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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100541 | Displaying and navigating digital media A device for navigating and displaying digital media, such as images, videos, audio files etc, is described. The device determines the distance between the device and a projection screen and selects media for display based on this distance. A user can, therefore, na... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096666 | Laser projector performing laser raster scan using a scanning mirror An enlarging optical unit receives laser light emitted from a laser light source, enlarges a light flux of the received laser light to have a diverging angle corresponding to a swing angle of a scanning mirror and provides it to the scanning mirror. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8029149 | Illumination for projecting an image The invention is directed to a method for illuminating an object and projecting its image on a ground glass screen. Optical comparators conventionally use incandescent illumination, either mercury arc or halogen. The use of an array of high intensity LED devices, pr... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021003 | Projection display apparatus having nonvolatile memory A projector 100 includes an image projection unit 6 that projects an image using light from a discharge lamp 1, a ballast 2 that controls a supply voltage supplied to the discharge lamp 1, a system controller 3 that controls... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7997742 | Capacitive comb feedback for high speed scan mirror An image projection system (100) has a laser (102, 104, 106) providing at least one beam (103, 105, 107) to a scan mirror apparatus (130) for scanning the at least one beam (103, 105, 107) in two orthogonal directions (404, 406 | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988307 | Image display device An image display device includes a lighting section including a light source, a light modulation section that modulates light emitted from the lighting section in accordance with an image signal to form an image, and a scintillation reduction section that reduces th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7967454 | Electro-optic apparatus and electronic equipment An electro-optic apparatus includes an electro-optic panel, a wiring board, and an integrated circuit unit. The integrated circuit unit including a heat radiating member arranged so as to overlap at least partly with the integrated circuit unit. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959308 | Substrate-guided display with improved image quality A guiding-substrate display may include an angle-mapped display engine to generate a modulated photonic output having angle-mapped rays responsive to an electrical signal without the use of an ocular lens. An input optical element receives the modulated photonic out... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7901097 | Display apparatus and projection type lighting apparatus therefor A display apparatus comprises a lighting unit for emitting a light, and a first light modulation unit for forming an image through modulation of the light from a light source unit, wherein the lighting unit includes a light source for emitting the light, a second li... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901096 | Illumination for projecting an image The invention is directed to a method for illuminating an object and projecting its image on a ground glass screen. Optical comparators conventionally use incandescent illumination, either mercury arc or halogen. The use of an array of high intensity LED devices, pr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7883221 | Electronic device A portable telephone device with incorporated projector 10 displays the contents of a received email upon a main liquid crystal display device 204 This portable telephone device with incorporated projector 10 projects the contents of the receive... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878666 | Multi-function device with pivoting display An image recording apparatus includes an apparatus body, a recording section for forming an image, a display panel assuming upright and laying posture with respect to the apparatus body by pivoting on a predetermined axis, and a covering member having a first end an... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7874685 | Projection system, projector, and information processing device A projection system includes an information processing device for processing image information, a projector for modulating a light beam emitted from a light source device in accordance with the image information processed by the information processing device and enl... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7857467 | Projectors with security area detection A projector comprising a light engine, a detector, and a control unit is disclosed. The light engine comprises a light source and generates a projection beam based on the light from the light source. The space which the projection beam passes through is defined as a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857466 | Projection-type image display device having illuminance improving coefficient calculator A projection-type image display device has a solid light source and a light valve, and causes light emitted from the solid light source to perform scanning on the light valve along a predetermined scanning line. The projection-type image display device is provided w... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854521 | Projector There is provided a projector having a point light source disposed to an edge of an optical fiber for transmitting exciting light and including a fluorescent illuminant for emitting fluorescence by being exited by the exiting light, a light collecting optical system... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7810935 | Display unit and light-emitting unit A display unit includes: a light modulation unit that includes an effective area, and modulates an illumination light entering to the effective area; a light-emitting unit that includes a plurality of light-emitting areas that can be made to emit a light or stop emi... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7794094 | System and method for multi-directional positioning of projected images A system and method of multi-directional projection in which the optical output from a projector is modified in response to characteristics of nearby surfaces, upon which projection can be directed. The multi-directional projection system can provide beneficial outp... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7775670 | Laser projection system The present invention relates to a laser projection system (1) having means for reducing the coherence of a generated laser beam (3) in order to reduce the occurrence of annoying speckle artifacts in images produced by the system. Coherence is reduced ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771058 | Projection display apparatus A portable projection display apparatus (100) of the present invention comprises: a projection device (8) including an image forming means (2) for forming image light and an optical lens system (7) which projects the image light, obtained... