Abstract: The audio acquisition apparatus includes: a three-dimensional position acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional position of an object present in a predetermined region; a three-dimensional position tracking unit configured to track, when a sound emitting body is present in the predetermined area, a three-dimensional position of the sound emitting body; a sound pickup unit configured to pick up a sound emitted from the sound emitting body; a communication unit configured to supply the sound picked up by the sound pickup unit to an external apparatus and receive information supplied from the external apparatus; and a sound pickup control unit configured to three-dimensionally follow a sound pickup direction of the sound acquired through the sound pickup unit in accordance with the tracking executed by the three-dimensional position tracking unit.

Abstract: A laser projection display device includes: a laser light source drive unit; an attribute amount detection unit for detecting the attribute amount of a picture signal; a light sensor for measuring the light amounts of the laser light sources; and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperatures of the laser light sources. The laser projection display device is configured so that the current vs. light amount output characteristics of the laser light sources with a threshold current and current gain as a parameter are corrected in accordance with the load amount of the picture signal per frame if the change of the attribute amount exceeds a predefined amount; the light sources are driven at a predefined timing of the vertical blanking interval; controls the threshold currents and current gains in accordance with the light amounts; and the threshold currents and current gains are corrected on the basis of the measured temperatures.

Abstract: A laser beam display device includes: a dimming setting input unit into which any one of the dimming values of plural dimming steps are input; a first dimming processing unit having plural dimming LUTs that store dimming amounts regarding the respective dimming steps with the corresponding gradation levels as indexes; a second dimming processing unit having one gain LUT that holds gains regarding the respective dimming steps and a multiplier that creates the indexes for the respective dimming LUTs by multiplying a video signal by the gains; and a light source drive unit that drives a laser diode on the basis of reference results obtained by referring to the dimming LUTs of the first dimming processing unit. The luminance of the emission beam of the laser diode, which corresponds to the video signal, is dimmed in accordance with a dimming setting input from the dimming setting input unit.

Abstract: The white balance for a high brightness region and a low brightness region is improved in an image display device using MEMS and a laser light source. An image processing unit of the device superposes a signal based on a first measured value of a light quantity at a first temperature on a picture signal, during its blanking period, which is supplied to the laser light source, and superposes a high frequency signal on the picture signal during its effective scanning period. An amplification factor of the light source drive unit is changed so that a second measured value at a second temperature comes close to the first measured value at the first temperature as a target value based on the second measured value at which the light quantity of light generated at the laser light source is measured at the second temperature different from the first temperature on the signal based on the first measured value.

Abstract: A change in the white balance caused due to the temperature is reduced in an image display device using MEMS and a laser light source. An image processing unit of the device superposes a signal based on a first measured value of a light quantity at a first temperature on a image signal to be supplied to the laser light source. An amplification factor of the light source drive unit is changed so that a second measured value at a second temperature comes close to the first measured value at the first temperature as a target value based on the second measured value at which the light quantity of light generated at the laser light source is measured at the second temperature different from the first temperature on the signal based on the first measured value.

Abstract: A laser projection/display apparatus includes a photosensor for detecting light amounts of laser lights, and an image processing unit that processes an image signal based on the detected light amounts, and supplies the image signal to a laser light source drive unit. The image processing unit obtains data for making the light amounts of the laser lights, which are detected by the photosensor, equal to respective values at a second luminance that is different from a first luminance, which is the luminance of the image currently being displayed, during a flyback period of the image signal. The image processing unit processes an image signal to be supplied to the laser light source drive unit based on the data when the image signal is projected and displayed with the second luminance.

Abstract: The white balance for a high brightness region and a low brightness region is improved in an image display device using MEMS and a laser light source. An image processing unit of the device superposes a signal based on a first measured value of a light quantity at a first temperature on a picture signal, during its blanking period, which is supplied to the laser light source, and superposes a high frequency signal on the picture signal during its effective scanning period. An amplification factor of the light source drive unit is changed so that a second measured value at a second temperature comes close to the first measured value at the first temperature as a target value based on the second measured value at which the light quantity of light generated at the laser light source is measured at the second temperature different from the first temperature on the signal based on the first measured value.

Abstract: A change in the white balance caused due to the temperature is reduced in an image display device using MEMS and a laser light source. An image processing unit of the device superposes a signal based on a first measured value of a light quantity at a first temperature on a image signal to be supplied to the laser light source. An amplification factor of the light source drive unit is changed so that a second measured value at a second temperature comes close to the first measured value at the first temperature as a target value based on the second measured value at which the light quantity of light generated at the laser light source is measured at the second temperature different from the first temperature on the signal based on the first measured value.

Abstract: A laser projection display device includes: a laser light source drive unit; an attribute amount detection unit for detecting the attribute amount of a picture signal; a light sensor for measuring the light amounts of the laser light sources; and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperatures of the laser light sources. The laser projection display device is configured so that the current vs. light amount output characteristics of the laser light sources with a threshold current and current gain as a parameter are corrected in accordance with the load amount of the picture signal per frame if the change of the attribute amount exceeds a predefined amount; the light sources are driven at a predefined timing of the vertical blanking interval; controls the threshold currents and current gains in accordance with the light amounts; and the threshold currents and current gains are corrected on the basis of the measured temperatures.

Abstract: A laser beam display device includes: a dimming setting input unit into which any one of the dimming values of plural dimming steps are input; a first dimming processing unit having plural dimming LUTs that store dimming amounts regarding the respective dimming steps with the corresponding gradation levels as indexes; a second dimming processing unit having one gain LUT that holds gains regarding the respective dimming steps and a multiplier that creates the indexes for the respective diming LUTs by multiplying a video signal by the gains; and a light source drive unit that drives a laser diode on the basis of reference results obtained by referring to the dimming LUTs of the first dimming processing unit. The luminance of the emission beam of the laser diode, which corresponds to the video signal, is dimmed in accordance with a dimming setting input from the dimming setting input unit.

