Patent ID: 9740169
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G02B,G03H

Claim:
1. An illumination distribution system for distributing light from a high power source, for use by two or more projectors for projecting images, comprising: a display element receiving light from a laser; a fiber optic array with a plurality of connection locations for optical fibers; a set of projectors that are each coupled to the fiber optic array at one or more of the connection locations with at least one optical fiber; and a controller operating the display element at a first time to display a first hologram and at a second time to display a second hologram differing from the first hologram, wherein during the first time the first hologram splits the received light from the laser into a number of beams that are directed onto a first set of the connection locations to distribute the received light to a first subset of the projectors and wherein during the second time the second hologram splits the received light from the laser into a number of beams that are directed onto a second set of the connection locations differing from the first set of the connection locations to distribute the received light to a second subset of the projectors.