A RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING BRIGHTNESS USING LIGHT PIPES WITH ONE OR MORE LIGHT SOURCES, AND A PROJECTOR INCORPORATING THE SAME - Patent 2321693

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EP 2 321 693 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	18.05.2011 Bulletin 2011/20

(21)	Application number: 09807413.1

(22)	Date of filing: 17.08.2009

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02F 1/1335^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2009/054024

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2010/019945 (18.02.2010 Gazette 2010/07)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA RS

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Priority:

10.04.2009 US 168249 P
07.01.2009 US 204421 P
20.01.2009 US 321471
15.08.2008 US 189139 P
18.03.2009 US 161228 P

(71)	Applicant: Wavien, Inc.
	Santa Clarita, CA 91355 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LI, Kenneth Valencia CA 91355 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jordan, Volker Otto Wilhelm
	Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 860 820 81635 München 81635 München (DE)

(54)	A RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING BRIGHTNESS USING LIGHT PIPES WITH ONE OR MORE LIGHT SOURCES, AND A PROJECTOR INCORPORATING THE SAME