Patent ID: 7259801
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A table-top rear projection television, comprising: a cabinet having a pedestal positioned below and supporting a display screen having a display screen height H, the pedestal having a height and a depth that each are less than or equal to 0.65H; an illumination system positioned in the pedestal and directing light along an optical path; a large-panel pixelated, transmissive multicolor display panel receiving the light from the illumination system and imparting video images on the light; a first fold mirror and a short vertex-to-vertex projection lens that receive the light with the imparted video images; a long conjugate fold mirror that folds the optical path from the projection lens and directs the light through the display screen; whereby the projection lens has plural lens elements each with a diameter less than a maximum lens diameter and the large-panel pixelated, transmissive multicolor display has a diagonal dimension; and whereby a ratio between the maximum lens diameter and the diagonal dimension is less than or equal to 0.3.