected light is represented by arrows 59 A, 59 B. It is understood that representation of the image portions using arrows is for simplicity of illustration, in particular, that the projection optics 54 , 60 provide fields of illumination.
- the first 58 A and second 58 B image portions are combined on the display screen at a margin essentially equivalent to the margin 57 between the image portions on the fold mirror 56 .
- the fold mirror 56 is trapezoidal to account for the expanding footprint of the image portions from the projection optics, which increases with increased distance from the projection optics.
- the image portions combine on the display screen to form a display image with approximately the combined number of pixels as are contained in the first 42 and second 48 SLMs. In many cases, the first and second SLM will be identical, but this is not required. Similarly, it is not required that the first and second SLM be of the same type.
- a first SLM could be a LCoS SLM
- the second SLM could be a transmissive liquid-crystal light valve or digital mirror display.
- LCoS SLMs are particularly desirable for use in high-resolution monochrome display systems because they can be controlled to provide a gray-scale output.
- An analog LCoS device produces a gray-scale output according to the amplitude of the control input signal
- a digital LCoS device produces a gray-scale output by modulating pulse width of the control input signal.
- the image display system shown in FIG. 1A is merely exemplary. Several other topologies are possible, and various combinations of fold mirrors are alternatively used. It is generally desirable that the optical path lengths between the output of the light integrator 20 and SLMs 42 , 48 are similar in the two sub-image paths to permit common relay optics to be used in both paths.
- the image display system enables a high-resolution projection display image to be stitched from partial images generated by conventional SLMs using a single lamp and light integrator.
- the number of pixels in the display image is essentially the sum of the pixels modulated by the first and second SLMs.
- the display image (formed from display image portions 58 A+ 58 B) is shown as being divided into right- and left-hand portions, but could be divided into upper and lower portions.
- the form factor of an image portion is equivalent to the form factor of the associated SLM, which is typically rectangular.
- FIG. 1B is a simplified side view of a portion of the image display system of FIG. 1A illustrating the relationship of the fold mirror 56 to a display screen 61 .
- Light from the projection optics 54 is reflected off the fold mirror 56 to the display screen 61 .
- FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of a color image display 60 system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- a color wheel 62 between the light integrator 20 and the lamp 12 transmits a selected color(s) of light to the light integrator.
- a color wheel motor 64 rotates the color wheel 62 to sequentially present different colored filters between the lamp 12 and the light integrator 20 .
- a color wheel is located after the output of the light integrator 20 .
- a color wheel located after the output of a recirculating light integrator has dichroic color filter segments that transmit a colored light beam to a beam splitter 30 ′, such as a pre-polarizer, for separation into first and second colored light beams.
- the first and second light beams have complimentary polarization states and are coupled to the SLMs (“imagers”).
- the non-selected color(s) are optionally reflected back into the light integrator to be recycled, thus increasing color light output efficiency.
- the dichroic color filter segments are logarithmic spiral color filter segments that generate scrolling color bands. It is generally desirable that the imagers operate sufficiently fast to permit sequential color operation at frame rates sufficient to eliminate color break-up or other color artifacts in the displayed image.
- FIG. 3 is simplified diagram of a multi-lamp image display system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the multi-lamp image display system 100 has a first lamp 12 A whose output is homogenized by a first light integrator 20 A and is split by a first polarizing beam splitter 30 A, and a second lamp 12 B whose output is homogenized by a second light integrator 20 B and is split by a second polarizing beam splitter 30 B.
- the light from the two lamps 12 A, 12 B are coupled to imagers 42 A, 48 B, 42 A, 48 B.
- the resulting displayed image which is made up of four image portions 58 A, 58 B, 58 C, 58 D stitched together at margins 157 , 157 ′ has a resolution essentially equal to the sum of pixels generated by the imagers 42 A, 42 B, 48 A, 48 B.
- the fold mirror 156 is typically rectangular, but this is not required, and reflects the image portions to a display screen (not shown). Alternatively, multiple fold mirrors are used. In a particular embodiment each imager generates about two million pixels and the displayed image has about eight million pixels. Additional lamps, light integrators, imagers, and projection optics may be combined to further increase the number of pixels in the displayed image.
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- This invention relates generally to image display systems, and more particularly to projection display systems using a plurality of spatial light modulators illuminated with light from a lamp, partial images from the spatial light modulators being combined to form a high-resolution image on a display screen.
- Projection display systems use spatial light modulators (“SLMs”) to modulate light from a lamp to produce high-quality images suitable for home theater, large-format front projectors, such as digital cinema, projectors for business conferences, and rear-projection television. The resolution of such systems is related to the number of picture cells (“pixels”) that the SLM generates. The image from the SLM is magnified and projected onto a display screen. Generally, a larger SLM will generate more pixels than a smaller SLM with similarly sized actuator cells. Conversely, if the size of the actuator cell is reduced, an SLM of a fixed size can generate more pixels. However, SLMs suitable for large-format displays might not have suitable resolution for other applications, such as medical imaging, satellite imaging, or other display applications requiring very high information content.
