Patents by Inventor Takaaki Koyama

Takaaki Koyama 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: 6840625
    Abstract: To provide a technique for facilitating control of a plurality of projectors. A projection display system comprises a plurality of projectors wherein a plurality of images projected by the projectors are displayed on a common projection screen. Each projector comprises: a control signal processor for processing a control signal given from an external device and generating a processed control signal; and a signal input/output section for input/output of the control signal and the processed control signal. The plurality of projectors are coupled in a cascade connection, by interconnecting the signal input/output sections of the projectors. The control signal and the processed control signal include connection sequence data indicating the cascade connection sequence. The control signal processor of each projector comprises a memory for storing, on the basis of a given control signal, a connection sequence when the projectors are coupled in a cascade connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Koyama, Yasutaka Kamiya, Shoichi Akaiwa, Toru Karasawa
  • Publication number: 20040041985
    Abstract: An automatic keystone correction which enables even an inexperienced user to easily obtain an image corrected using the keystone distortion during a tilted projection. The projector detects varying of its elevation angle by using an elevation detecting module. When the angle stops varying, the projector determines that the elevation adjustment by the user ends, and executes auto keystone correction of the input image according to the elevation angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keishi Kimura, Takaaki Koyama
  • Publication number: 20020159035
    Abstract: To provide a technique for facilitating control of a plurality of projectors. A projection display system comprises a plurality of projectors wherein a plurality of images projected by the projectors are displayed on a common projection screen. Each projector comprises: a control signal processor for processing a control signal given from an external device and generating a processed control signal; and a signal input/output section for input/output of the control signal and the processed control signal. The plurality of projectors are coupled in a cascade connection, by interconnecting the signal input/output sections of the projectors. The control signal and the processed control signal include connection sequence data indicating the cascade connection sequence. The control signal processor of each projector comprises a memory for storing, on the basis of a given control signal, a connection sequence when the projectors are coupled in a cascade connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Takaaki Koyama, Yasutaka Kamiya, Shoichi Akaiwa, Toru Karasawa