Patent ID: 6104452
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: G02B,G02F

Abstract:
A chromatic liquid crystal display system comprising:a liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixel sets, each of said plurality of pixel sets comprising a plurality of pixels;a colorized illuminator for illuminating each of said plurality of pixel sets with a colorized light beam, said colorized illuminator comprising:an optical fiber for transmitting a light beam within said optical fiber, said optical fiber having discrete scattering sites positioned along the length of said optical fiber for scattering a portion of said light beam outside said optical fiber, wherein said discrete scattering sites are arranged in groups of discrete scattering sites, each of said groups comprising a red, green and a blue discrete scattering site; anda first lens arrangement for optically coupling each of said discrete scattering sites with at least one corresponding pixel from said plurality of pixels from more than one of said plurality of pixel sets.