A full color video projector system using a light source and a single
light valve. The output of the light source passes through a condenser
lens. The lens is directed toward a splayed array of red, green, and blue
dichroic reflector color filters. The reflected three primary color beams
first pass through a lenticular lens array, comprised of a plurality of
elongated cylinder lenses, arranged in parallel, co-planar relation. The
lenticular array produces color stripe illumination pattern, which is
redirected and focused by a relay optic upon a reflective micro-mirror
light valve. The light valve includes three sub-pixels for every
full-color screen pixel. The pixels are arranged in parallel stripes
which correspond to the size and configuration of the color strip
illumination pattern outputted by the lenticular array. Light valve
address circuitry actuates appropriate sub-pixels to reflect incident
light energy, in accordance with corresponding video image information.
The light energy reflected by the light valve is directed to a projection
lens, and focused upon a screen.