Patent ID: 6808268
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
An aerial projection system comprisinga housing; a video source mounted in a first portion of said housing for generating a three-dimensional image; said video source including a display panel having a plurality of individually controllable pixels with low transmissivity between pixels and a backlight for generating light to form an aerial image; controller means for controlling said video source to achieve a background color of zero red, zero green and zero blue when forming an image on a portion of said video display device; a beam splitter mounted in said housing in optical alignment with said video source, a spherical mirror mounted in a second portion of said housing in optical alignment with said beam splitter such that a portion of light from said video source is directed to said spherical mirror; and a polarizer, aligned parallel to said beam splitter, in said second portion of said housing so that said portion of light is transmitted out of said housing to form said aerial image.