Abstract: In an image display apparatus which projects and displays an image by scanning emitted light from light sources by a reflective mirror, a correction unit calculates a threshold value and a slope efficiency of a light amount vs. current characteristic of each of the plurality of light sources, from a first light amount value obtained by measuring a light amount when an input image signal agrees with a first reference signal level and a second light amount value obtained by measuring a light amount when the input image signal agrees with a second reference signal level; and corrects, when a calculation result of the threshold value and the slope efficiency varied after a predetermined time, a threshold current and also make a correction so that a light amount ratio of the light sources becomes the same as an initial value of a slope efficiency ratio.

Abstract: A video display apparatus includes plural light sources, plural light source driving portions configured to drive the plural light sources, a reflection mirror configured to reflect and project a light emitted from the light sources onto an object, a mirror driver portion configured to drive the reflection mirror, and a video processor portion configured to conduct signal processing on an input video signal. The lights of the light sources are incident upon the reflection mirror along differing axes so as to be projected onto differing areas and are combined so as to display a picture of an input video signal. The video processor portion effects control so that that a picture corresponding to a region where plural projection pictures optically overlap, is made up with the light emitted from one of the light sources, thereby reducing deterioration of picture quality.

Abstract: The present invention provides a scan-type image display device. In the scan-type image display device, laser light sources respectively generate light beams of green, red and blue, which in turn are combined by dichroic mirrors to generate a first beam and a second beam. A deflecting mirror device two-dimensionally scans the first and second beams under the rotation of a deflecting mirror thereof. The outgoing directions of the first and second beams have an angular difference relative to the vertical direction of a screen, and an interval between the first and second laser beams is set to be larger than an aperture diameter defined by laser safety standards.

Abstract: A display device is provided which displays images by emitting light when a reference voltage is applied to pixels. An average picture level calculation unit of a reference voltage calculation unit in a rectangular wave driving unit of a TFT substrate calculates the value of average picture level, and a ?V calculation unit of a reference voltage calculation unit calculates a correction amount ?V of the reference voltage based on the average picture level value. The calculated correction amount ?V is added to a reference voltage and is used as the voltage of a rectangular wave signal that is output to each pixel from a rectangular wave driving unit. In each pixel in which a data signal corresponding to the grayscale value is stored, an organic EL device emits light in accordance with the rectangular wave signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a discharge lamp lighting device which realizes the minute control of the lighting sequence and electric power of a high-pressure discharge lamp and the control of various anti-error protecting functions by mounting a microcomputer. However, since microcomputer processing typically progresses in accordance with the programs previously recorded on a ROM, various actions of the discharge lamp are controlled in accordance with ROM-recorded data settings. To modify these settings, the contents of the ROM need to be updated. Therefore, a function for communicating with an external device is assigned to the microcomputer so that various data settings can be modified.

Abstract: A current detection data is acquired by a scanning line current detection resistance, an adder-subtracter and an A/D converter. the current detection data is inputted to a voltage correction circuit, the voltage correction circuit output a correction signal. Using the correction signal, a scanning electrode voltage correction circuit performs the correction of the scanning selection voltage. Further, the voltage correction circuit generates data electrode drive data based on the current detection data and image data and inputs the data electrode drive data to a data electrode drive circuit. the present invention prevent a change of brightness and of smear with time.

Abstract: There is provided a safe image display apparatus for projecting an image on a screen that can minimize a stimulus to eyes, retinae and optic nerves from projected light entering into the eyes directly. By comparing a displayed image captured by a camera with an input image signal, a changed area is detected as a difference area and, then, a projected image signal is generated wherein a picture area image signal in the input image signal that corresponds to this difference area is masked by a black signal. The obtained projected image signal is projected onto the screen.

Abstract: A computing circuit computes a target value of a current to be supplied to a discharge lamp and generates a pulse control signal for superpose a pulse current. Furthermore, the computing circuit controls a current control circuit so that a pulse current is superposed on a lamp current at a predetermined cycle and power supplied to the discharge lamp is kept constant. For that purpose, the computing circuit lowers a DC current level of the lamp current when a pulse current is superposed on the lamp current, and exercises control so that an integrated amount of power at a predetermined cycle is equalized to a predetermined integrated amount of power.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes scanning line control circuits for supplying a scanning voltage Vscan for selecting a plurality of electron sources in a unit of line to scan them in the vertical direction to the selected electron sources, a signal line control circuit for supplying a drive voltage Vdata based on an image signal to the electron sources of one line, and a signal processing circuit having a correction circuit, and the correction circuit corrects the image signal to add to the drive voltage Vdata an offset for compensating a voltage drop caused by an internal resistance R of a switch circuit in the scanning line control circuit, so that the voltage drop caused by the internal resistance of the switch circuit is compensated to lower or suppress reduction of brightness.

Abstract: A computing circuit computes a target value of a current to be supplied to a discharge lamp and generates a pulse control signal for superpose a pulse current. Furthermore, the computing circuit controls a current control circuit so that a pulse current is superposed on a lamp current at a predetermined cycle and power supplied to the discharge lamp is kept constant. For that purpose, the computing circuit lowers a DC current level of the lamp current when a pulse current is superposed on the lamp current, and exercises control so that an integrated amount of power at a predetermined cycle is equalized to a predetermined integrated amount of power.