Patent ID: 6464360
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
A projection type display apparatus comprising:a prism body provided so as to separate an incident light into a plurality of color components and combine, in terms of color, the plurality of color components incident thereon; a plurality of light valves prepared in accordance with the plurality of color components, each of said plurality of light valves modulating an associated color component and emitting a modified color component toward said prism body; and a polarizing beam splitter provided so as to analyze a combined light from said prism body; wherein said prism body is constituted by a plurality of prism assemblies, and wherein said plurality of prism assemblies are arranged such that all of the color components traveling in said prism body are emitted toward associated light valves after being totally-reflected by one of said plurality of prism assemblies.