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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127281 | EXTENSIBLE AUTHORING AND PLAYBACK PLATFORM FOR COMPLEX VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTIONS AND IMMERSIBLE APPLICATIONS An immersive video system includes a display, a sensor that provides information about a user's location relative to the display, a projector capable of projecting images onto the user, and a processor in communication with the display, the sensor, and the projector. Th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105738 | PROJECTION CONTROL DEVICE, PROJECTION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM An information processing apparatus that includes a main body, a member movably attached to the main body, a first detector configured to detect an orientation of the member with respect to the main body, a second detector configured to detect whether the main body is c... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105636 | Digital video projection display system A digital display for viewing images generated by a remote video source. Light collected by a lens is focused and passed through one polarizer filter and is focused through a digital device comprising an array of pixels of which each may be fitted with a micro lens. The... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120050624 | VIDEO PROJECTOR A video projector including a plurality of light sources is configured to project and display an image using light emitted from at least one of the light sources so that each light source is replaceable while other light sources are lit. The video projector includes a l... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120038836 | Echo light complex The invention Echo Light Complex relates to broadcasting media content to passengers, of vessels or tools for transport. The term vessel will throughout this document and henceforth, be used as a general term for any tool, machine, vehicle, train, vessel, ship, aircraft... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120026088 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH PROJECTED USER INTERFACE AND INTERACTIVE IMAGE Systems and methods for a device with a user interactive image projector disposed in a distal end of the device from the user are described. In one aspect, the device is operatively configured to project at least a portion of a user interactive image on a projection sur... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026414 | PROJECTION ELECTRONIC BOOK A projection electronic book, having: an electronic paper device, used for displaying an image on an electronic paper panel according to an image information received via an electronic paper input port; a control unit, having an audio/video input port, a first display o... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120013812 | Systems And Methods For Reducing Speckle In Laser Projected Images A laser projection system includes a light source, a speckle reduction adjustable optical component and a scanning adjustable optical component. The light source includes at least one laser configured to emit an output beam. The speckle reduction adjustable optical comp... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007986 | MULTIPROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SCREEN FORMING METHOD Provided is a multiprojection display system that includes a plurality of cameras installed in positions in which the cameras can capture images of image-capturing regions including marks whose visible light reflection ratio is higher than the projection region or suppo... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110321111 | DYNAMIC LAYOUT OF CONTENT FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTORS A projection system distributed on a network, the projection system comprising a projection server and at least one projection client. The projection client hosts a projector array of multiple projectors which together project a tiling of an image onto a projection surf... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310310 | System and method for imagination park tree projections There is provided a system and method for multiple sided video projection mapping on arbitrarily shaped objects. By using the same shape data to manufacture the object and to configure the projection mapping onto the object, stray light, reflections, and other distortio... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310303 | PROJECTION APPARATUS PROVIDING REDUCED SPECKLE ARTIFACTS A projection apparatus for producing color images having reduced speckle artifacts comprising: at least three narrow band light sources having first, second and third visible wavelength bands; a digital image source providing color digital image data; at least one spati... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110298994 | AIR FILTER CLEANER AND VIDEO PROJECTOR An air filter cleaner includes an air filter that captures dust. A brush cleans the air filter. A dust box collects dust from the brush. A rotary shaft rotates the brush. A moving mechanism moves the brush and the dust box using the rotation of the brush. A one-way clut... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110298993 | REAR-SURFACE PROJECTION-TYPE VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS A rear-type projection board apparatus (rear-surface projection-type video display apparatus), of new structure, having no necessity of a housing, being superior in portability, cheaply producible, comprises a transmission-type screen 130, being disposed within a... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110279738 | CONTROL DEVICE AND PROJECTION VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE A projection video display device is provided with a projection unit configured to project a video onto a screen via a lens; and an image pickup unit configured to image the screen. A brightness component selection unit receives an image imaged by the image pickup unit ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110273630 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM WHICH CONTROL A PROJECTOR BASED ON A DIGITAL MULTIPLEX PROTOCOL A device and system which control a projector based on the DMX protocol includes a DMX signal receiving and processing circuit, an MCU microprocessor circuit, a DSP image processing circuit, a projection module device circuit, a DMX signal input port, a storage equipmen... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273629 | IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS, AND A METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VIBRATING CONDITION OF A REFLECTION MIRROR IN THE IMAGE DISLAYING APPARATUS For enabling to prevent ill effects from being generated in the structures of a reflection mirror, even if increasing an output energy from a light source, thereby preventing ill influences from being exerted on the driving condition thereof, a mirror drive controller u... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273628 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND PROJECTION SYSTEM An optical device for controlling a projector is provided. The projector projects a projection image. The optical device includes a receiving module, a mode switching module, and a transmission module. The receiving module is capable of sensing a reflected signal of the... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273617 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND PROJECTION SYSTEM An optical device is capable of controlling a projector, wherein the projector is capable of wirelessly receiving an image signal from a data source, combining an identification signal into the image signal to generate a projection signal, and projecting a projection im... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110261271 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A lighting device configured to efficiently combine light beams emitted from a plurality of light sources, and to emit high output light while minimizing light loss, and a projection type display apparatus including the lighting device. The lighting device includes: a f... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255016 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH PROJECTION FUNCTION A notebook computer includes a central processing unit, a video card, a display coupled to the video card, a projecting module, and a projector driving module. The video card is coupled to the central processing unit via a bridge and configured to receive graphical info... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249198 | Method for Generating a Unique Service Set Identifier on a Wireless Projector A projector includes a network interface card, a basic input output system, and a service set identifier module. The network interface card is configured to communicate with a computer. The basic input output system is in communication with the network interface card, a... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249201 | PROJECTING AN ANIMATED OBJECT AND CONCURRENTLY MOVING THE OBJECT'S PROJECTION AREA THROUGH AN ANIMATION PATTERN A projection assembly and projection method for accurately reproducing animated and live characters, objects, and effects. The projection assembly uses a high precision robotic mirror system to achieve very high levels of image resolution, brightness, and contrast. The ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249197 | Wavelength Combining Apparatus, System and Method A wavelength combining apparatus includes first and second optical devices. The first optical device collects and collimates or focuses light from multiple laser light sources. The second optical device includes multiple nonparallel dichroic surfaces to combine light re... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249200 | REFLECTION-TYPE SCREEN, PROJECTION SYSTEM, FRONT PROJECTION TELEVISION SYSTEM, AND REFLECTION-TYPE SCREEN MANUFACTURING METHOD A reflection-type screen which reflects projection light from a projector is provided. The screen includes a base one surface of which has a plurality of curved portions having concave or convex surfaces. Each of the curved portions of the base has a reflection area and... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249199 | VIDEO PROJECTOR AND LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT A video projector includes a light combining member for combining light used to display an image. The light combining member includes a plurality of optical components, each having a corner joined with the corners of the other optical components at a joining center. A p... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110234898 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCANNING IMAGES BY LASER PROJECTOR A laser projector comprising at least one source for laser beams, a mirror mechanism adapted to reflect laser beams is disclosed, for providing a plurality of projected frames wherein each of the plurality of projected frames is generated by laser beams scanning an imag... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110234919 | Integrated Photonics Module and Devices Using Integrated Photonics Modules An integrated photonics module may include a selective fold mirror configured to pass at least a portion of emitted light toward the MEMS scanner and reflect scanned light through to a field of view. The selective fold mirror may use beam polarization to select beam pas... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110234918 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTING IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD THEREOF A projector includes an image signal interface, a micro control unit (MCU), an image output lens, a graphic processing unit (GPU), an image input lens, and an image sensor. The MCU receives image signals through the image signal interface and sets the image signals to a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230261 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USING A DEDICATED GAME INTERFACE ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH PROJECTOR CAPABILITY Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for a game interface on a wireless communication device with projector capability. In one example, an apparatus has an integrated projector lens on a casing of a wireless communication device and a dedicated game interface with a di... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228174 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR A light source control method of a projector is provided. The light source control method includes the following steps. A frame data of a frame period is received. Gray distributions of a plurality of colors in the frame data are obtained by analyzing the frame data. Wh... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110199546 | PROJECTOR, MULTI-SCREEN SYSTEM, PROJECTOR CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM A image pickup unit picks up an image of a video projected by a projection unit and outputs the picked-up image. A control unit determines whether the picked-up image includes a projection video other than the video projected by the projection unit or not. If the contro... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110194035 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE An image projection device that includes an optical projection system including: a projection lens arranged with an optical axis thereof shifted with respect to a light modulation device to project the light beam obliquely onto the screen; a flat mirror that reflects th... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110181791 | Method and Apparatus for Laser Diode Compensation The luminance of a laser diode is a function of laser diode drive current. The luminance is also a function of other factors, such as age and temperature. A laser projection device includes laser diodes to generate light in response to a commanded luminance, and also in... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110176067 | COMPENSATION FOR SELF-SCATTERING ON CONCAVE SCREENS Projection systems and methods handle images to be viewable on a concave surface, wherein the projected image is modified to account for surface-to-surface reflections due to the concave surface, by determining geometric surface parameters, determining the ideal image, ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176063 | DISPLAYING PROJECTOR STATUS VISIBLY The status of a ceiling mounted projector is provided. Status is provided wirelessly to a remote control (RC) of the projector. Or, status is projected on the screen using a separate projection method such as a laser or light emitting diode (LED), which projects a color... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176066 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A projection system includes first and second cameras, a projector, and a processing unit. The first camera captures a first image of an object. The projector projects the first image and a selection symbol to a projection region. The second camera captures the projecti... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170021 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A projector includes: an OSD processing section that generates a synthesized image formed by synthesizing an OSD image on a main image; an image projecting section that projects and displays the synthesized image; a zoom adjusting section that adjusts a zoom state of th... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110164192 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A projector includes: an image projection unit that projects a projection image generated based on input image data onto a projection surface; a projection distance measurement unit that measures a projection distance from the projector to the projection surface; and an... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110164191 | Interactive Projection Method, Apparatus and System An apparatus determines a cursor position in an illumination field of a projector. An obstruction is detected in the illumination field. The cursor position is determined as the point on the obstruction furthest from where the obstruction crosses a border of the illumin... | 07/07/2011 |
