IP Library Granted Patent US 11,048,152
Granted Patent B2
US 11,048,152 · App. 16/707,130 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Projection-type image display apparatus displaying image using two refelective display elements

Inventor: Junko Matsushita (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
G03B21/005G02B26/008G03B21/2013G03B21/2033H04N9/31
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Patent No.
US 11,048,152
App. No.
16/707,130
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection-type image display apparatus is provided with a light source, a disk, a color separator, and first and second modulation elements. The disk generates color lights in a time-division manner based on emission light from the light source unit, and the color separator separates first, second, and third primary colors from the color lights generated by the disk. The first light modulation element modulates the separated first and second primary colors according to an input first image signal to generate a first image light, and the second light modulation element that modulates the separated third primary color according to an input second image signal to generate a second image light. A control circuit controls the first and second light modulation elements such that the second light modulation element becomes an ON-state during a spoke period of the disk upon displaying the third primary color as a single color.

Claims (11)

1. A projection-type image display apparatus comprising:

a light source;

a disk that generates a plurality of color lights in a time-division manner based on emission light from the light source unit;

a color separator that separates first, second, and third primary colors from the plurality of color lights generated by the disk;

a first light modulation element that modulates the separated first and second primary colors according to an input first image signal to generate a first image light;

a second light modulation element that modulates the separated third primary color according to an input second image signal to generate a second image light; and

a control circuit configured to: control the first and second light modulation elements such that the second light modulation element becomes an ON-state during a spoke period of the disk upon displaying the third primary color as a single color; and control the second light modulation element such that a time of the ON-state during the spoke period changes according to luminance of the third primary color.

2. The projection-type image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the first primary color is red, the second primary color is blue, and the third primary color is green.

3. The projection-type image display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the first primary color is green, the second primary color is blue, and the third primary color is red.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: MATSUSHITA, JUNKO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052143/0926 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-230621 · Dec 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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