Abstract: The invention provides a projection apparatus having an image source, a projection lens, and a beam-splitting module. The image source provides an image beam, and the image beam includes a first sub image beam and at least one second sub image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam. The beam-splitting module projects the first sub image beam passing through the beam-splitting module onto a first imaging plane, and projects the second sub image beam reflected by the beam-splitting module onto at least one second imaging plane. The first imaging plane is not coplanar with the at least one second imaging plane. The projection lens is disposed on the transmission path of the image beam between the beam-splitting module and the image source.

Abstract: Provided are a projection device and a projection-type video display device capable of displaying a plurality of videos, allowing speckles to be inconspicuous, and miniaturizing an optical system. A projection device includes an optical element including light diffusion elements capable of diffusing light, an irradiation device configured to irradiate the optical element with illumination light beams, each illumination light beam scanning the corresponding light diffusion element, spatial light modulators, each spatial light modulator being illuminated with illumination light beam which is incident from the irradiation device to each light diffusion element to be diffused, and projection optical systems, each projection optical system projecting modulation image obtained on each spatial light modulator on corresponding screen. The illumination light beam, which is incident to each position of each light diffusion element to be diffused, overlappedly illuminates on corresponding spatial light modulator.

Abstract: A projection display apparatus includes: a display element that displays an image; a lamp that illuminates the display element to cause the display element to emit an image light; a variable light intensity element that allows the light emitted from the lamp to pass therethrough, the intensity of light passing through the variable light intensity element being variable; and a light intensity controller that determines whether the display element is at an image mute state in which a full-black image is displayed, or at a normal lighting state other than the image mute state, and when the display element is at the image mute state, reduces the amount of power supplied to the lamp to a level that is lower than that of the normal lighting state to decrease the intensity of light emitted from the lamp, and also decreases the intensity of light that passes through the variable light intensity element.

Abstract: A method of displaying an image includes alternating an active state of each of a plurality of light sources. The light sources each generate a light beam when active. The alternating includes deactivating an active light source before an output of a light beam from the active light sources falls below a first predetermined threshold. The alternating further includes activating a deactivated light source only after an output of the inactive light source reaches a second predetermined threshold. The method further includes receiving each of the light beams at a spatial light modulator.

Abstract: A zoetrope device having a plurality of panels is disclosed. Each of the panels may be formed with one or more indicia representing various objects such as people and things. The panels may be mounted to a rotatable platform that traverses the panels over a light source. When the panel is traversed over the light source, the light source may illuminate the edge of the panel and the indicia formed on the panel. The indicia may be formed at different depths to provide the viewer with an image that appears to be three dimensional. Moreover, the light source may have one or more different light colors for illuminating the indicia therewith and/or alternately illuminating the indicia with different light colors.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first layer that generates light by injection of a current and forms a waveguide of the light, and an electrode that injects the current into the first layer, wherein the waveguide of the light has a belt-like first region and a belt-like second region, the first region has a first part with curvature, the second region has a second part with curvature, the first region and the second region are connected in a reflection part provided on a side surface of the first layer, and a first light output from the first region on a side surface of the first layer as an output surface opposed to the side surface on which the reflection part is provided and a second light output from the second region on the output surface are output in the same direction.

Abstract: A thin type projector is disclosed. The thin type projector according to present invention includes a panel part slidingly mounted at the front surface of the housing to open and close the projection lens part selectively. The thin type projector may further include a speaker part installed at the front surface of a housing, the speaker part converting an audio input signal into sound. When the panel part is separated, a lamp as a light source is exposed to the front of the housing. As a result, a user can replace the lamp with a new one conveniently.

Abstract: A method for providing a feedback circuit for a three dimensional projector. First and second input devices and a sensor for determining the rotational speed of the second input device are provided. A control device for controlling the rotational speed of the second input device and a phase locked loop (PLL) are provided. A phase reference signal is created based on the signal rate of the first input device. A phase signal is created based on the rotational speed of the second input device. The PLL compares the phase reference signal and the phase feedback signal to determine whether the first input device and the second input device are synchronized. A signal is sent to the control device for the second input device to change the rotational speed of the second input device in response to determining that the first input device and the second input device are not synchronized.

