Patents by Inventor Ryuhei Amano

Ryuhei Amano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8702247
    Abstract: A projection-type image display device includes an image light generator configured to generate image light, a projection optics configured to project the image light onto a screen. The projection optics includes a reflection mirror configured to reflect the image light toward the screen, the image light outputted from the image light generator. A projection-type image display device includes a protective cover provided on an optical path of the image light reflected by the reflection mirror. The protective cover has a transmissive region transmitting the image light reflected by the reflection mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Miwa, Yoshihiro Yokote
  • Patent number: 8684531
    Abstract: An image signal storing unit stores an image signal provided from the outside. An image processing unit appropriately processes the image signal stored in the image signal storing unit in accordance with the instruction from an adjusting unit. A projecting unit projects, onto a display area, light corresponding to an image created by the image processing unit. A display size determination unit computes the display size of the picture plane displayed on a screen based on an image captured by the camera provided adjacent to the projection-type video-image display device. The display size determination unit then determines whether or not the display size of the picture plane is equal to or larger than a predetermined upper-limit size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vision3D Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Mashitani, Masutaka Inoue, Hideyuki Kanayama, Takashi Ikeda, Takahisa Ando, Kazuhiro Arai, Ryuhei Amano
  • Patent number: 8641207
    Abstract: A projection-type image display device includes an image light generator configured to generate image light, a projection optics configured to project the image light onto a screen. The projection optics includes a reflection mirror configured to reflect the image light toward the screen, the image light outputted from the image light generator. A projection-type image display device includes a protective cover provided on an optical path of the image light reflected by the reflection mirror. The protective cover has a transmissive region transmitting the image light reflected by the reflection mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Miwa, Yoshihiro Yokote
  • Patent number: 8641208
    Abstract: Disclosed are a projection display apparatus and a projection optics provided in the projection display apparatus. The projection optics has a refractive optics and a reflective optics. In the refractive optics, a lens (non-circular lens) provided on a reflective optics side has a non-circular shape forming part of an imaginary circular region whose center is an optical axis center of the refractive optics. In other words, the non-circular lens has a shape of a cut-out portion of an imaginary circular lens having an optical axis center coinciding with the optical axis center of the refractive optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Ricoh Optical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Ikeda, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Yoshitsugu Kohno, Osamu Nagase
  • Patent number: 8562138
    Abstract: In a projection display device, a polarization converting element is provided between an imager and a refracting optical system for converting a polarization direction of light after modulation into a direction radially extending from the center of the optical axis of the refracting optical system. Light transmitted through the polarization converting element is incident onto the refracting optical system in a state of P-polarized light or a state close to the state of P-polarized light. Thereby, the transmittance of light through the refracting optical system is made substantially uniform and increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuhei Amano
  • Patent number: 8414133
    Abstract: A projection display device comprises a projection lens section to which light modulated by a light modulating element is entered, a mirror section for reflecting the light emitted from the projection lens section to reflect to the projection lens section side and directing the light to a projection plane, and an operation section for displacing a lens in the projection lens section. The operation section is disposed in a region in which the operation section does not hinder an optical path of the light that has been passed through a projection port provided in a main body cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaharu Adachi, Shinichi Okuno, Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Ikeda, Takashi Miwa
  • Publication number: 20120281188
    Abstract: A projection display device comprises a projection lens section to which light modulated by a light modulating element is entered, a mirror section for reflecting the light emitted from the projection lens section to reflect to the projection lens section side and directing the light to a projection plane, and an operation section for displacing a lens in the projection lens section. The operation section is disposed in a region in which the operation section does not hinder an optical path of the light that has been passed through a projection port provided in a main body cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaharu Adachi, Shinichi Okuno, Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Ikeda, Takashi Miwa
  • Patent number: 8246176
    Abstract: A projection display device comprises a projection lens section to which light modulated by a light modulating element is entered, a mirror section for reflecting the light emitted from the projection lens section to reflect to the projection lens section side and directing the light to a projection plane, and an operation section for displacing a lens in the projection lens section. The operation section is disposed in a region in which the operation section does not hinder an optical path of the light that has been passed through a projection port provided in a main body cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaharu Adachi, Shinichi Okuno, Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Ikeda, Takashi Miwa
  • Patent number: 8226248
    Abstract: A projection display device includes an imager which modulates light from a light source based on an image signal; a projection optical system which enlarges and projects the light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane; and a shift mechanism which displaces the imager in a direction intersecting with an optical axis of the projection optical system. The projection optical system and the shift mechanism are co-mounted on a base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuhei Amano
  • Patent number: 8220937
    Abstract: An optical position of a display device with respect to an optical axis of a projection optical system is displaced in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis in accordance with a change in the size of a projected image. For instance, a transparent flat plate is disposed in front of a projection lens, and the transparent flat plate is tilted in association with a rotation of a zoom adjustment ring. As the transparent flat plate is tilted, the apparent position of the display device relative to the projection lens is displaced in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the projection optical system. Thereby, the projected image on a screen is located at a proper position corresponding to a zoom state. Tilt control of the transparent flat plate is realized by a cam mechanism, for instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Ikeda, Takashi Miwa
