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US2477645A
US2477645A US664487A US66448746A US2477645A US 2477645 A US2477645 A US 2477645A US 664487 A US664487 A US 664487A US 66448746 A US66448746 A US 66448746A US 2477645 A US2477645 A US 2477645A
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Louis W Parker
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J31/00—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes
    • H01J31/08—Cathode ray tubes; Electron beam tubes having a screen on or from which an image or pattern is formed, picked up, converted, or stored
    • H01J31/10—Image or pattern display tubes, i.e. having electrical input and optical output; Flying-spot tubes for scanning purposes
    • H01J31/20—Image or pattern display tubes, i.e. having electrical input and optical output; Flying-spot tubes for scanning purposes for displaying images or patterns in two or more colours
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
    • H04N9/12—Picture reproducers
    • H04N9/16—Picture reproducers using cathode ray tubes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N9/00—Details of colour television systems
    • H04N9/12—Picture reproducers
    • H04N9/31—Projection devices for colour picture display, e.g. using electronic spatial light modulators [ESLM]

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  • This invention relates to television systems and,
  • the present invention is directed to methods and means for increasing the light efliciency of television picture reproducing systems of both the black and white and multi-color classes. This result is achieved b the elimination of light waste due to filter action, by the increased lengths of time during which the television pictures are observable with the human eye, by the utilization of a cathode ray tube face capable of transmitting with little loss and distortion the light generated within the tube, and by a highly efiicient light producing arrangement in which ultra-violet light is employed to generate visible light.
  • a second object is to provide a multi-color television picture reproducing system wherein color filtering apparatus-is not required and wherein light waste due to filtering action is thus eliminated.
  • Another object is to provide a television picture reproducing system wherein a highly efficient television tube screen and high persistence auxiliary light-producing screens are employed to im-v prove the light intensity and flicker characteristics of the resultant images.
  • a picture reproducing system for television receivers, in which ultra-violet light generated on the face of a cathode ray tube causes visible radiation of desired wavelengths from surfaces having the reultra-violet light under electron bombardment," calcium tungstate being a representative mate- Y rial.
  • ultra-violet light generated on the face of a cathode ray tube causes visible radiation of desired wavelengths from surfaces having the reultra-violet light under electron bombardment
  • calcium tungstate being a representative mate- Y rial.
  • External to the tube are located a series of phosphor-coated transparent screens mounted on a rotatable drum, each of the screens being capable of producing visible radiation of desired colors when excited with'ultra-violet rays from the tube. Due to the rotation of the drum, successive lines of the picture, which are in substantially the same position on the tube face are properly displaced when they appear on the phosphor-coated screens.
  • the drum rotation is additionally synchronized such that one complete frame of a picture may be reproduced on only a single phosphor-coated screen, and such that this screen will produce the color of radiation corresponding to the color represented by the frame being traced at any instant.
  • Th viewing arrangement used with this system includes equipment for making the rotating picture frames appear stationary to the observer for certain lengths of time.
  • Fig. 1 is a view, partially in section and elevation, of a multi-color picture reproducing apparatus associated with a cathode ray tube in accordance with the color television system of this invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a left side view of the equipment diagrammed in Fig. 1.
  • Each line of a television picture is-reproduced by a cathode ray'tube l, the face 2, of the tube being coated internally with a layer of material 3, which emits ultra-violet light in response to electron bombardment.
  • a narrow window 4 constructed of some material translucent to ultraviolet light, quartz for example, is provided in the tube face, permitting light generated by the material 3, to be transmitted therethrough.
  • the dimensions of the quartz window may be those of .a narrow rectangular parallelepiped since the horizontal picture lines are all traced in substantially the same position on the tube face.
  • Transparent curved screens 5 are attached to a rotatable drum 6, such that different screen sections are successively rotated past the quartz window 4, when the drum is turned by driving means, shown as a shaft 1, in this embodiment.
  • a typical tri-color tele-- vision system might employ phosphors whichupm r cute red, green, and blue radiations.
  • the driving shaft I must-revolve drumyfifiatn" foregoing principles, provided the proper screen coating materials are used, and a direct viewing system may be employed also. It should thus be apparent that many changes in the arrangement shown may be made by those skilled in the art without departing either in principle or scope from the present invention, and although only a sin glelpreferred :iembodimentthasnben diagrarnmed and "describedy the entire invention should not be considered limited thereby.
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  • a system for reproducing color television pictures comprising a cathode ray tube having a screen at one end thereof, means for producing television picture lines in ultra-violet light in substantially one position on said screen, movable screens positioned externally of said tube for reproducing picture frames according to their visible light wavelengths, coatings for said external screens capable of generating and emitting visible light of certain wavelengths in response to ultra-violet light falling thereon, driving means for moving said screens past said one position to allow successive picture lines of ultra-violet light to impinge on said coatings with a desired spacing, and rotatable prismatic means responsive to said driving means for causing said pictures to appear stationary for a predetermined time.
  • a color television image reproducing system comprising a cathode ray tube having a face capable of transmitting ultra-violet light and a coating on said face for generating ultra-violet light in response to the electron beam impinging thereon, said tube being capable of producing picture lines in substantially one position on said face, a plurality of movable screens for reproducing REFERENCES CITED
  • the following referenlces are of record in the file of this patent:

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BE474450D BE474450A (en)) 1946-04-24
US664487A US2477645A (en) 1946-04-24 1946-04-24 Color television
CH257899D CH257899A (de) 1946-04-24 1947-04-24 Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Wiedergabe von Fernsehbildern.
FR1133791D FR1133791A (fr) 1946-04-24 1947-04-24 Sources lumineuses à couleurs multiples pour reproduction de télévision
GB19277/47A GB644047A (en) 1946-04-24 1947-07-18 Improvements in or relating to systems for reproducing television images
ES0179494A ES179494A1 (es) 1946-04-24 1947-08-28 DISPOSICIONES PRODUCTORAS DE IMáGENES DE TELEVISIoN

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DE1139149B (de) * 1960-08-18 1962-11-08 Alfred Ludwig Leuchtenfabrik Einrichtung zur Umfeldbeleuchtung bei Fernsehempfaengern

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GB490029A (en) * 1937-02-04 1938-08-04 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements in the projection of cathode ray tube images
GB517483A (en) * 1938-07-29 1940-01-31 Baird Television Ltd Improvements in or relating to television and like receivers
US2319804A (en) * 1941-02-24 1943-05-25 Columbia Broadcasting Syst Inc Television
US2336134A (en) * 1942-05-13 1943-12-07 Rauland Corp Color television system

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GB490029A (en) * 1937-02-04 1938-08-04 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements in the projection of cathode ray tube images
GB517483A (en) * 1938-07-29 1940-01-31 Baird Television Ltd Improvements in or relating to television and like receivers
US2319804A (en) * 1941-02-24 1943-05-25 Columbia Broadcasting Syst Inc Television
US2336134A (en) * 1942-05-13 1943-12-07 Rauland Corp Color television system

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