IP Library Granted Patent US 7,916,939
Granted Patent B2
US 7,916,939 · App. 12/627,889 · Granted Mar 29, 2011

High brightness wide gamut display

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Patent No.
US 7,916,939
App. No.
12/627,889
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device to produce a color image, the device including a color filtering arrangement to produce at least four colors, each color produced by a filter on a color filtering mechanism having a relative segment size, wherein the relative segment sizes of at least two of the primary colors differ.

Claims (16)

1. A display device to produce a color image, the device comprising a color filtering mechanism to sequentially produce light of at least four non-white colors by transmission through at least four non-white color filters respectively, each color filter having a relative segment size, wherein the relative segment size of at least a first of said non-white color filters is greater than the relative segment size of at least a second of said non-white color filters.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said color filtering mechanism comprises a plurality of filter segments on a color wheel.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a light source.

4. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a spatial light modulator to produce said color image by modulating light filtered by said color filtering mechanism.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein said at least four color filters comprise a blue color filter, a green color filter, a yellow color filter, and a red color filter, wherein the blue color filter has the greatest relative segment size, and wherein the green color filter has the smallest relative segment size.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein said at least four color filters comprise at least five color filters.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein said at least five color filters comprise a blue color filter, a green color filter, a yellow color filter, a red color filter, and a cyan color filter, wherein the red color filter has the greatest relative segment size, and wherein the green color filter has the smallest relative segment size.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein said yellow color filter has greater relative segment size than each of the blue and cyan color filters.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein said blue color filter has greater relative segment size than the cyan color filter.

10. A computerized apparatus operable to cause a display apparatus having a light source to perform a method of producing a color image, the method comprising activating the light source to sequentially transmit light of at least four non-white colors corresponding to said color image through at least four non-white color filters respectively, each color filter having a relative segment size, wherein the relative segment size of at least a first of said non-white color filters is greater than the relative segment size of at least a second of said non-white color filters.

11. The computerized apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the sequential transmission of light of said colors comprises sequentially filtering light of an illumination unit.

12. The computerized apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said at least four color filters comprise a blue color filter, a green color filter, a yellow color filter, and a red color filter, wherein the blue color filter has the greatest relative segment size, and wherein the green color filter has the smallest relative segment size.

13. The computerized apparatus of claim 10 , wherein said at least four color filters comprise at least five color filters.

14. The computerized apparatus of claim 13 , wherein said at least five color filters comprise a blue color filter, a green color filter, a yellow color filter, a red color filter, and a cyan color filter, wherein the red color filter has the greatest relative segment size, and wherein the green color filter has the smallest relative segment size.

15. The computerized apparatus of claim 14 , wherein said yellow color filter has greater relative segment size than each of the blue and cyan color filters.

16. The computerized apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said blue color filter has greater relative segment size than the cyan color filter.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029009/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2010
From: GENOA COLOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024706/0291 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2010
From: ROTH, SHMUEL; BEN-DAVID, ILAN; BEN-CHORIN, MOSHE
To: GENOA COLOR TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
Reel/Frame 023877/0250 →