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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107019 | Projection type image display device A diaphragm control angle calculating portion 2 calculates an angle at which a diaphragm is controlled to control an amount of light that reaches from a lamp 6 to a display device 10 according to distribution information of an input video signal... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7441903 | Power on/off system of thin projector and method for controlling the same A power on/off system of a thin projector including an optical system arranged in a housing with a panel shape having lateral sides and a front side having an area larger than an area of each lateral side is disclosed. The power on/off system includes a door, fans w... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434946 | Illumination system with integrated heat dissipation device for use in display systems employing spatial light modulators Disclosed herein is an illumination system for use in display systems employing spatial light modulators. The illumination system comprises a fastening mechanism for securing the bonding of the walls of the light integrator of the illumination system. A heat dissipa... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7417799 | Multi-primary color display A device (300) to produce a color image using four or more primary colors. The device may include four or more transmissive spatial light modulators (309, 310, 311, 312) to modulate four or more, respective, light beams in accordance with four or more,... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408777 | Plasma display device A plasma display device for keeping cooling efficiency of the device uniform between both horizontal and vertical positions. The plasma display device, which has a plasma display panel and a circuit unit for supplying a driving signal to the panel, includes a cavity... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407293 | Projection type image display unit An ion wind generator is arranged in the vicinity of a light source. The ion wind generator allows an air flow by negatively ionizing air by corona discharges using negative side needle electrodes, and drawing the negatively-ionized air using a ground side mesh elec... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7393109 | Method and apparatus for cooling optics Embodiments of methods and apparatus for cooling optics are disclosed. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7384155 | Image display An image display, includes: an image display section for forming and displaying an image in accordance with image information to be input; and a casing for housing the image display section, in which the casing includes: a lateral portion visible from an outside, th... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369407 | Flat display device and cooling apparatus for the same A flat display device includes a flat display module, a front cover supporting a front portion of the flat display module, a back cover supporting a rear portion of the flat display module, a peripheral portion formed on the back cover and having an inclined surface... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364308 | Projector apparatus A projector apparatus, including: a light source including a high-pressure discharge lamp having a plurality of ventilation holes; an optical unit having a liquid crystal panel for optically modulating to light emitted from the light source in response to an input v... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357514 | Methods and systems for improving operation of a video projector A video projector generates a black screen. Further, the video projector reduces the brightness of the light source which reduces the power level of the video projection system. Since the light source's power is reduced, less heat is generated by the video projector... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350926 | Light source apparatus and an image display apparatus A light source apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is comprised of a light emitting tube having a first electrode in one end and a second electrode in the other end thereof, the tube having both ends closed, a concave-shaped reflector havi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331677 | Projection type video display A system control circuit is provided with a table storing portion. In the table storing portion, a table for a positioned-on-a-floor mode and a hung-from-a-ceiling mode, a table for upwardly-positioned, and a table for downwardly-positioned are stored. On each table... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329005 | Method and system for a beam projector having an audio capability device A method and system for a beam projector having an audio capability device. The beam projector includes a central processing unit integral with the beam projector, a memory portion coupled with the central processing unit and an audio recognition portion coupled wit... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325931 | Projection type video display An ion wind generator is provided at the back of a light source. The ion wind generator negatively ionizes air by corona discharges using negative-side needle electrodes and draws the negatively-ionized air to a ground-side mesh electrode to allow an airflow to be o... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320523 | Liquid-cooled liquid crystal panel and method of manufacturing the same as well as liquid crystal projector A liquid crystal panel in which temperature rise of the liquid crystal panel is sufficiently restrained by cooling the panel by means of a cooling liquid, and exudation of the cooling liquid toward the liquid crystal material is prevented. Disclosed are cover member... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314280 | Projector apparatus A projector apparatus includes: an optical system unit including an optical prism unit having liquid crystal panels for modulating red light, green light, and blue light and a dichroic prism, and a PS conversion device for aligning the polarization directions of the... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309131 | Projector When a front cover 12 in which an inner grille 13 is fitted is mounted to the body of the projector, a fin member 13b formed as one unit with the inner grille 13 is placed with very little clearance between itself and a partition | 12/18/2007 |
