CA2383702A1 - Stepped inlet optical panel - Google Patents

Stepped inlet optical panel Download PDF

Info

Publication number
CA2383702A1
CA2383702A1 CA002383702A CA2383702A CA2383702A1 CA 2383702 A1 CA2383702 A1 CA 2383702A1 CA 002383702 A CA002383702 A CA 002383702A CA 2383702 A CA2383702 A CA 2383702A CA 2383702 A1 CA2383702 A1 CA 2383702A1
Authority
CA
Canada
Prior art keywords
waveguides
inlet
panel according
image light
panel
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
CA002383702A
Other languages
English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
James T. Veligdan
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Brookhaven Science Associates LLC
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of CA2383702A1 publication Critical patent/CA2383702A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/04—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J29/00—Details of cathode-ray tubes or of electron-beam tubes of the types covered by group H01J31/00
    • H01J29/86—Vessels; Containers; Vacuum locks
    • H01J29/89—Optical or photographic arrangements structurally combined or co-operating with the vessel
    • H01J29/892—Optical or photographic arrangements structurally combined or co-operating with the vessel using fibre optics
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/04—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres
    • G02B6/06—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres the relative position of the fibres being the same at both ends, e.g. for transporting images
    • G02B6/08—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings formed by bundles of fibres the relative position of the fibres being the same at both ends, e.g. for transporting images with fibre bundle in form of plate
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S385/00—Optical waveguides
    • Y10S385/901—Illuminating or display apparatus

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)
  • Overhead Projectors And Projection Screens (AREA)
  • Projection Apparatus (AREA)
CA002383702A 1999-09-01 2000-08-30 Stepped inlet optical panel Abandoned CA2383702A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/388,087 1999-09-01
US09/388,087 US6317545B1 (en) 1999-09-01 1999-09-01 Stepped inlet optical panel
PCT/US2000/023712 WO2001016629A1 (en) 1999-09-01 2000-08-30 Stepped inlet optical panel

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
CA2383702A1 true CA2383702A1 (en) 2001-03-08

Family

ID=23532623

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
CA002383702A Abandoned CA2383702A1 (en) 1999-09-01 2000-08-30 Stepped inlet optical panel

Country Status (8)

Country Link
US (1) US6317545B1 (https=)
EP (1) EP1218779A4 (https=)
JP (1) JP2003508800A (https=)
KR (1) KR20020042819A (https=)
AU (1) AU7336500A (https=)
CA (1) CA2383702A1 (https=)
MX (1) MXPA02002221A (https=)
WO (1) WO2001016629A1 (https=)

Families Citing this family (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6400876B1 (en) * 1998-08-31 2002-06-04 Brookhaven Science Associates Ultrathin optical panel and a method of making an ultrathin optical panel
US6301417B1 (en) 1998-08-31 2001-10-09 Brookhaven Science Associates Ultrathin optical panel and a method of making an ultrathin optical panel
US6719430B2 (en) 1999-12-21 2004-04-13 Scram Technologies, Inc. Precision optical system for display panel
US6457834B1 (en) * 2001-01-24 2002-10-01 Scram Technologies, Inc. Optical system for display panel
US6571044B2 (en) * 2001-05-18 2003-05-27 Scram Technologies, Inc. High contrast display panel and a method of making a high contrast display panel
US6751019B2 (en) * 2001-06-11 2004-06-15 Scram Technologies, Inc. Ultrathin mesh optical panel and a method of making an ultrathin mesh optical panel
FI117453B (sv) * 2002-07-05 2006-10-13 Runar Olof Ivar Toernqvist Displaymodul
US6897368B2 (en) 2002-11-12 2005-05-24 Alain Georges Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions
US6895158B2 (en) * 2002-12-09 2005-05-17 Eastman Kodak Company Waveguide and method of smoothing optical surfaces
US6899433B2 (en) * 2003-06-19 2005-05-31 Brookhaven Science Associates Split image optical display
US7187831B2 (en) * 2004-04-26 2007-03-06 Brookhaven Science Associates Optical panel system including stackable waveguides
WO2006030765A1 (ja) * 2004-09-14 2006-03-23 Tohoku Techno-Brains Corporation プロジェクションディスプレイ用スクリーンおよびプロジェクションディスプレイシステム光学系
JP4792565B2 (ja) * 2004-09-14 2011-10-12 国立大学法人東北大学 プロジェクションディスプレイ用スクリーン
US7548677B2 (en) 2006-10-12 2009-06-16 Microsoft Corporation Interactive display using planar radiation guide
US20080151199A1 (en) * 2006-12-21 2008-06-26 Bao-Gang Wu Projection display system of quasi-axial optical imagery
TWI361935B (en) * 2007-09-17 2012-04-11 Young Optics Inc Display and backlight module thereof
US9188737B2 (en) * 2013-06-07 2015-11-17 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Physical texture digital display system
DE102018127689B4 (de) 2018-11-06 2024-09-19 HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA Abbildungseinheit sowie Scheinwerfer