Abstract: The present invention seeks to realize a small etendu illumination optical system, a longer operating life and a higher brightness. The illumination optical system comprises: a laser light source that generates an excitation light; a fluorescent substance that generates a fluorescent light in response to the excitation light, a light tunnel that outputs the excitation light input at one end thereof to the fluorescent substance from the other end thereof, and that outputs the fluorescent light generated by the fluorescent substance from the one end thereof; and a mirror that is placed within a light path between the laser light source and the light tunnel, and that reflects the fluorescent light, the mirror having an aperture formed thereon that allows the excitation light to pass through.

Abstract: A projection device having an image beam and an off-state light is provided, which includes a camera module, a condensing element, a digital micromirror device (DMD) and a shading element, wherein the DMD allows the image beam to enter the camera module, and the shading element is configured between the DMD and the condensing element to block the off-state light.

Abstract: Light source layer (4) includes substrate (10) and a pair of layers, namely, hole-transport layer (11) and electron-transport layer (13), formed on substrate (10). Directional control layer (5) includes plasmon excitation layer (15) stacked on a side of light source layer (4), which is opposite to the side of substrate (10) of light source layer (4), and which has a plasma frequency higher than a frequency of light output from light source layer (4), and wave vector conversion layer (17) stacked on plasmon excitation layer (15), which converts light incident from plasmon excitation layer (15) into light having a predetermined exit angle to output the light. Plasmon excitation layer (15) is sandwiched between low dielectric constant layer (14) and high dielectric constant layer (16).

Abstract: This invention is a photon-interactive Gaussian surface lens method means that converts incident photons from a single or a plurality of wide band gap semiconductor class light emitting diode dies, into a secondary emission of photons emanating from a composite photon transparent colloidal stationary suspension of quantum dots, high efficiency phosphors, a combination of quantum dots and high efficiency phosphors and nano-particles of metal, silicon or similar semiconductors from the IIIB and IVB Group of the Periodic Table and any nano-material and/or micro/nano spheres that responds to Rayleigh Scattering and/or Mie Scattering; and a plurality of quantum dots in communication with said nano-particles in said suspension. The apparatus and methods according to the present invention provides in improved narrow pass-band of red, green, and blue photon efficiency over phosphor based conversion.

Abstract: A method for providing a feedback circuit for a three dimensional projector. First and second input devices and a sensor for determining the rotational speed of the second input device are provided. A control device for controlling the rotational speed of the second input device and a phase locked loop (PLL) are provided. A phase reference signal is created based on the signal rate of the first input device. A phase signal is created based on the rotational speed of the second input device. The PLL compares the phase reference signal and the phase feedback signal to determine whether the first input device and the second input device are synchronized. A signal is sent to the control device for the second input device to change the rotational speed of the second input device in response to determining that the first input device and the second input device are not synchronized.

Abstract: A light source unit includes a green light source, a red light source, a blue light source, and a condenser lens system that condenses green light and red light at positions different from each other.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display portion having a screen that can display an image; and an image forming substrate formed into a plate, wherein the image forming substrate are configured to be switchable between a first state where the screen is arranged to be inclined with respect to the first main surface such that light from the screen enters the image forming substrate from the first main surface side and forms the image on the second main surface side and a second state where the display portion and the image forming substrate are aligned in the thickness direction and are arranged along each other.

Abstract: A projector system that includes a first input device, a second input device, a control device, a sensor and a phase locked loop (PLL). A phase reference signal is created based on a signal rate of the first input device. A phase feedback signal is created based on the rotational speed of the second input device as it is measured by the sensor. The PLL compares the phase reference signal and the phase feedback signal to determine whether the first input device and the second input device are synchronized. A signal is sent to the control device for the second input device to change the rotational speed of the second input device in response to determining that the first input device and the second input device are not synchronized.