| 7264359 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus includes a heat receiving casing thermally joined to a heating object directly or indirectly, a first device having hoses which communicate inside of the heat receiving casing, a fluid medium inside the heat receiving casing and in the hoses. The... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259744 | Dielectrophoretic displays A dielectrophoretic display comprises a substrate having walls defining at least one cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface; a suspending fluid contained within the cavity; a plurality of at least one type of part... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258446 | System and method for intelligent information handling system projector cool down An information handling system projector cooling fan runs for a variably defined time after its lamp is turned off in order to adequately cool the projector without running the cooling fan for an excessive cool down period. In one embodiment, the cooling fan runs af... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255446 | Projection type video display A projection type video display capable of reducing components in number, and attempting to improve a cooling efficiency and a silencing of the video display is provided. Three cooling fans are provided on a plate member arranged within a chassis of the video displa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252385 | Projection LED cooling A projection apparatus comprises a Light Emitting Diode (LED) and a cooling arrangement is described herein. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244029 | Laser projector having temperature control A laser projector including a cooling system having an internal wall dividing the housing into a first compartment containing the optical components and a second compartment containing the electrical components, wherein the internal wall has a first face receiving t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237904 | Control method for cooling a projection display A control method for cooling a projection display, wherein a pressure sensor automatically detects the elevation above sea level of a projection display and then transmits a signal to the control unit for controlling the cooling unit to operate in a corresponding co... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237905 | Projection type display apparatus and lamp cooling apparatus In an LCD projector or other projection type display apparatus which uses a lamp such as a xenon lamp for a light source, the lamp is cooled efficiently without increasing ambient noises or without causing the whole apparatus to become large-sized, and at the same t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234818 | Dust detection device for air filter and projector utilizing the same A projector and a dust detection device for an air filter thereof. The projector comprises a lamp, a fan, an filter, and a dust detection device. The lamp comprises a housing with an inlet and an exit. The fan is disposed in front of the inlet of the housing, and ge... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235878 | Direct cooling of LEDs A thermal management system is provided for semiconductor devices such as an LED array, wherein coolant directly cools the LED array. Preferably, the coolant may be selected, among other bases, based on its index of refraction relative to the index associated with t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232225 | Projection type display device A cooling system for an area around a lamp that accounts for a good part of an amount of heat generated by the projection type display device is isolated from a cooling system for other parts including a liquid crystal panel. Means is further provided of allowing th... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233493 | Electronic device having a temperature control system including a ductwork assembly A ductwork assembly can be used with an electronic device wherein the electronic device includes a fan and the ductwork assembly is configured to receive a heat transfer fluid from the fan. A disperser lies within the ductwork assembly and is attached thereto in ord... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229177 | Restraining temperature rise in light exiting-side polarizer constituting liquid crystal light valve Embodiments of the invention restrain temperature rise in a light exiting-side polarizer included in a liquid crystal light valve without limiting the quantity of light incident on the liquid crystal light valve and a projector that has a liquid crystal light valve ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226170 | Projector with air cleaning functionality A projector with air cleaning functionality is equipped with a negative ion generator. The negative ion generator is positioned along a cooling airflow route of the projector and is adjacent to a lamp module. A photo-catalyst sheet, which is stimulated by ultraviole... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222970 | Lamp unit and projection-type display apparatus According to one embodiment, a lamp unit comprises a light source lamp, a casing and a dividing member. Configured to hold the light source lamp, the casing comprises a first opening as an inlet port where cooling air is fed from the outside to the light source lamp... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220005 | Projection type video display apparatus An object of the invention is to achieve a high intensity, a compact structure, a cost reduction and a heat radiation of a liquid crystal panel, in a projection type video display apparatus employing a combination of LED light sources and a light pipe. The light pip... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7180546 | Devices including a thermally conductive member which guides heat produced by an image capturing unit to a display chassis An LCD having a backlight is inserted in a shield for protecting various types of electronic components used in an electronic camera by shielding static electricity applied to the LCD, and the LCD is held by the shield. In this structure, thermal conductive rubber i... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175284 | Projection type display apparatus A projection type display apparatus includes a housing having a first side having an air intake opening and a second side having an air exhaust opening, a light source for supplying light, and a light valve device which modulates the light output from the light sour... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163295 | Projector having heat pipe A projector having an optical engine, the optical engine including: an optical synthesizer; a plurality of display devices corresponding to the optical synthesizer; a plurality of light sources emitting light; a light guide plate provided between each light source a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140734 | Image projection apparatus An image projection apparatus includes a lamp, an optical modulator which modulates light emitted from the lamp to correspond to image data, a ballast which operates the lamp, a power supply unit, and a duct in which the power supply unit, the ballast, and the lamp ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137706 | Fan apparatus, method of manufacturing fan apparatus, projection type display device and electronic device With a trend toward a higher intensity projection type liquid crystal display device to further increase brightness of a projection screen, rated input power of a light source lamp increases, which makes essential a fan apparatus for cooling the light source lamp, e... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128421 | Thermal management of projection apparatus A projection apparatus is formed employing a solid state light source having either an associated or integrated sensor to monitor a thermal condition of a region of the solid state light source. The sensor is equipped to output a signal indicative of the thermal con... | 10/31/2006 |
