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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172401 | Edge lit locally dimmed display An edge lit locally dimmed display has a spatial light modulator illuminated by a light source. The light source is positioned at an edge and behind the spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator is illuminated with a low resolution version of a desired im... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172400 | Projection apparatus and method Projection apparatuses and methods are provided. A representative apparatus includes: a first projection device arranged to generate a virtual three-dimensional image; a second projection device arranged to project a background image; and a light source arranged to ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8147066 | Portable information device having a projector and an imaging device A portable type information device includes: a projector device that, with illumination light from a light source unit, projects a projection pattern which has been created upon an image pattern generation unit to an exterior of the portable type information device ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8123360 | Multi-projector composite image display system A display device includes: a transmission/reception section that transmits and receives information to/from any other display device connected thereto; a setting input section that enables setting of relative position information about a relative position between th... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123361 | Dual-projection projector and method for projecting images on a plurality of planes A projector includes: a laser beam generator configured to emit a laser beam according to an image signal; a beam splitter configured to split the laser beam into a first laser beam toward the first projection plane and a second laser beam toward the second projecti... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8061845 | Image display system and image display method A viewing angle can be broadened without causing degradation in resolution of a three-dimensional image by a retinal scanning display. An image display system includes a projector which displays an image in a first region by projecting an image onto a screen, and a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8042950 | Projection apparatus and image display apparatus with individual color light diffusion and microlens array A projection apparatus and image display apparatus. The apparatus includes a three-color light source that emits a plurality of color lights having different wavelengths, and a diffraction type optical element that performs diffusion forming of individual color ligh... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8020997 | Defining a bounding box for projected images A system for defining a bounding box include one or more image projectors; one or more optical beam generators; a display surface; a computing element; and a digital image sensor. The digital image sensor is configured to sense a location of image orientation indica... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016423 | Projection device for image projection with document camera device connected thereto, projection method, and storage medium A projection device comprises an input section for inputting an image signal, a storage section for storing the image signal input by the input section after adding identification information thereto, a projection section for forming and projecting an optical image ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7997735 | Systems and methods for speckle reduction A laser projection system including a system controller, a visible light source, and a light disrupting element is provided. The visible light source includes at least one laser and the laser projection system is programmed to scan a scanned optical signal of the vi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7993005 | Color laser image generation An image display device including a plurality of laser light sources arranged to produce angularly offset beams of light, and scanning optics configured to raster scan the angularly offset beams of light simultaneously across separate parallel lines of pixels of a d... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7993006 | System and method for power control for information handling system peripherals An information handling system powers a projector through a communication interface, such as a USB interface, by selectively enabling first or second power levels through the communication interface. Initially, the communication interface provides a first minimal po... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7976168 | Image projector with internally tiled intermediate images Disclosed are a system and method for microprojection that uses multiple imagers to produce a high resolution output image. Each of a set of imagers produces a portion of the final image. Relay lenses then tile the individual image portions together into a combined ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967444 | Multi-resolution digital table display system with projection device A multi-resolution digital table display system is provided for integrally displaying an image picture with more than one resolution. The multi-resolution digital table display system includes a table, a peripheral projection device, a foveal projection device, and ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954954 | System and method of projecting an image using a plurality of projectors A device and method is provided for projecting an image within a defined content area using a plurality of projectors configured to each project a portion of an image. The device comprises a defined content area into which the image is projected by the plurality of ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942530 | Apparatus and method for self-calibrating multi-projector displays via plug and play projectors An asynchronous, distributed, and calibrated apparatus provides a composite display from a plurality of plug-and-play projectors. The apparatus comprises a plurality of self-sufficient modules. Each module comprises at least one plug-and-play projector of the plural... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942531 | Edge lit locally dimmed display An edge lit locally dimmed display has a spatial light modulator illuminated by a light source. The light source is positioned at an edge and behind the spatial light modulator. The spatial light modulator is illuminated with a low resolution version of a desired im... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934834 | Method and apparatus for wireless image transmission to a projector A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of transmission bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset image ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7922333 | Projector, screen, projector system, and scintillation removing apparatus for removing scintillation on an image display using a vibration generating unit A projector includes a light diffusing unit that is vibratably provided to diffuse incident light by a vibration and to emit diffused light, the light diffusing unit having a unique resonance frequency, a vibration generating unit that has a piezoelectric element fo... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7905604 | Method and apparatus for wireless image transmission to a projector A method and apparatus is provided in which a digital image is transmitted to a presentation projector resource over a wireless transmission medium using a reduced amount of transmission bandwidth by transmitting a subset of the digital image data. The subset image ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901082 | Illumination optical device and projection display device There are provided 2n (n is 2 or more) light sources 21a to 21d, 2n first collective optical systems composed of ellipsoidal mirrors 21a to 21d that are arranged so as to focus light beams emitted from the resp... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7862178 | Scanning projection apparatus A projection apparatus including an actuator, a light source, and a projection lens is provided. The light source is disposed on the actuator and is capable for emitting light beams sequentially. The actuator is capable for driving the light source so as to change t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7837332 | Laser projection utilizing spatial beam misalignment Laser projection systems are provided comprising a laser source, scanning optics, beam splitting optics, and a scanning controller. According to one embodiment, the laser source is configured to produce at least two optical beams having different emission wavelength... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7802888 | Illumination field blending for use in subtitle projection systems A projection system that projects a text or subtitle box onto an image minimizes the contrast between the text box and the image. A transition region surrounding the text box minimizes visual disruption to the image onto which the text box is projected. The position... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7762670 | Projector and image generating method thereof A projector for projecting an image is disclosed. The projector includes a memory device containing a plurality of memory blocks for storing a plurality of image data respectively corresponding to different image sources; an integrating module coupled to the memory ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7753530 | HDR displays and control systems therefor A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen.... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7731367 | HDR displays and control systems therefor A controller for a display having a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled by the controller to adjust the intensity of light emanating f... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7712902 | Projector A projector includes: a first light modulation device that modulates illumination light; a second light modulation device that further modulates the illumination light modulated by the first light modulation device; a projection unit that projects the modulated illu... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7690795 | Projector/camera system A projector/camera system includes a projector, configured to project a sequenced image to a projection location, and a camera, located at the projection location and oriented to take an image of a region including the projector. The camera is configured to capture ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686454 | Image combining system, image combining method, and program A data processing unit calculates image conversions parameters corresponding to each partial image, geometrically converts photographed partial images on the basis of a current partial image based on the calculated image conversion parameters, and combines them to g... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682028 | Image transmission system and image transmission method An image transmission system enabling a user to recognize a communication status between a PC and a projector, and including a PC (300) as an image generating apparatus and a projector (400) as an image projecting apparatus. The projector (400) ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7635188 | Method and apparatus for creating a collage from a plurality of stage lights An image projection lighting device is provided including a base, a communications port, a processor, a memory, and a lamp housing. A first image is stored in the memory. The image projection lighting device is configured to form a first sectional image from the fir... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7604354 | Three-dimensional projection apparatus using coaxial optical alignment A projection apparatus comprising a three-dimensional screen, a convex mirror, two or more projectors, and an assemblage of flat mirrored surfaces that share at least one common edge or apex that faces the convex mirror. The flat mirrored surfaces fold the images fr... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7581837 | HDR displays and control systems therefor A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen.... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7581836 | Image display device and projector An image display device that displays an image by modulating a light from a light source according to display image data, includes: a first light modulation element that modulates a light emitted from the light source; and a second light modulation element that is d... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7575327 | Image display apparatus An image display apparatus includes: a light source; a first light modulation element which has a plurality of pixels whose light modulation characteristics can be independently controlled and modulates light emitted from the light source; a second light modulation ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7524066 | Projection device projection system, and image obtainment method A projector (1) includes a template memory (5), the template memory storing beforehand, for example data of template images made of only ruled lines. A displaying unit (6) of the projector (1) projects template images to a screen (S). A d... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7500756 | Monitoring apparatus A monitoring apparatus includes plural imaging units; a viewpoint conversion unit making viewpoint conversion of each imaged picture of the plural imaging units into an overhead picture with the same depression angle, respectively; and a picture composite unit joini... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7484851 | Image forming device and method An image forming device for forming an image on an image forming object by irradiating the image forming object with a luminous flux corresponding to the image, the image forming device including: a lens having a zoom lens and a focus lens; a driving system; a posit... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7465052 | Image projection lighting devices with visible and infrared imaging A lighting system comprised of a central controller, a digital communications path, and a plurality of image projection lighting devices (IPLDs) is provided. The IPLDs contain cameras that can capture both visible light and infrared light. Address signals sent from ... | 12/16/2008 |
