Troyer Patent Portfolio update: Canadian patent granted January 15, 2013 that contain a combination claims of Troyer four US patents 2001, 2005,2006 and 2012. claims. The Canadian patent office is very thorough, especially with the upgraded global search engines. This is an important validation for Troyer, declaring that there is no prior art for her innovation. Basic patent: laser projector apparatus with expanded laser beam directed to a reflective light valve with the 635 nm red or over. Cyan can be added to the blue green. Great blacks and whites are created and colors in the full spectrum (like nature). The spatially modulated laser beams keeps their inherent quality of polarization, collimation and coherence to the screen. The images have IF IT IS—infinite focus, instant transformation and innate sharpness automatically adjusting to any irregular surfaces such as domes and curved screens. The laser apparatus is the linchpin for the HIVE: holographic immersive virtual environments (holodeck playpen space); edutainment (content); edutainer (performance). Each spatially modulated pixel has an infinite depth of focus attribute that provides sharp 3D depth and sharp focused dimensional images (domes, simulation, irregular surfaces, water screens, etc.). The laser apparatus includes a camera/ sensor as part of the projector. Film, slides, microscopic organisms, etc. can be captured by the camera and amplified without pixels to a curved screen image. The laser apparatus is like an overhead projector. The live action is captured and amplified on the dome. Live action gestures can be sensor evaluated (Kinect camera) and integrated. Small dimensional high resolution pictures from an OLED or other device can be captured. A hologram or 3D laser modulated image is captured and amplified. The laser apparatus can be an advanced telecine copying film; also video and still images (slides). The telecine images are captured on a small curved screen, the video feed transformed to full color Z depth dimensional moving pictures. The capture is real time and is agnostic to the frame rate. The laser apparatus is a digital intermediary tool that provides instant transformation to images (full color, curved space, Z depth factor, 2D to 3D).

