Distortion Compensation Patents (Class 353/69)
  • Patent number: 7973795
    Abstract: An image display system includes: an information processing apparatus that performs a predetermined image correcting process on image data; an image display apparatus that displays an image on the basis of the image data corrected by the information processing apparatus; and a signal transmitting member that connects the information processing apparatus and the image display apparatus and transmits signals therebetween. The information processing apparatus includes: a first image correction processing unit that performs a predetermined image correcting process on the image data; and a transmission data generating unit that compresses the image data corrected by the first image correction processing unit to generate transmission data to be transmitted to the image display apparatus through the signal transmitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yasunaga Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 7972014
    Abstract: A scanning projection apparatus for displaying image comprises a light source for generating a light beam, a beam scanner which deflects the light beam to project a two dimensional image field, a modulation means for modulating the intensity of the light beam, and a sensor to detect the scanned light beam. The light source may consist of a plurality of semiconductor lasers and/or solid state lasers to generate light beams with wavelengths of red, green and blue colors aligned into a single light path. The image field is divided into an active image field for displaying image and a dark field in the perimeter of the image field wherein the light beam is switched off to reduce inherent image defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Opus Microsystems Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Li Hung, Ta-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 7967445
    Abstract: An image projecting apparatus enables the formation of a projected image faithful to original image information by reducing degradation in the projected image due to decrease in imaging performance of a projection optical system. Image information is processed by an image processing device, which includes a first and a second image processor. A light modulating device modulates a flux of light emitted by an illumination optical system based on the processed image information. The modulated flux of light is projected on a screen by a projection optical system. If the image information processed by the first image processor in a pixel region is not within a representable modulation range of the light modulating device, the image information is processed by the second image processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukiko Hamano, Ryosuke Kasahara, Toshiyuki Kawasaki
  • Publication number: 20110149251
    Abstract: A optical apparatus (201) for use in an laser imaging system (200) is provided. The optical apparatus (201) includes one or more optical elements (215) that are configured to create an intermediate image plane (217) in the laser imaging system (200). A diffractive optical element (216) is then disposed at the intermediate image plane (217) to reduce speckle. The diffractive optical element (216) includes a periodically repeating phase mask (218) that can be configured in accordance with steps, vortex functions, Hermite-Gaussian functions, and so forth. Smooth grey-level phase transitional surface (337) can be placed between elements (333,334) to improve brightness and image quality. The periodically repeating phase mask (218) makes manufacture simple by reducing alignment sensitivity, and can be used to make applicable safety standards easier to meet as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: MICROVISION, INC.
    Inventors: Markus Duelli, Alban N. Lescure, Mark O. Freeman, Christian Dean DeJong, Joshua M. Hudman
  • Publication number: 20110141441
    Abstract: An object is to provide a image projection device which has a small size but can project an image having a high image quality. To achieve the object, in an image projection device, a reflection part which reflects a light flux from a light source is, while being rotated around a first axis by non-resonance driving, rotated by resonance driving around a second axis which is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, and thereby the light flux is deflected in a two-dimensional direction. By controlling the rotation of the reflection part, a correction for suppressing an image distortion along one scanning direction on a projection surface, and a correction for keeping substantially constant a scanning speed of the light flux along the other scanning direction on the projection surface, are performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Konno, Kenji Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 7959307
    Abstract: Embodiments include a light engine to generate pixels and a number of lenses positioned to receive pixels from the light engine and to project the pixels on to a field with a higher angular pixel density at an edge of the field than at a center of the field. A method according to embodiments includes generating pixels in a light engine, receiving the pixels from the light engine in a plurality of lenses, and projecting the pixels through the plurality of lenses on to a field with a higher angular pixel density at an edge of the field than at a center of the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The Elumenati, LLC
    Inventors: D'nardo Colucci, David M. McConville, Clayton C. Hooker
  • Patent number: 7959301
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a projection display device comprises a light modulator configured to receive light from a light source and emit an optical image modulated based on an image signal, a projector configured to project the optical image emitted from the light modulator onto a screen, and a correction unit configured to correct a distortion of the optical image which is projected onto the screen with an optical axis of the projector being not perpendicular to the screen, wherein the correction unit corrects the optical image which is projected onto the screen so that a shape of the optical image becomes a rectangle and any one of boundary sides of a rectangular optical image is aligned with a long boundary side of a trapezoidal projectable area of the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisayuki Mihara, Kohei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7961197