Family Cites Families (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4090104A (en) * 1977-03-07 1978-05-16 Vann Clyde R Optical fiber television screen
US4786139A (en) * 1984-02-01 1988-11-22 Advance Display Technologies, Inc. Optical fiber light transfer apparatus, method and apparatus for making same
FR2561398A1 (fr) * 1984-03-14 1985-09-20 Imbault Bernard Dispositif optique permettant de modifier la position ou les dimensions des images apparaissant sur des ecrans de television
DE3573649D1 (en) * 1984-07-02 1989-11-16 Mitsubishi Rayon Co Light diffuser
US4671606A (en) * 1985-03-22 1987-06-09 Yevick George J Dissecting optical viewer and recorder
FR2627867B1 (fr) * 1988-02-26 1990-08-03 Baron Jackie Jean Procede de fabrication d'un panneau ou capteur lumineux a fibres optiques et panneau ou capteur obtenu par ce procede
US4929048A (en) * 1988-11-10 1990-05-29 Fiberview Corporation Fiber optic display
US5106181A (en) * 1989-04-12 1992-04-21 Rockwell Iii Marshall A Optical waveguide display system
RU2027316C1 (ru) * 1990-06-29 1995-01-20 Святослав Иванович АРСЕНИЧ Проектор конструкции арсенича с.и. для проекции на внешний экран изображения с диффузно-отражающих или излучающих оригиналов
TW594115B (en) * 1992-10-09 2004-06-21 Asahi Glass Co Ltd A liquid crystal display device and an illumination device for a direct viewing type display element
US5381502A (en) 1993-09-29 1995-01-10 Associated Universities, Inc. Flat or curved thin optical display panel
US5625736A (en) 1996-01-11 1997-04-29 Associated Universities, Inc. Black optic display
EP1001283B1 (en) * 1997-07-30 2003-05-21 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Optical element, and imaging unit, imaging apparatus, radiation image sensor and fingerprint collator which use the same

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP1218779A4 (en) 2005-09-07
JP2003508800A (ja) 2003-03-04
EP1218779A1 (en) 2002-07-03
MXPA02002221A (es) 2002-09-18
WO2001016629A1 (en) 2001-03-08
AU7336500A (en) 2001-03-26
US6317545B1 (en) 2001-11-13
KR20020042819A (ko) 2002-06-07

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US6317545B1 (en) Stepped inlet optical panel
US6222971B1 (en) Small inlet optical panel and a method of making a small inlet optical panel
US5748828A (en) Color separating backlight
US6519400B2 (en) Ultrathin optical panel and a method of making an ultrathin optical panel
US6999665B2 (en) Display panel having dual directional diffusion
US6921452B2 (en) Light redirective display panel and a method of making a light redirective display panel
KR100397949B1 (ko) 칼러분리백라이트
US20020025129A1 (en) Ultrathin optical panel and a method of making an ultrathin optical panel
EP1342111A4 (en) HIGH CONTRAST FRONT PANJECTION DISPLAY AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF
AU2001251345A1 (en) Planar optical waveguides for optical panel having gradient refractive index core
US20020048438A1 (en) Transparent seam display panel and a method of making a transparent seam display panel
JP2009511996A (ja) 光学リサイジング及びバックライティングのための装置および方法
EP1555567A1 (en) A color separating backlight

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
EEER Examination request
FZDE Discontinued