- A viewer typically sits relatively far back from a large-format display screen, where the viewer's eye smooths the pixellated image. Unfortunately, the resolution acceptable for large-screen displays might not be suitable for high-resolution displays, where the viewer is relatively close to the displayed image and a higher information density is desired. One technique to provide a high-resolution image is to provide SLMs with more actuator cells, either by making a larger SLM chip or by reducing the size of the actuator cells. Unfortunately, both approaches adversely affect yield-per-wafer and cost.
- Multiple SLMs have been used in image display systems for various reasons. One technique overlays images from multiple SLMs to increase the brightness of the resultant image. Another technique interleaves images from multiple SLMs that control different colors of light operating at a reduced duty cycle (e.g. 50% duty cycle when using two SLMs). Using multiple SLMs allows the use of slower SLMs to achieve a higher apparent refresh rate, but does not increase the resolution of the display.
- The present invention enables high-resolution image display systems. In some embodiments, a single lamp is used. The lamp output is homogenized in a light integrator, which provides a homogenized light output. The homogenized light output is split into first and second light beams with a beam splitter. A first imager optically coupled to the first light beam produces a first modulated light beam that is optically coupled to first projection optics. The projection optics expand the first modulated light beam to form a first display image portion on a display screen. A second imager optically coupled to the second light beam produces a second modulated light beam that is optically coupled to second projection optics. The second projection optics expand the second modulated light beam to form a second display image portion on the display screen. The first display image portion and the second display image portion are combined at a margin to form a display image. An optional fold mirror(s) is used to enable a more compact projection system.
- In a particular embodiment, the beam splitter is a polarizing beam splitter and the imagers are LCoS SLMs. The first light beam from the polarizing beam splitter has a first polarization state and the second light beam from the polarizing beam splitter has a second polarization state. A half-wave retarder plate in the path of the first light beam rotates the polarization state to operate in conjunction with the LCoS SLM. Thus, the full output of the lamp is utilized without polarization recovery, and resolution of the display image is enhanced.
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FIG. 1A is a simplified diagram of a monochrome image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 1B is a simplified side view of a portion of the image display system ofFIG. 1A illustrating the relationship of the fold mirror to a display screen. -
FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of a color image display system according to another embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is simplified diagram of a multi-lamp stitched image display system according to an embodiment of the present invention. - I. Introduction
- A projected image is formed from partial images produced by a plurality of SLMs. The modulated light from the each SLM forms a portion of the projected image, and the portions are combined (“stitched”) to form a high-resolution image on a display screen. For example, image portions from two SLMs, each having two million pixels, are stitched together to form a projected image having about four million pixels.
- In one embodiment, liquid-crystal on silicon (“LCoS”) SLMs are used. LCoS SLMs modulate polarized light by reflection. In conventional image display systems, unpolarized light from the lamp is filtered with a pre-polarizer and light having the undesired polarization state is discarded, reducing brightness. Alternatively, light having the undesired polarization state is converted to light of the desired polarization state and is provided to a LCoS SLM. Such techniques are known as polarization conversion/recovery systems, but increase the complexity, cost, size, and weight of the display system.
- In an embodiment of the present invention, unpolarized light from a lamp is split into two polarization states using a polarizing beam splitter (“PBS”). Light having the first polarization state is directed to a first SLM, and light having the second polarization state is directed at a second SLM. The SLM can be a LCoS SLM or other type of SLM, such a digital mirror display (“DMD”) having a plurality of separately actuated micromirrors, or a transmissive SLM. The present invention enables the full output of the lamp to be utilized without resorting to polarization recovery or conversion schemes. Similarly, a single set of homogenizing optics, and in some embodiments relay optics, are shared by multiple SLMs.