  • Publication number: 20120133909
    Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes a housing member that houses a light source, an imager that modulates light emitted from the light source, and a projection unit that projects light emitted from the imager onto a projection plane, wherein the projection unit has a concave mirror that reflects the light emitted from the imager to the projection plane side, and the housing member pivotally supports the concave mirror along a circumference of a virtual circle formed by a virtual extension line of the concave mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Maeda, Shinya Matsumoto, Ryuhei Amano
  • Patent number: 8152313
    Abstract: A projection display device has an imager that modulates light from a light source in accordance with an image signal, a projection optical system that enlarges and projects the light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane, a focus adjustment part disposed in the projection optical system, and a displacement part that displaces the imager in a direction vertical to a light axis of the projection optical system, in conjunction with the focus adjustment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuhei Amano
  • Publication number: 20120077172
    Abstract: A digital camera (1) performs shooting such that each student within a classroom is included in a subject, uses an optical flow to detect the action of standing up from a chair or the action of moving a mouth by a student who needs to be a speaker, thus specifies the position of the speaker (any of the students) on a shooting image and extracts image data on the face portion of the speaker. A PC (2) uses a projector (3) to display a material on a screen (4), and superimposes and displays, when the extracted image data is transferred from the digital camera (1), a picture of the face of the speaker on the screen (4) based on the extracted image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru WATANABE, Ryuhei AMANO, Noboru YOSHINOBE, Masafumi TANAKA, Kiyoko TSUJI, Kazuo ISHIMOTO, Toshio NAKAKUKI, Kaihei KUWATA, Masahiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20120019782
    Abstract: In a projection display device, a polarization converting element is provided between an imager and a refracting optical system for converting a polarization direction of light after modulation into a direction radially extending from the center of the optical axis of the refracting optical system. Light transmitted through the polarization converting element is incident onto the refracting optical system in a state of P-polarized light or a state close to the state of P-polarized light. Thereby, the transmittance of light through the refracting optical system is made substantially uniform and increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuhei AMANO
  • Patent number: 8087789
    Abstract: A projection optical system includes a first refracting optical system having a plurality of lenses, a first reflecting optical system, and a second reflecting optical system. The first reflecting optical system is disposed on a side of a projection port with respect to an optical axis of the first refracting optical system, and has a positive optical power to reflect light incident through the first refracting optical system in a direction opposite to the side of the projection port. The second reflecting optical system is operable to reflect the light reflected on the first reflecting optical system toward the projection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Ricoh Optical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Ikeda, Shinichi Okuno, Osamu Nagase, Yoshitsugu Kohno
  • Publication number: 20110292355
    Abstract: Disclosed are a projection display apparatus and a projection optics provided in the projection display apparatus. The projection optics has a refractive optics and a reflective optics. In the refractive optics, a lens (non-circular lens) provided on a reflective optics side has a non-circular shape forming part of an imaginary circular region whose center is an optical axis center of the refractive optics. In other words, the non-circular lens has a shape of a cut-out portion of an imaginary circular lens having an optical axis center coinciding with the optical axis center of the refractive optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: RICOH OPTICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuhei AMANO, Takashi IKEDA, Kazuhisa TAKAHASHI, Yoshitsugu KOHNO, Osamu NAGASE
  • Patent number: 8057044
    Abstract: In a projection display device, a polarization converting element is provided between an imager and a refracting optical system for converting a polarization direction of light after modulation into a direction radially extending from the center of the optical axis of the refracting optical system. Light transmitted through the polarization converting element is incident onto the refracting optical system in a state of P-polarized light or a state close to the state of P-polarized light. Thereby, the transmittance of light through the refracting optical system is made substantially uniform and increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryuhei Amano
  • Publication number: 20110267589
    Abstract: A projection-type image display device includes an image light generator configured to generate image light, a projection optics configured to project the image light onto a screen. The projection optics includes a reflection mirror configured to reflect the image light toward the screen, the image light outputted from the image light generator. A projection-type image display device includes a protective cover provided on an optical path of the image light reflected by the reflection mirror. The protective cover has a transmissive region transmitting the image light reflected by the reflection mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuhei AMANO, Takashi MIWA, Yoshihiro YOKOTE
  • Patent number: 8049822
    Abstract: There are provided a write light valve for generating image-writing light by modulating write light, a driver for writing images into the write light valve based on image data, read light valves for each color for generating respective color image lights by modulating each received color illumination light, an imaging lens group for guiding the image-writing light emitted from the write light valve to the respective read light valves, a dichroic cube for combining together color image lights emitted from the respective read light valves, a projection lens for projecting each color image light combined together. The imaging lens group has a distortion aberration which reduces or cancels out a distortion aberration of the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Amano, Yoshihiro Yokote, Hideyuki Kanayama, Kazuhiro Arai, Takashi Ikeda, Takashi Miwa
  • Patent number: 8002419
    Abstract: A projection-type image display device includes an image light generator configured to generate image light, a projection optics configured to project the image light onto a screen. The projection optics includes a reflection mirror configured to reflect the image light toward the screen, the image light outputted from the image light generator. A projection-type image display device includes a protective cover provided on an optical path of the image light reflected by the reflection mirror. The protective cover has a transmissive region transmitting the image light reflected by the reflection mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuhei Amano, Takashi Miwa, Yoshihiro Yokote