US Patent Issued to BARCO on March 24 for "Light source device and image projection device having a light source device" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,621, issued on March 24, was assigned to BARCO N.V. (Kortrijk, Belgium).

"Light source device and image projection device having a light source device" was invented by Dirk Maes (Bissegem, Belgium), Dries Jan Doornaert (Wevelgem, Belgium) and Kurt Albert Callewaert (Oostnieuwkerke, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an optical apparatus configured to monitor a state of a diffuser illuminated by a light source, at least one light beam comprising at least one bundle of rays of light exiting the diffuser being for illumination of a transmissive or reflective spatial light modulator of a projector, further com...