Abstract: A display system displays images projected by a plurality of projection type display devices so as to overlap each other. When a user uses this system, events occurring in these devices can be reliably delivered to the user. A commander and a slave project and display images so as to overlap each other. When a notification-required event occurs in the commander or the slave, the commander specifies this notification-required event. Then, the commander displays a first OSD image between the first OSD image and a second OSD image, which form an image corresponding to the specified notification-required event, in a predetermined region of a first screen of screens on which images are displayed. Also, the commander outputs to the slave a control signal to display the second OSD image in the predetermined region. The slave displays the second OSD image in the predetermined region when the control signal is received.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, an illumination system includes a light source that emits an illumination light flux. A first lens array has a plurality of first small lenses arranged therein. The first small lenses divide the illumination light flux emitted from the light source into a plurality of segmental light fluxes. A second lens array has a plurality of second small lenses arranged therein. The second small lenses have a one-to-one correspondence with the first small lenses and are configured to receive the segmental light fluxes exiting from the first small lenses. At least some of the second small lenses each include a plurality of lens elements disposed in a surface direction that is the same as the second small lenses. A superimposing lens superimposes on an illuminated area the segmental light fluxes exiting from the plurality of second small lenses.

Abstract: Assuming that a normal line of an image display surface of a DMD is a normal line Ax of the image display surface, that a direction in which a light beam specularly reflected by a mirror is outputted is a specular reflection direction R, and that an angle that the specular reflection direction R forms with respect to the normal line Ax of the image display surface is denoted by ?, an image projection apparatus satisfies the following conditional expression: ?(2·k?1)?2·???(2·k)??(2·k+1), where ?(2·k?1) and ?(2·k+1) represent a diffraction angle of an odd-order diffracted light, and ?(2·k) represents a diffraction angle of an even-order diffracted light.

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for displaying control room data are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems, devices and methods are employed by operators of infrastructure to depict the status of the infrastructure to provide situational awareness to the operators.

Abstract: A projector includes a solid-state light source that emits linearly polarized light, a birefringence element that converts the linearly polarized light emitted from the solid-state light source into circularly or elliptically polarized light, a diffusion element that diffuses the light having exited from the birefringence element, and a polarization conversion element that separates the diffused light having exited from the diffusion element into first polarized light polarized in a first polarization direction and second polarized light polarized in a second polarization direction, converts the polarization direction of the first polarized light into the second polarization direction, and outputs the resultant first and second polarized light.

Abstract: A small device for projecting images from a video generating device such as a computer, television receiver, or similar device onto a screen or other surface is described in this invention. The device is the size of the pen, and converts video instructions using a processing unit and memory into light signals that are projected. In the one embodiment, the device uses pulsed laser light from red, green, and blue lasers that are combined into a single light pulse that is transmitted through a rotating disk containing numerous lenses that transmit each light pulse to a specific location on the screen.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes: a light source that outputs light; a light modulation device that has plural pixels arranged in a matrix and modulates the light from the light source; a projection system that projects the light modulated by the light modulation device onto a projection surface; a pixel image shift unit that can shift positions of images of the pixels of the light modulation device projected on the projection surface; and a control unit that controls the light modulation device and the pixel image shift unit, wherein the control unit can switch whether the pixel image shift unit temporally shifts the positions of the images of the pixels or not.

Abstract: A projection display includes an imager for displaying sub-images in a two-dimensional distribution of sub-areas of the imager and a projection optics array with a two-dimensional distribution of projection optics. The projection optics array is configured to superimpose projections of the sub-images to an overall image in an image plane such that a mutual area overlap of the projections of the sub-images in the image plane in pairs results, which is between 0.1 and 0.8 for all pairs. Here, the projection display is implemented such that the overall image is a virtual overall image.

