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Active matrix lcd image projection system

CA 1317044 C · Owner: Projectavision, Inc. · Inventors: Dolgoff, Eugene

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An active matrix LCD light valve between crossed polarizers, utilizing individual transistors to control each "pixel area" of the LCD with optically shielded "dead spaces" between pixels to eliminate electric field crosstalk and non-information-bearing light bleed through is illuminated, with a bright independent light source which creates a video image, projected via specialized projection optics onto an internal or external screen without distortions regardless of the angle of projection onto the screen. Use of heat sinks IR, reflective coatings, heat absorbing optics optional fluid, and, a thermistor controlled pixel transistor bias voltage injection servo circuit stabilizes image …

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  • Granted April 27, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 27, 2010.
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FiledDecember 29, 1988
GrantedApril 27, 1993
Term endedApril 27, 2010
Patent numberCA 1317044 C
Classification (IPC)G09G3/36 +2 more

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19891992199519982001200420072010Application filedDec 29, 1988Patent grantedApril 27, 1993Term endedApril 27, 2010

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