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FIG. 1A is a simplified diagram of a monochromeimage display system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Alamp 12 having anarc 14 or filament and areflector 16 provides unpolarized light 18 to alight integrator 20, typically through acondenser lens 22. Thearc 14 generates non-uniform light, and the light integrator converts the non-uniform light from thearc 14 into ahomogenized light beam 26. Examples of light integrators include light rods and light tunnels, and are recirculating (recycling) or non-recirculating in alternative embodiments. - A
lens 28 couples thehomogenized light beam 26 from thelight integrator 20 to a wire-grid PBS 30, which reflects light having afirst polarization state 32 and transmits light having asecond polarization state 34. Alternatively, a thin-film PBS or other PBS is used. Alternatively, a 50/50 non-polarizing beam splitter is used; however, a PBS enables efficient use of the lamp output, and a wire-grid PBS enables a wide spectral band and good cone illumination, and hence is particularly desirable. The wire-grid PBS splits the light from thelamp 12 into two separate light beams, which are then directed to twoSLMs grid PBS 30 in a telecentric optical space to maintain color uniformity across the projected image. - Light of the
first polarization state 32 is reflected to anoptional fold mirror 36, which reflects the light to a half-wave retarder plate 38. The half-wave retarder plate rotates the light from the first polarization state to the second polarization state, which is passed through another wire-grid PBS 40 to aLCoS SLM 42. Light falling on a pixel of a LCoS SLM in the dark state is unmodified and is reflected back through thePBS 40. Light falling on a pixel of a LCoS SLM in the bright state rotates the incident polarized light 90°. The rotatedlight 43 is reflected by thePBS 40 through anoptional polarization analyzer 51 toprojection optics 60. Imaging off the wire-grid PBS 40 in reflection (rather than imaging the transmitted beam) provides a higher quality image, but an alternative image display system images the light transmitted through the wire-grid PBS. The polarization analyzer is basically an absorptive filter that removes light of the undesired polarization state to improve the contrast of the projected image. The optional fold mirrors keep the light path from the lamp to thedisplay screen 56 contained within a compact spatial envelope, which is particularly desirable for rear-projection image display systems. - Light of the
second polarization state 34 is transmitted to optional fold mirrors 44, 46, and then through a wire-grid PBS 47 to anotherLCoS SLM 48. A pixel of the LCoS SLM in the dark state is unmodified and is reflected back through thePBS 47. A pixel of the LCoS SLM in the bright state rotates the incident polarized light 90° to the complimentary polarization state. The rotatedlight 50 is coupled to thePBS 47, which reflects the rotated light 50 through anoptional polarization analyzer 52 toprojection optics 54. - The
projection optics 54 expand the image from theSLM 48 to form a first contiguous (i.e. continuous two-dimensional)display image portion 58A on a first portion of anoptional fold mirror 56. Similarly, the image from theother SLM 42 is expanded bysecond projection optics 60 to form a second contiguousdisplay image portion 58B on a second portion of thefold mirror 56. Light from the projection optics, represented asarrows fold mirror 56 to a display screen (seeFIG. 1B , ref. num. 61). The reflected light is represented byarrows projection optics - The first 58A and second 58B image portions are combined on the display screen at a margin essentially equivalent to the
margin 57 between the image portions on thefold mirror 56. In a particular embodiment, thefold mirror 56 is trapezoidal to account for the expanding footprint of the image portions from the projection optics, which increases with increased distance from the projection optics. The image portions combine on the display screen to form a display image with approximately the combined number of pixels as are contained in the first 42 and second 48 SLMs. In many cases, the first and second SLM will be identical, but this is not required. Similarly, it is not required that the first and second SLM be of the same type. For example, a first SLM could be a LCoS SLM, and the second SLM could be a transmissive liquid-crystal light valve or digital mirror display. LCoS SLMs are particularly desirable for use in high-resolution monochrome display systems because they can be controlled to provide a gray-scale output. An analog LCoS device produces a gray-scale output according to the amplitude of the control input signal, and a digital LCoS device produces a gray-scale output by modulating pulse width of the control input signal. - Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the image display system shown in
FIG. 1A is merely exemplary. Several other topologies are possible, and various combinations of fold mirrors are alternatively used. It is generally desirable that the optical path lengths between the output of thelight integrator 20 andSLMs -
FIG. 1B is a simplified side view of a portion of the image display system ofFIG. 1A illustrating the relationship of thefold mirror 56 to adisplay screen 61. Light from theprojection optics 54 is reflected off thefold mirror 56 to thedisplay screen 61. -
FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of acolor image display 60 system according to another embodiment of the present invention. Acolor wheel 62 between thelight integrator 20 and thelamp 12 transmits a selected color(s) of light to the light integrator. Acolor wheel motor 64 rotates thecolor wheel 62 to sequentially present different colored filters between thelamp 12 and thelight integrator 20. Alternatively, a color wheel is located after the output of thelight integrator 20. In a further embodiment, a color wheel located after the output of a recirculating light integrator has dichroic color filter segments that transmit a colored light beam to abeam splitter 30′, such as a pre-polarizer, for separation into first and second colored light beams. - The first and second light beams have complimentary polarization states and are coupled to the SLMs (“imagers”). The non-selected color(s) are optionally reflected back into the light integrator to be recycled, thus increasing color light output efficiency. In a particular embodiment the dichroic color filter segments are logarithmic spiral color filter segments that generate scrolling color bands. It is generally desirable that the imagers operate sufficiently fast to permit sequential color operation at frame rates sufficient to eliminate color break-up or other color artifacts in the displayed image.
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FIG. 3 is simplified diagram of a multi-lampimage display system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The multi-lampimage display system 100 has afirst lamp 12A whose output is homogenized by afirst light integrator 20A and is split by a firstpolarizing beam splitter 30A, and asecond lamp 12B whose output is homogenized by a secondlight integrator 20B and is split by a secondpolarizing beam splitter 30B. The light from the twolamps imagers - The resulting displayed image, which is made up of four
image portions margins imagers - While the invention has been described above in terms of various specific embodiments, the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit of the invention. Thus, the embodiments described above illustrate the invention, but are not restrictive of the invention, which is indicated by the following claims. All modifications and equivalents that come within the meaning and range of the claims are included within their scope.
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