Abstract: A projector for projecting light onto a projection surface includes a first group (1) with a negative meniscus, a second group (2) with positive refractive power, a third group (3) with a single lens, a fourth group (4) with a lens with positive refractive power, and a field lens (5) with positive refractive power, such that the light passes through the projection objective from the fourth to the first group. In order to be provide a high image quality with a small number of optical components and the smallest dimensions, the projector is configured so the common focal width of the fourth group (4) and the field lens (5) is smaller than twice the image circle diameter (9) of the projection objective and the maximum free diameter (8) is smaller than the overall focal width, and in particular smaller than 0.8 times the overall focal width of the projection objective.

Abstract: Wallpaper serving as a screen and display content such as an image to be projected onto the wallpaper are created while maintaining their correlation. The created display content is projected on the wallpaper. The content display system creates a background image, which is a first image serving as a screen, and a second image for a predetermined area on the first image while maintaining their visual relationship, and forms a composite image of the second image on the first image by projecting the second image from a projector onto the predetermined area of the first image.

Abstract: A projector that projects an image allows selection of one of a plurality of controlled objects located in correspondence with the vertices of the contour of the image and the sides of the contour, moves the selected controlled object within the image based on input operation, and corrects the contour of the image based on the moved controlled object.

Abstract: Provided is an image projection apparatus, such as a projector, including a light source; an image generating element such as a DMD that receives light from the light source and forms an image; an image generating unit that irradiates the image generating element with the light from the light source; a first optical system including multiple transmission refractive optical elements; a second optical system arranged on an optical path of outgoing light of the first optical system and including a reflection optical element; and a projection optical system that enlarges and projects an image conjugate to the image generated by the image generating element as a projected image. The light source, the image generating unit, and the first optical system are arranged side by side in series in a direction parallel with the projected image plane.

Abstract: A corrector corrects a main image acquired by an image acquirer based on correction setting acquired by a correction setting acquirer, and stores corrected main image in a buffer. An unused area detector detects the area that has not stored the corrected main image in the buffer, and transmits the result to a sub-image selector. The sub-image selector selects, among sub-image candidates registered in a sub-image information memory, a candidate that can be displayed on the unused area and has the highest priority as a sub-image. The sub-image controller executes a program stored in the sub-image displaying program memory, and displays the selected sub-image on the unused area.

Abstract: A chart generation unit generates an adjustment chart, and a projection unit projects the adjustment chart onto a circular cylinder. A parameter acquiring unit acquires 12 parameters in total, relating to the positions of four corners and middle points of a top side and a bottom side of a chart and lateral expansion of the chart, the chart being input by a user through manipulations of an operation unit. A transform function determination unit calculates, from the total of 12 parameters, an accurate transform function for projecting an image onto the circular cylinder. An image conversion unit applies geometric transformation to the image based on the calculated transform function.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-projection system using an interior surface as a projection surface, the system including a screen installed in a single theater, a plurality of interior surfaces arranged around the screen, and two or more projection devices for projecting synchronized images on the screen and the interior surfaces.

Abstract: A projector includes a light source device, a diffraction element that converts light from the light source device into 0-th order light and diffracted light, a light modulation device that modulates the diffracted light so as to form image light, and a projection optical system that emits projected light having a chief ray which is tilted with respect to an optical axis of the image light incident from the light modulation device. Defining a reference plane as a plane which is perpendicular to a plane including the optical axis and a chief ray of the projected light and includes the optical axis, a plane including an optical axis of the 0-th order light and a chief ray of the diffracted light intersects the reference plane.

Abstract: A projection optical system substantially consists of a first optical system composed of a plurality of lenses and a second optical system composed of one reflection mirror having a convex aspherical surface arranged in this order from the reduction side and is configured, when an air space between the first optical system and the second optical system is taken as T12 and a displacement in a direction of the optical axial from a position of maximum effective height on the magnification side lens surface of the lens disposed on the most magnification side in the first optical system to the vertex of the lens surface is taken as Zf, to satisfy a conditional expression (1): 0.1<Zf/T12<1.0, in which an image formed on a conjugate plane on the reduction side is magnified and projected onto a conjugate plane on the magnification side.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a projector clustering method including the steps of: (a) arranging projection areas of a plurality of projectors to be overlapped with each other; (b) setting a reference projector among the plurality of projectors; and (c) calculating relative transformation information between the reference projector and the other projectors.

