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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162489 | Video projection system A roll bar for protecting a projection mirror is attached so as to avoid exerting an external force to the projection mirror portion, direct thereto upon a turnover the projection apparatus. Further, in the case of no attachment of the roll bar for protecting the pr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8147074 | Positioning interfaces for projection display devices Described herein are devices that provide projection-type video output in a portable and flexible design. The design includes a projection chamber, a base, and an interface that permits relative positioning between the projection chamber and base. The base maintains... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8128240 | Optical unit and projector apparatus An optical unit includes a frame; an optical member having a rectangular plate-shape; and a pair of mount portions formed in the frame, each holding a side of the optical member. Each of the mount portions includes an insertion slot into which an end of the optical ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128241 | Short-throw projector mounting system A short-throw projector and Interactive White Board (IWB) mounting system is presented. The mounting system includes a pair of board mounting brackets, such that a section of the board mounting bracket is positionable a predetermined distance from a mounting surface... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118437 | Optical device and projector An optical device that includes a light modulation device, a projection optical device, and a retention member that holds the light modulation device and the projection optical device. The retention member includes: a projection optical device attachment section for... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113668 | Extendable real object projector A portable material exhibiting apparatus comprises a base assembly having a pivoting base, the pivoting base being disposed on one side of the base assembly; a retractable rod assembly having one end pivoting to the pivoting base; and an image capturing module havin... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113669 | Leg length adjusting mechanism for a projection type image display unit A projection type image display unit has a housing on which a light source and an image display part for transmission or reflection of light from the light source are mounted. The unit includes a position adjusting device, by which a displayed position of an image i... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104902 | Projection image display apparatus having a noise removal filter portion In a projection image display apparatus, a noise removal filter portion 15 is separated from a power source unit body 14. The separated noise removal filter portion 15 is provided in the vicinity of a side wall of a housing on which a power sour... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104903 | 3-D interactive nightlight Herein featured is a nightlight which can be worn by a user and displays projected images in two viewing modes. Mode one consists of projected images. Mode two; a silent interactive play video feature. For enhanced viewing there is a button spring release lens attac... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8096664 | Projector with case having bulged exterior surface A projector for emitting projection light in a projection direction used in a floor set-wall projection and floor set-floor projection modes. The device includes an aspheric reflection mirror, which reflects light from a light source in the projection direction, and... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087790 | Projector A projector includes: an outer housing; and a plurality of handles provided on an upper surface of the outer housing to hold the projector, wherein each of the handles includes a pair of attachment members standing on the upper surface, and a grip member connected w... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8066389 | Beam alignment chamber providing divergence correction A beam alignment chamber comprising: a base, first and second side walls connected to the base, and a front wall located at the front edge of the base having an output opening. The beam alignment chamber further including a plurality of light sources disposed to dir... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061858 | Lamp changing system for an image projection lighting device An image projection lighting device including a base housing, a yoke, a lamp housing, and a video projector located inside the lamp housing, is disclosed. The video projector includes a video projector housing. The video projector housing can be moved into a first p... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8052288 | Projector A projector includes: a light source device; an optical modulation device; a projection optical device; and an exterior casing, wherein a luminous flux passage opening for allowing the image light projected magnified from the projection optical device to pass throug... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052287 | Carrier apparatus for an optical engine A carrier apparatus for use with an optical engine of a projection device is disclosed. The carrier apparatus includes a main frame and a support frame which is removably disclosed on the main frame. An adjustable mechanism includes a push device and an adjustable d... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054616 | Keyboard set having a micro projector A keyboard set includes a keyboard unit, and a micro projector. The keyboard unit has a first housing, a video signal port and a first lock structure. The video signal port and the first lock structure are disposed in the first housing. The micro projector has a sec... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047661 | Height adjustment apparatus for projector A height adjustment apparatus for a projector includes a lifting member and an operation member. The projector includes a front wall and a bottom wall substantially perpendicular to the front wall. The front wall defines a first opening and the bottom wall defines a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042957 | Height adjustment device with fine tuning for an image system Through combination of gears with different sizes in a transformation gear set configured in the height adjustment device, the height adjustment device can be fine-tuned. When an actuator of the height adjustment device is pressed, a first gear engaging with the act... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029148 | Projecting apparatus A projecting apparatus includes a casing, a projector and a foldable arm set. The foldable arm set is connected with the projector and selectively in a folded state or an unfolded state. The projector is capable of performing a projecting operation when the foldable... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7997741 | Projector A projector includes a light source device, a optical modulator which modulates luminous flux emitted from the light source device according to image information, a projection optical device which enlarges and projects the luminous flux modulated in the optical modu... