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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127320 | Method And Apparatus For Displaying 3D Images A method and an apparatus for displaying 3D images are disclosed. 2D images are projected from multiple points to a surface with narrow diffusion characteristics, thus it is possible to get a 3D light field with arbitrary angular dependence. According to the invention, ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127439 | PROJECTION APPARATUS, ILLUMINATION MODULE AND BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTING METHOD FOR THE PROJECTION APPARATUS A projection apparatus, an illumination module and a brightness adjusting method for the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus comprises the illumination module and the actuator. The illumination module comprises a luminous element. First, the actu... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105815 | PROJECTION DEVICE WITH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF A projection device with a brightness adjustment function includes a reflective display, a light source, a lens module, a power supply unit, a light detection unit and a power controller. The light source emits light to the reflective display. The lens module projects t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105812 | Scanning Laser Projector A scanning projector for projecting an image comprising multiple wavelength signals is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention include a beam combiner comprising a planar lightwave circuit having a plurality of surface waveguides arranged to define a plurality o... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105813 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a projector comprises an imaging unit that photographs a projection surface and acquires a first photographed image during a projection of a featured image at a first time point and acquires a second photographed image durin... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105810 | PROJECTION DEVICE WITH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF A projection device with a brightness adjustment function includes a display, a light source, a lens module, a power supply unit, a light detection unit and a power controller. The light source emits light to the display. The lens module projects the images to be displa... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105816 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A projection display device including: an image projection section configured to project an image toward a projection surface; an imaging section configured to shoot the image projected on the projection surface; a location specifying section configured to specify a loc... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081678 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD A projection display apparatus displays a test pattern image formed of at least parts of three or more line segments defining three or more intersection points. The projection display apparatus computes a positional relationship between the projection display apparatus ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120068951 | DYNAMIC DOOR DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD In a system and method of image display, an image projector is positioned to back project (or rear project) an image on one or more platform doors disposed between a passenger platform of a train or people mover station and a pathway of the train or people mover. The im... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050692 | Energy Transfer In Scanning Laser Projectors The present disclosure introduces a number of image compression schemes designed to optimize operational efficiency in laser scanning projectors. Contemplated compression modes include, but are not limited to, intra-frame energy transfer, inter-frame energy transfer, an... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050687 | CREATING A LIGHTING EFFECT A method of creating a lighting effect using a reflective and semi-transparent foil suitable for use in creating a Pepper's Ghost image, the method comprising: i) modifying the foil such that the foil is distorted to cause light beams to separate into beams of different... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050700 | LIGHT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD A projector and method adjusts light. The projector obtains coordinates of each pixel of an image of a projection screen captured by a camera. Furthermore, the projector converts the coordinates of the pixels of a predetermined shape in the image into the coordinates of... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050689 | MODIFYING APPLICATION WINDOWS BASED ON PROJECTION SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS An apparatus, method, and system for modifying application windows based on projection surface characteristics. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a determination module, an identification module, and a modification module. The determination module determines one ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050688 | FABRICATION SYSTEM HAVING TEMPLATE PROJECTION A fabrication system is disclosed. The fabrication system may have a work surface configured to support a base component, and an image projector. The image projector may be configured to project onto the base component a first image corresponding to an existing feature ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044460 | 3D Volumetric Display A light surface display for providing a three-dimensional image including a plurality of particles dispersed within a volumetric display. A first projection system projects sequential slices of electromagnetic energy of one or more infrared wavelengths along the length ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044459 | Three-Dimensional Projection Device An image projection system having a laser projector that projects two differently polarized images on a display region is disclosed. The laser projector enables viewing the two differently polarized images as a three-dimensional image. The image projection system includ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044464 | SPECKLE REMOVAL FOR A LASER SCANNING PROJECTOR An apparatus and method for reducing the visibility of speckle in coherent light comprises propagating the coherent light through a multimode optical waveguide 106 to reduce a coherence length of the coherent light by intermodal dispersion. A vibratable membrane ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038892 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULATION FOR PROJECTION A color projection display in which at least one color channel includes: a light source assembly including a multiplicity of pulse modulated light sources providing an aggregate light beam; a light modulation control subsystem; illumination optics to direct the aggregat... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032978 | PROJECTOR ARRAY FOR MULTIPLE IMAGES A centralization point in a projection area is designated. The projection area is on a projection surface onto which images are projected by a projector array, which includes a plurality of projectors. A first image is projected in a first maximum area rectangle at a fi... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033187 | VIDEO PROJECTOR A video projector including light source lamps and a cooling fan, which cools the light source lamps. A memory unit stores a reference time set for each of the light source lamps. The reference time indicates the time required for the corresponding light source lamp to ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019785 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME A light source module, a projection apparatus, and a method of controlling the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus has the light source module. The light source module has a first light source, a wavelength transforming unit, and a driver. The fi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019784 | IMAGE PROJECTION ON DYNAMIC WATER MIST SCREEN A multimedia presentation system a projector to project images toward an audience. A plurality of nozzles are partially submerged in a body of water at locations between the projector and the audience. The plurality of nozzles are located at different distances from the... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019781 | MULTIPLE VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM USING A SINGLE PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME A system and method to display a plurality of different images at multiple distinct locations using a single image projector and an image propagation control means to control a propagation pathway from the projector to a display at each location.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019783 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR There is provided a projection-type image display apparatus which is capable of solving the problem in which the reduction ratio of speckles is small. Light source 1 emits a light beam that is modulated according to a video signal. Projector 7 projects the... | 01/26/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120008097 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PROJECTION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT OF PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION APPARATUS A manufacturing method of a projection apparatus includes forming a modulation device unit in which a reflective light modulation device and a reflective polarizer are fixed to predetermined relative positions, and adjusting a position of the reflective light modulation... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008105 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME There is provided a projector that uses a laser light source and is safe and realizes high brightness. The projector applies a laser beam emitted from a laser light source (101) to an image modulation device (105) and magnifies and projects an image formed... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008109 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING PROJECTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC FOCUSING An automatic focusing projecting device includes an image light source, a first image lens, an image sensor, a second image lens, a memory, a microprocessor, and at least a driving device. The image light source projects an image onto a screen through the first image le... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008103 | Ray Casting for Coherent Light Internal Projection Systems A system and method for projecting coherent (e.g., laser) light imagery onto an interior surface of a 3-dimensional projection surface is provided. In some aspects, there is provided a coherent light source, which may comprise more than one wavelength (color) component ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002180 | PROJECTION DEVICE WITH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF A projection device with an illumination adjustment function is provided. The projection device includes a storage unit for storing a predetermined illumination range value; a lens module, a light source, a power supply unit, an optical sensor, a controller, a power con... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002175 | PROJECTOR AND PROJECTOR CONTROL METHOD A projector which includes: a light source lamp; a cool down unit which performs a cool down process for the light source lamp; a mode selection unit through which a normal mode for executing the cool down process at the time of power off or a special mode for eliminati... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002177 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE TEMPERATURE REGULATING METHOD THEREFOR A projection device and a light source temperature regulating method thereof are provided. The projection device comprises a light source, a cooling unit and a control unit. The light source is operated at a working temperature. The cooling unit provides a cooling capac... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110310354 | MULTI-PROJECTION SYSTEM, PROJECTOR, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTION OF IMAGE A multi-projection system includes a first projector and a second projector. Each of the projectors includes: a light source; a modulation device that modulates light emitted by the light source; a projection device that projects light modulated by the modulation device... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310364 | PROJECTOR A projector includes: an electro-optic device which modulates light emitted from a light source; a projection lens which projects the light modulated by the electro-optic device; and a lens shift mechanism which shifts the projection lens in a direction perpendicular to... | 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 |
| 20110304659 | DLP PROJECTOR AND COLOR COMPENSATION METHOD OF BULB OF DLP PROJECTOR A digital light processing (DLP) projector and a color compensation method of a bulb of the DLP projector are provided. The DLP projector comprises a projecting unit, a sensing unit and a color compensation unit. The projecting unit comprises a bulb, a color wheel and a... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304832 | OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL AXIS AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS A projection type display apparatus in which an inclination and a positional deviation of optical axes among a plurality of light sources can be easily corrected to obtain a high quality projection image. Green, blue and red laser beams emitted from light sources are co... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110292352 | POSITION ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT CALCULATION METHOD OF LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE, POSITION ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT CALCULATION DEVICE OF LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE AND PROJECTOR A method for calculating a position adjustment amount of projected image includes a first image step of obtaining first image data which is obtained by an image capturing device imaging first feature points which are displayed using light modulated by a first light modu... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292347 | 3D Interaction for Mobile Device Techniques for utilizing an infrared illuminator, an infrared camera, and a projector to create a virtual 3D model of a real 3D object in real time for users' interaction with the real 3D object.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292348 | BALLOON AND BALLOON CONTROL METHOD Provided is a balloon including an envelope and a projecting unit that projects an image, which switches display mode between first display mode that displays the image projected by the projecting unit on the envelope and second display mode that displays the image proj... | 12/01/2011 |