Abstract: A system is provided for projecting a three-dimensional image. The system includes a first light source, emitting a light of a first color and a second light source emitting light of a second color. At least one polarizing beam splitter (PBS) is disposed adjacent the first light and the second light source, and at least one imaging device is disposed adjacent the at least one PBS.

Abstract: A light source system for a stereoscopic projection apparatus is provided. The light source system has a light source module, a first lens unit, a light splitting element, a color wheel module and a light integration element. The light source module provides a light beam, which is transferred by the first lens unit to the light splitting element. Then, the light beam is split by the light splitting element into a first light beam with a first bandwidth and a second light beam with a second bandwidth. The first and the second light beams are then received and transformed by the color wheel into a third light beam and a fourth light beam which are then transmitted to the light integration element. With the above arrangement, the light source system can be applied on a projection apparatus to provide a stereoscopic image.

Abstract: A digital light processing projector includes a light emitting diode (LED), a laser, a rotatable optical element, a reflector, a first filter, a second filter, a digital micro-mirror device (DMD), and a projection lens. The LED and the laser respectively emit a first and second homogeneous lights. The rotatable optical element converts a first portion of the second homogeneous light to a third homogeneous light, reflects the third homogeneous light, and transmits a second portion of the second homogeneous light. The reflector reflects the third homogeneous light. The first filter transmits the first homogeneous light, and reflects the second portion to the second filter. The second filter transmits the second portion and the first homogeneous light, and reflects the third homogeneous light to the DMD. The DMD modulates the first, second and third homogeneous lights to obtain optical images. The projection lens projects the optical images on a screen.

Abstract: A projection-type image display apparatus includes a color separation element including a color separation surface, a light modulation element configured to receive the light divided by the color separation element, a polarizing beam splitter disposed between the color separation element and a projection optical system to separate a light path of a light modulated by the light modulation element according to a polarization direction and guide the resulting light to the projection optical system, and a phase difference plate disposed between the color separation element and the light modulation element. An optic axis of the phase difference plate and the normal of the color separation surface are substantially parallel or perpendicular to each other, in a cross section parallel to a normal of the color separation surface and a normal of the light modulation element.

Abstract: A projector includes: a main body section including a light source, a display surface illuminated by light from the light source, and an emission optical system adapted to emit light from the display surface; and a projection unit adapted to project light from the display surface toward an irradiated surface, the light being emitted from the emission optical system, wherein the projection unit includes an image plane control optical system adapted to change the light emitted from the emission optical system to light forming an image plane of the display surface tilted with respect to the display surface, and an angle-widening mirror with a concave surface having positive power and adapted to reflect light forming an image plane of the display surface tilted with respect to the display surface and widen an angle of the light.

Abstract: Provided are a projection device and a projection-type video display device capable of displaying a plurality of videos, allowing speckles to be inconspicuous, and miniaturizing an optical system. A projection device includes an optical element including light diffusion elements capable of diffusing light, an irradiation device configured to irradiate the optical element with illumination light beams, each illumination light beam scanning the corresponding light diffusion element, spatial light modulators, each spatial light modulator being illuminated with illumination light beam which is incident from the irradiation device to each light diffusion element to be diffused, and projection optical systems, each projection optical system projecting modulation image obtained on each spatial light modulator on corresponding screen. The illumination light beam, which is incident to each position of each light diffusion element to be diffused, overlappedly illuminates on corresponding spatial light modulator.

Abstract: A projection optical system for use in an image display apparatus having an illumination optical system applying light from a light source, and an image display device receiving the light from the illumination optical system to form a projection image includes a projector lens composed of plural lenses, a first mirror, and a second mirror formed of a concave mirror. The projection optical system is configured to project the projection image onto a projection surface. A projection luminous flux passing through the projector lens to be incident on the first mirror is a luminous flux exhibiting divergence. The projection luminous flux reflected off the second mirror after having reflected off the first mirror is converged once, and the once converged projection luminous flux is projected onto the projection surface. A lens surface of a lens located closest to the first mirror among the lenses of the projector lens is convex.

