A head up display (HUD) system includes: a laser; a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) panel configured to modulate light output by the laser; a modulator control module configured to, during each predetermined period: apply power to the LCoS panel for a first predetermined ON period; and disconnect the LCoS panel from power for a remainder of the predetermined period; and a laser control module configured to, during each predetermined period: when a temperature of the LCoS panel is less than a predetermined temperature: apply power to the laser for a second predetermined ON period while power is applied to the LCoS panel and after the modulator control module begins applying power to the LCoS panel, where the second predetermined ON period is less than the first predetermined ON period; and disconnect the laser from power for the remainder of the predetermined period.

A system for measuring speckle contrast includes: a head up display (HUD) system configured to output a predetermined image and having a first pixels per degree (PPD); an imaging colorimeter: having a field of view; positioned such that the predetermined image is in the field of view; having a second PPD that is at least 2.2 times greater than the first PPD of the HUD system; and configured to capture an image including the predetermined image; and a speckle contrast module configured to determine a speckle contrast of the HUD system based on the image.

A projection type image display apparatus including a light source apparatus includes a light emitting element emitting blue light; a phosphor receiving the blue light to emit predetermined light; a heat sink provided with a bottom portion and a plurality of heat radiation fins extending from the bottom portion; and a cooling fan arranged to cool the plurality of heat radiation fins of the heat sink. The light emitting element is attached to the bottom portion of the heat sink. The phosphor is attached to the bottom portion of the heat sink at a predetermined interval from the light emitting element. Heat pipes conducting heat by repeating evaporation and liquefaction of working liquid are embedded in the bottom portion. The heat pipes are respectively provided with sections opposing the light emitting element in a thickness direction of the bottom portion.

Provided is an electro-optical device including an electro-optical panel that includes a display region, a holder that holds the electro-optical panel, a first temperature detecting element that is disposed on the electro-optical panel and detects the temperature of the electro-optical panel, and a second temperature detecting element that is disposed on the holder and detects the temperature of the holder. When four quadrants are defined by an X axis line passing through a center of the display region and a Y axis line passing through the center of the display region and orthogonal to the X axis line, the first temperature detecting element and the second temperature detecting element are disposed in the same quadrant.

A prism apparatus and a projection device are provided. The prism apparatus includes a prism body, a first combining assembly, and a second combining assembly. The prism body includes prisms connected in sequence in a light guiding direction, and a gap is formed at a position where at least two adjacent ones of the prisms are connected to each other. The first combining assembly is arranged parallel to the light guiding direction, located at seams of the prisms, and connected to the prisms. The second combining assembly is arranged parallel to the light guiding direction, and covers and is connected to the first combining assembly.

A novel projection system includes a base signal source, a highlight signal source, a base/highlight destination, and a shared optical element. A base signal provided by the base source and a highlight signal provided by the highlight source are combined by the shared optical element. In a particular embodiment, the base signal source and the highlight signal source each include a light source, a spatial light modulator, and optics, and the base/highlight destination includes optics and a spatial light modulator. In a more particular embodiment, the base signal source and the highlight source provide spatially modulated lightfields to the shared optical element. In another particular embodiment, the base signal and the highlight signal are modulated by the spatial light modulator of the base/highlight destination after being combined.

Disclosed is a projector, including a plurality of imaging modules and a control unit. The imaging modules are configured to provide the first light beam, the second light beam, and the third light beam of different wavelengths. The imaging modules include a first imaging module, a second imaging module, and a third imaging module. The control unit respectively provides a first signal, a second signal, and a third signal to the first imaging module, the second imaging module, and the third imaging module. The first imaging module to the third imaging module alternately provide the first light beam to the third light beam respectively according to the first signal to the third signal to form an image light beam. At the same time sequence, the light beams provided by the first imaging module to the third imaging module have different wavelengths.

Projection systems and components thereof are described that are well suited to miniaturization. These systems and components may use one or more of the following features: a folded optical path, as in a reflective cavity or a beamsplitter; an illumination beam that is converging at the place where it impinges upon the spatial light modulator; a beamsplitter that uses opposed prisms of substantially different sizes; a beamsplitter whose obliquely disposed partial reflector defines a first rectangular reference space, and where at least a portion of the light source or at least a portion of the projector lens is disposed within such first rectangular reference space; a system in which a ratio of areas of the first rectangular reference space and a second rectangular reference space is within a specified range, where the second rectangular reference space is just large enough to encompass the optical components of the projector; a system in which the projector lens is small compared to the spatial light modulator.

A display device includes: a projection unit configured to emit light depending on a first picture signal, the first picture signal including three primary color signals; a display unit configured to include a transmissive liquid crystal panel, a polarizing plate, and a screen, the transmissive liquid crystal panel changing a polarizing direction of each of three primary color lights from the projection unit, depending on a second picture signal including three primary color signals; and a display control unit configured to generate the first picture signal and the second picture signal from an input picture signal including three primary color signals, and configured to output a picture signal for controlling the projection unit based on the first picture signal and controlling the transmissive liquid crystal panel based on the second picture signal.

A display device includes: a projection unit that emits light depending on a first picture signal, the first picture signal including three primary color signals; a display unit that includes a screen, a transmissive liquid crystal panel, and a polarizing plate, the transmissive liquid crystal panel changing a polarizing direction of each of three primary color lights from the projection unit, depending on a second picture signal including three primary color signals; and a display control unit that generates the first picture signal and the second picture signal from an input picture signal including three primary color signals, and that outputs a picture signal for controlling the projection unit based on the first picture signal and controlling the transmissive liquid crystal panel based on the second picture signal.