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(12) Patent: (11) CA 2372833
(54) English LASER PROJECTION APPARATUS WITH LIGHT VALVE AND SCANNING READING
Title: BEAM
(54) French APPAREIL DE PROJECTION LASER AVEC SOUPAPE D'ECLAIRAGE ET FAISCEAU
Title: DE LECTURE/BALAYAGE
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English Abstract
A laser projection system wherein speckle is suppressed through beam-path
displacement, by deflecting the beam during projection, thereby avoiding both
absorption and diffusion of the beam while preserving pseudocollimation
(noncrossing rays). Path displacement is achieved by scanning the beam on
liquid crystal light valves (LCLV's) (30), which also provide enhancements -
in energy efficiency, brightness, contrast, beam uniformity (by suppressing
both laser-mode ripple and artifacts). Preferably deflection is performed by a
mirror (20) mounted on a galvanometer or motor (21) for oscillation; images
are written incrementally on successive portions of an LCLV control stage
while the laser "reading beam" is synchronized on an output stage. Beam
splitter analyzer cubes (25) are preferred over polarizing sheets.
French Abstract
Les lignes laser à 635 nm ou plus (idéalement 647 nm) sont préférées pour le rouge, donnant
des images, satisfaisantes du point de vue énergétiques, brillantes et à mouvement rapide aux
couleurs riches et pleines comparables à un film. Les lignes vertes et bleues sont également
utilisées et le cyan retenu pour un bon mélange de couleurs, un survoltage supplémentaire
lumière couleur et sa contribution à la suppression du chatoiement. Ce chatoiement est supprimé
par le déplacement du parcours faisceau - par déviation du faisceau durant la projection, ce qui
supprime tant son absorption que sa diffusion tout en conservant la pseudo-collimation (rayons
non croisés), ce qui est important pour la netteté illimitée. Le déplacement du parcours est
obtenu par balayage du faisceau sur les valves à cristaux liquides (LCLV), ce qui donne lieu à
plusieurs améliorations en matière d'efficacité énergétique, de brillance, de contraste et
d'homogénéité du faisceau (par suppression à la fois des ondulations mode laser et des
artefacts) et une rotation de faisceau pratique pour le transfert de faisceau entre les étages de
l'appareil. C'est, de préférence, un miroir, monté sur un galvanomètre ou un moteur aux fins
d'une oscillation rotative, qui assure la déviation. Les images sont écrites de manière
incrémentielle sur des parties successives de l'étage de commande des LCLV (optique ou
électronique) tandis que le faisceau laser est synchronisé sur l'étage de sortie. Le faisceau est
façonné, avec très peu de pertes d'énergie, aux fins d'un masquage, en un profil transversal peu
profond qui est décalé sur l'écran de visualisation ainsi que sur les LCLV. Des cubes
analyseurs/diviseurs de faisceau sont préférés au-dessus de feuilles polarisantes. La modulation
spatiale assurée par une LCLV et maintenue par pseudo-collimation permet la formation
d'images sur des supports de projection irréguliers avec des parties à des distances différentes
du projecteur- y compris des dômes, des sculptures des monuments, des bâtiments, des chutes
d'eau, des embruns, du brouillard, des nuages, de la glace, des mousselines et autres structures
à étage, des arbres et autres frondaisons, des terres et des surfaces rocheuses et même des
assemblages de créatures vivantes, des personnes y compris.
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3. • G03B 21/28 (2006.01)
(51) International Patent Classification • G03B 21/00 (2006.01)
(IPC):
• H04N 9/31 (2006.01)
• TROYER, DIANE (United States of
(72) Inventors (Country):
America)
• TROYER, DIANE (United States of
(73) Owners (Country):
America)
• TROYER, DIANE (United States of
(71) Applicants (Country):
America)
(74) Agent: SMART & BIGGAR
(45) Issued: 2013-01-15
(86) PCT Filing Date: 1999-04-30
(87) PCT Publication Date: 1999-11-25
Examination requested: 2005-04-27
(30) Availability of licence: N/A
(30) Language of filing: English
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): Yes
(86) PCT Filing Number: PCT/US1999/009501
(87) International Publication Number: WO1999/060443
(85) National Entry: 2001-11-01
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Patent Document Number: 2372833
(54) English Title: LASER PROJECTION APPARATUS WITH LIGHT VALVE AND SCANNING
READING BEAM
CLAIMS:
1. A laser projector comprising:
laser apparatus for projecting a picture beam that includes visible laser
light of wavelength equal to six hundred thirty-five nanometers or longer;
a reflective light valve for modulating the beam with a desired image;
and
means for directing the beam onto a face of the light valve to modulate
the beam with said desired image,
wherein the laser projector is adapted to project the beam with non-
crossing rays and to preserve spatial modulation in the projected beam.
2. The projector of claim 1, wherein:
light that appears red in the beam comprises substantially only said
laser light of wavelength equal to 635 nanometers or longer.
3. The projector of claim 1 or 2, wherein:
said apparatus is adapted for projecting a beam of wavelength between
635 and 650 nanometers.

5. 4. The projector of claim 1 or 2, wherein:
said apparatus projects a beam of wavelength equal to 647 nanometers.
5. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:
the image is a moving picture.
6. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:
means for also incorporating blue and green laser light into the picture
beam; and
separate, additional reflective light valves for modulating the blue and
green light respectively.
7. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein:
said light valve also receives blue and green laser light for modulation,
within the same light valve.
8. The projector of claim 6, wherein said separate, additional reflective
light valves comprise liquid-crystal light valves.
9. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said reflective light
valve comprises a liquid-crystal reflective light valve.
10. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:
further laser apparatus for projecting one or more beams that include
green and blue laser light; and
wherein the laser light of wavelength equal to 635 nanometers or longer
mixes with the green and blue laser light to provide substantially pure
neutral colors including pure white and pure black.
11. The projector of claim 10, wherein:
the further laser apparatus is adapted for projecting substantially cyan
light with the blue light or the green light, or both the blue light and the
green light.
12. The projector of claim 11, wherein the combination of said means for
scanning the beam, said light of wavelength equal to 635 nanometers or longer,
and
said cyan light, and the preservation of spatial modulation in the projected
beam, provides a suppression means for at least partly suppressing visible speckle
in a picture formed by said laser light on a projection medium.
13. The projector of claim 10, wherein one or both of (1) said means for

