Patent ID: 7066605

Claim:
A display system comprising: a light source for producing a beam of light; a filter for filtering said beam of light, said filter comprising multiple sets of filter segments, each said set of filter segments comprised of multiple filter segments operable to filter said beam of light differently than another said set of filter segments, said filter always having at least one segment from each of said multiple sets of filter segments in the path of said beam of light, a first segment of said filter seperating said beam of light into a first color beam of light traveling along a first path, and a remainder beam of light traveling along a second path; a spatial light modulator on said first path for receiving light traveling along said first path and selectively modulating said light traveling along said first path; and wherein a portion of said remainder beam of light is incident a second segment of said filter from another of said multiple sets of filter segments and travels along said first path.