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7740361 | Alignment optimization in image display systems employing multi-camera image acquisition The present invention relates to projection systems where one or more projectors are utilized to project a video, a still image, or combinations thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of calibrating and operating such systems. According... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7712903 | Remote instruction system, remote instruction method and program product for remote instruction A remote instruction system includes a control portion. The control portion transmits an image captured by an image capturing portion provided for capturing the image of a subject to a remote terminal, and controls a projection portion to project an annotation image... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699476 | System and method for operating photo-addressable ePaper environment A system for providing a dynamic audio-visual environment using an eSurface situated in a room environment; a projector situated for projecting images onto the eSurface; a camera situated to picture the room environment; a central processor coupled to the eSurface, ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7611250 | Projector A projector including a display screen and an imaging system is provided. The imaging system is adapted for providing an optical image and the optical image is transmitted to the display screen through an optical transmission medium. The refractive index of the opti... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7494230 | Reflecting non-visible light off one or more mirrors Embodiments of reflecting non-visible light off one or more mirrors are disclosed. In an embodiment, non-visible light may be reflected off of one or more mirrors in an off positon and a portion of a screen may be illuminated with the non-visible light. Other embodi... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7484855 | Image processing system, projector, computer-readable medium and image processing method A projector including: an adjustment section which generates edit image information for projecting an edit image including a content image based on input image information and a position change detection image at least partially provided outside the content image; a... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7465054 | Focusing arrangement A focusing arrangement has a lens disposed adjacent a lamp, a sensor for detecting a parameter which varies with a focal position of light focused by the lens, and a controller for adjusting the position of the lens based upon an output from the sensor in a manner w... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7465055 | Rotary operation mechanism, electronic apparatus and projector A rotary operation mechanism is provided with: a gear that is rotatably provided in the apparatus main unit of an electronic apparatus that is provided with an apparatus main unit and an outer case that covers this apparatus main unit; a rotating knob for effecting ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7455411 | Projection-type display device A projection-type display device includes a light source, a spatial light modulation element which modulates incident light according to an applied image signal and emits the modulated light, an illumination optical system which condenses light from the light source... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7441905 | Optical scanner An optical scanner suitable for scanning a vertical object. The optical scanner has a scanning body, a focusing device and a scanning module. The scanning body has a transparent window, the focusing device has an arm, a reflective mirror and a lens. One end of the a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438426 | Projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof A projection display apparatus and digital zooming method thereof is disclosed. The projection display apparatus receives a first image and includes a control unit, an image processor, an image scaler, a projection lens and a display unit. The control unit is for ca... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438422 | Simplified night sky display system A portable structure, simply constructed with inexpensive and generally lightweight materials, for displaying a selected portion of the night sky and selected planets, satellites, comets and other astronomically observable objects that are visually perceptible withi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434943 | Display apparatus, image processing apparatus and image processing method, imaging apparatus, and program A system and method displays a realistic image that allows a user to readily grasp his/her own positional relationship and also to experience a sense of presence. An outer dome screen is disposed so as to surround a user, and an immersion image such as the scenery o... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425073 | Method and apparatus for conserving power in a laser projection display A method and apparatus are provided to controllably reduce power of a laser projection display (LPD). Light is scanned from a laser onto a viewing surface to produce an image thereon, and power used by the laser is reduced used while scanning at least a portion of t... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425071 | Video display device and decoration display body An image display apparatus that can display three-dimensional-like images having a superior visual effect in a simple manner is provided. This image display apparatus is constituted by a projector 20 and a decorative display unit 10 comprising a light ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7407294 | Multi-direction image viewing system A multi-direction image viewing system includes a triangular or rectangular image case, and plural projectors symmetrically installed to the inner sides of the image case in three or four directions. Projecting light paths cross each other so that the size of the im... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401926 | Space light modulating apparatus, projector including same, process for manufacturing microstructure element used in same, and microstructure element manufactured by the same process A space light modulating apparatus includes a modulating unit that modulates incident light based on an image signal including a plurality of pixels and a light-shielding part placed between the pixels, and a refracting unit that refracts modulated light including a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399090 | Projector A projector includes a main body, a lens unit and a lens cover. The main body includes a housing and a groove formed on a bottom face of the housing. The lens unit is provided to the main body. The lens cover is configured to cover the lens unit. The lens cover is f... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396134 | Apparatus and method for driving light source of projector An apparatus and a method for driving the light source of a projector are provided. The apparatus includes an adjustment unit, a lamp driver, a phase lock loop (PLL) and a mercury lamp. The adjustment unit provides an enabling signal and regulates the frequency of t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396137 | Projector A projector including a main body and a height adjuster in a bottom of the main body. The height adjuster includes a guide housing connected to the bottom of the main body; a front leg slidably accommodated in the guide housing; a spring between the guide housing an... | 07/08/2008 |