6. stage of the valve a live image optically coupled, without electronic intermediary, to the
control stage.
22. The projector of any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein:
the light valve is controlled by light substantially derived from a type of
traditional broadcast video signals; and
substantially no color correction or gamma adjustment is applied to
remove effects of using said 635-nanometer or longer-wavelength laser light
instead of broadcast video standard red.
23. The projector of any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein:
the first-mentioned laser apparatus and the further laser apparatus,
considered together, comprise one or more lasers; and
each laser in the first-mentioned laser apparatus and the further laser
apparatus is exclusively a solid-state laser.
24. The projector of any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein:
the first-mentioned laser apparatus and the further laser apparatus,
considered together, comprise one or more lasers; and
each laser in the first-mentioned laser apparatus and the further laser
apparatus is exclusively a gas laser.
25. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising:
further laser apparatus for projecting one or more beams that include
green and blue laser light; wherein:
the proportions of light power of the 635 nanometer or longer-
wavelength laser light, the green laser light and the blue laser light are
eight to six to five.
26. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 14:
wherein the light valve has a beam-modulation stage for impressing the
desired image onto the beam, and a control stage to control said impressing;
and the projector further comprises:
means for writing an image incrementally onto successive portions of
the control stage; and
means for directing the beam onto successive selected portions of the
modulation stage and means for generally synchronizing the directing means
with the image-writing means.
27. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 14, for use in forming an image

7. scanning the beam, and (2) said light of wavelength equal to 635 nanometers or
longer and (3) the preservation of spatial modulation in the projected beam,
provides a suppression means for at least partly suppressing visible speckle in a
picture formed by said laser light on a projection medium.
14. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising:
means for receiving high-bandwidth red, green and blue computer-
monitor signals from a computer;
wherein the projector serves as a high-color-fidelity computer monitor.
15. The projector of claim 14, wherein the reflective light valve is
controlled by light or control signals applied to the valve by writing onto a control
stage of the valve a vector, bitmap or other computer file scanned from an image or
generated in a computer.
16. The projector of claim 14, wherein the reflective light valve is
controlled by light or control signals applied to the valve by writing onto a control
stage of the valve amplitude-modulated laser-diode illumination swept two-dimensionally
across the control stage.
17. The projector of claim 14, wherein the reflective light valve is
controlled by light or control signals applied to the valve by writing onto a control
stage of the valve images from a small transmissive liquid-crystal display modulator, in
turn written by signals derived from a source other than traditional broadcast
video signals.
18. The projector of claim 14, wherein the reflective light valve is
controlled by light or control signals applied to the valve by writing onto a control
stage of the valve entire frames without interlace.
19. The projector of claim 14, wherein the reflective light valve is
controlled by light or control signals applied to the valve by writing onto a control
stage of the valve a motion-picture film.
20. The projector of claim 14, wherein the reflective light valve is
controlled by light or control signals applied to the valve by writing onto a control
stage of the valve a still image from a slide or overhead-projection transparency, or a
color separation made therefrom.
21. The projector of claim 14, wherein the reflective light valve is
controlled by light or control signals applied to the valve by writing onto a control

8. 4. The projector of claim 1 or 2, wherein:
said apparatus projects a beam of wavelength equal to 647 nanometers.
5. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:
the image is a moving picture.
6. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:
means for also incorporating blue and green laser light into the picture
beam; and
separate, additional reflective light valves for modulating the blue and
green light respectively.
7. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein:
said light valve also receives blue and green laser light for modulation,
within the same light valve.
8. The projector of claim 6, wherein said separate, additional reflective
light valves comprise liquid-crystal light valves.
9. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein said reflective light
valve comprises a liquid-crystal reflective light valve.
10. The projector of any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:
further laser apparatus for projecting one or more beams that include
green and blue laser light; and
wherein the laser light of wavelength equal to 635 nanometers or longer
mixes with the green and blue laser light to provide substantially pure
neutral colors including pure white and pure black.
11. The projector of claim 10, wherein:
the further laser apparatus is adapted for projecting substantially cyan
light with the blue light or the green light, or both the blue light and the
green light.
12. The projector of claim 11, wherein the combination of said means for
scanning the beam, said light of wavelength equal to 635 nanometers or longer,
and
said cyan light, and the preservation of spatial modulation in the projected
beam, provides a suppression means for at least partly suppressing visible speckle
in a picture formed by said laser light on a projection medium.
13. The projector of claim 10, wherein one or both of (1) said means for