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997740 | Integrator unit An integrator unit for integrating an incoming light beam for a uniform distribution of illumination comprises an inner cylinder fixedly equipped with a rod integrator, an outer cylinder in which the inner cylinder is coaxially received for axial movement and axial ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7980708 | Document presentation device including a movable part A document presentation device comprising an imaging unit that takes images of documents and a display unit that displays the images of documents taken by the imaging unit. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980709 | Optical projector with a partition element defining two accommodating spaces An optical projector includes a casing, a partition element, an optical projection module and a main board. The casing includes a main body, a first cover and a second cover. The partition element is disposed at the main body, and the first cover is detachably dispo... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7972019 | Optical device and projector An optical device includes a plurality of light modulating devices for forming optical images and a color combining optical device. The optical device includes a first fixed member and a second fixed member for mounting the light modulating devices so as to face lig... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967453 | Holding structure for holding a member in an external cabinet A member to be held is held in an external cabinet having a combination of a first cabinet and a second cabinet. A first supporting section is provided in the first cabinet and a second supporting section is provided in the second cabinet. A section to be sandwiched... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7950811 | Projection display device A projection display device includes: a housing; a fan disposed within the housing, the fan having a vane portion and a fan case accommodating the vane portion so as to be rotatable; and multiple vibration-proofing members having at least one of elasticity and visco... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7938548 | Projection device A projection device includes: a projector unit that has at least a light source and a projection optical system housed in a chassis; a control unit that is assembled with a chassis separate from the chassis of the projector unit; and a rotation support member that r... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7926958 | Mobile terminal having projector and method for controlling the same A mobile terminal including: a main body having a wireless communication module; and a projector mounted at the main body and projecting beams to display an image on an image display region separated from the main body, wherein when an operation mode is being execut... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914157 | Projector with a lens barrier module An exemplary projector includes a main body, a lens at a front of the main body and a lens barrier module positioned at the front of the main body for covering the lens when the projector is not in use or exposing the lens when the projector is in use. The lens barr... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905609 | Projector and brightness adjusting method A projector including a projector body, which has a light modulating device that modulates light emitted from a light source according to input image information to thereby form an optical image and a projection optical device that projects the formed optical image ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901092 | Projection display device having a level difference correction section A projection display device comprises a main body cabinet, a projection lens section to which light modulated by a light modulating element entered, and a mirror section for reflecting the light emitted from the projection lens section to a projection plane. A level... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901091 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus including a projection body and at least one adjusting leg is provided. The projection body has a casing, and the bottom of the casing has at least one accommodating cave. The adjusting leg includes a supporter and a pivoting rod. The supporte... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891827 | Projector A projector, includes: a light source, an optical modulator that modulates a light beam emitted from the light source to form an optical image, a projection optical device that projects the formed optical image, an exterior casing that accommodates the light source,... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891826 | Projector A projector includes: an image creation unit that projects image information upon a screen, comprising a plurality of picture elements that create an image pattern corresponding to the image information; and an illumination unit in which light emitting members are d... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883220 | Projection apparatus A projection apparatus includes an optical engine (10) that projects an image on a screen from a rear side, an engine supporting plate (100) on which the optical engine (10) is placed, an adjusting member (500) of a substantially wedge-sh... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874684 | Housing assembly and projection device having the same A housing assembly which comprises a primary housing, a secondary housing and a moving mechanism is provided. The primary housing has a first external contour and an opening disposed on the primary housing. The secondary housing has a second external contour. The mo... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7862186 | Projector This projector comprises a source lamp, a lamp storage portion, storing the source lamp therein, including an air discharge opening for discharging internal air from the lamp storage portion and a netlike member so arranged as to cover the outer side of the air disc... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862185 | Mobile phone A casing 20 of a mobile phone body is provided with a sub-liquid-crystal display panel 23, a projector lens 26, a light source 35 including an LED. The sub-liquid-crystal display panel 23 and the projector lens 26 are movabl... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857465 | Light tunnel apparatus of an optical engine and projection system comprising the light tunnel apparatus A light tunnel apparatus of an optical engine and a projection system comprising the light tunnel apparatus are provided. The projection system comprises an optical engine which includes a body and a light tunnel apparatus. The light tunnel apparatus comprises a lig... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854520 | Projector device The present invention discloses a projector device comprising: a housing body having a first insertion slot formed in a wall portion thereof; a control substrate; a metal-made shield frame arranged and fixed within the housing body and fixed to the housing body for ... | 12/21/2010 |