Abstract: A method for projecting a three-dimensional image, that includes providing a first light source and a second light source. A polarizing beam splitter (PBS) is disposed adjacent the first light source and the second light source. An imaging device is adjacent the PBS. A polarization flipping element is disposed adjacent the PBS opposite the imaging device, and a mirror is disposed adjacent the polarization flipping element. A first light is emitted from the first light source. The first light is polarized such that it reflects through the PBS to a polarization flipping element. The first light passes through the polarization flipping element twice such that it will reach the surface of the imaging device. The second light is emitted from the second light source after the first light is emitted. The second light is polarized such that the light passes through the PBS to the imaging device.

Abstract: There is disclosed a laser projector and a method of processing a signal thereof. The laser projector includes a plurality of laser sources configured to generate lasers, a controller configured to control each of the generated lasers to be incident on a specific region of a screen with a time difference, and a scanner configured to scan each of the lasers on the screen.

Abstract: When images are projected in a superposing manner on a screen by a plurality of projectors, a controller of a projector obtains drive timing information of liquid crystal panels of the plurality of projectors and controls a drive timing of a drive unit on the basis of the obtained drive timing information so as to reduce a flicker of a display image.

Abstract: A method for automatic delivery of consistent imagery in a multi-projector system includes the steps of dividing the projectors into a plurality of sub-groups of projectors, each projector oriented to project a sub-frame to a sub-group display location, and adjusting the output of each projector in each sub-group to provide selected target display characteristics across all sub-groups.

Abstract: An image projection apparatus includes a light source; a projected image outputting unit having multiple mirrors arranged in a matrix, to which radiating light emitted from the light source while controlling an angle of a light reflection face of each of the mirrors; a control unit controls the angle of light reflection face of the mirrors using the a division half-toning control based on image data of a projected image, and settings of control parameters used for the time division half-toning control; and an image capturing device to capture the projected mage. When the control unit detects a false contour in a projected test pattern image based on image data of the projected test pattern image captured by the image capturing device, the control unit corrects the control parameters for the time division half-toning control based on detection of the false contour.

Abstract: A projection system includes projection units configured to project an image on a projection body; a preparing unit configured to prepare calibration-use images; an extraction unit configured to extract, from each of the calibration-use images, at least grating points indicating a distortion in a projected image of one of the projection units and alignment points of the projected image of the one of the projection units or another one of the projection units; a conversion unit configured to convert, onto a common coordinate system, the grating points of the projected images of the projection units extracted from the calibration-use images, based on alignment points common to the calibration-use images; and a geometric correction coefficient calculation unit configured to calculate a geometric correction coefficient for providing a projection image to be projected from the projection units, based on the grating points on the common coordinate system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are related to projection.

Abstract: A display-camera system includes a liquid crystal panel having a screen side and a back side that is opposed to the screen side. A visible light camera is positioned a first spaced distance from the back side such that a field of view of the camera encompasses all or a fraction of an area of the liquid crystal panel. A visible light source is positioned a second spaced distance from the back side and outside of the field of view of the camera. A diffuser is positioned between the visible light source and the back side.

Abstract: Methods and systems for acquiring and/or projecting images from and/or to a target area are provided. Such a method or system can includes an optical fiber assembly which may be driven to scan the target area in a scan pattern. The optical fiber assembly may provide multiple effective light sources (e.g., via a plurality of optical fibers) that are axially staggered with respect to an optical system located between the optical fiber and the target area. The optical system may be operable to focus and/or redirect the light from the multiple light sources onto separate focal planes. A composite image may be generated based on light reflected from and/or projected onto the separate focal planes. The composite image may have an extended depth of focus or field spanning over a distance between the separate focal planes while maintaining or improving image resolution.