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for display image adjustment is described. More particularly, handles associated with polygon vertices of a polygon rendered image are provided as a graphical user interface (GUI). These handles may be selected and moved by a user with a cursor pointing device to adjust a displayed image for keystoning, among other types of distortion. This GUI allows a user to adjust a projected image for position of a projector with respect to imaging surface, as well as for imaging surface contour, where such contour may be at least substantially planar, cylindrical, or spherical and where such contour may comprise multiple imaging surfaces. This advantageously may be done without special optics or special equipment. An original image is used as texture for rendering polygons, where the image is applied to the rendered polygons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Michael B. Diamond, Abraham B. de Waal, David R. Morey, Jerome F. Duluk, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7959300
    Abstract: A projection image display device including a display plane for displaying an image, a projection mechanism projecting an image on the display plane, and an imaging mechanism arranged on the same side of the display plane as the projection mechanism for imaging the display plane. The imaging mechanism is arranged at a position where a position symmetric with respect to the display plane of the projection mechanism is out of the range of the field angle of the imaging mechanism. By arranging the imaging mechanism at a position where no direct reflecting light of the light source of the projection mechanism comes, it is possible to prevent generation of a hot spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichiroh Hirahara, Akira Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7950806
    Abstract: A rear projector for performing image projection includes: a screen and a projection optical system. The screen has a rotationally symmetric Fresnel lens. The projection optical system has at least one reflection surface formed of a rotationally asymmetric free curved surface. The projection optical system is nonaxisymmetric and makes a central principle ray incident obliquely on the screen in the image projection. The Fresnel lens has aberration that cancels out pupil aberration of the projection optical system so that principal rays of beams exiting from the Fresnel lens become substantially parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayuki Imaoka, Jun Ishihara
  • Patent number: 7946718
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for optical calibration of a picture modulator. More specifically, there is provided a video unit (10) comprising a modulator (18) configured to modulate a projection lens assembly (16) between a first position and a second position, a photodiode assembly (22) configured to produce a first voltage corresponding to a first pixel pattern generated when the projection lens assembly (16) is in the first position and to produce a second voltage corresponding to a second pixel pattern when the projection lens assembly (16) is the second position, and a video control system (26) configured to adjust the location of the second position based on the first and second voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: TTE Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Eugene Murphy O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 7946714
    Abstract: There is provided a projector unit which can facilitate the design of lenses and project a distortionless and clear image and which comprises a projection optical system in which an optical axis of a projection lens does not coincide with a center of a rectangular image plane of an optical modulator for forming a projected image which corresponds to an image that is projected onto a screen, wherein the optical modulator is disposed in such a manner as to be tilted so that the optical axis of the projection lens and a center normal of the image plane of the optical modulator intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Etsuro Kawakami
  • Patent number: 7949202
    Abstract: A projector including: a sensing section which senses an area including at least a part of a projection image projected onto a projection target area to generate sensing information; a projection target area information generation section which generates projection target area information based on the sensing information; a projection area information generation section which generates projection area information based on the sensing information; an image distortion correction section which corrects distortion of the projection image and generates correction information indicating a degree of the correction; a display area information generation section which generates display area information based on the projection area information and the correction information; and an environmental influence reduction section which performs processing of reducing environmental influence based on the sensing information and the display area information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7942530
    Abstract: 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 plurality of plug-and-play projectors. A camera is coupled to the projector. A software or firmware controlled, computation and communication circuit is coupled to the projector and executes a single-program-multiple-data (SPMD) calibration algorithm that simultaneously runs on each self-sufficient module to generate a scalable and reconfigurable composite display without any need for user input or a central server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Aditi Majumder, Pinaki Sinha, Ezekiel S. Bhasker
  • Patent number: 7926957
    Abstract: A multi projection display includes a plurality of projector units to modulate light from an LED light source according to image information to project, a unit image information generating unit to generate unit image information to be inputted to each of the plurality of projector units, and a unit image information correcting unit to correct the unit image information based on a result of capturing projection images projected onto a transmissive screen. For this reason, a shutter, which results in complicating the construction, is not needed and further it is possible to further reduce the adjustment time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunaga Miyazawa, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20110085146
    Abstract: A projection system including a light valve, a lens, an arc reflector, and an arc screen is provided. The light valve is capable of providing an image beam. The lens is disposed in the transmission path of the image beam. The arc reflector has an arc reflective surface. The arc reflective surface is disposed in the transmission path of the image beam from the lens, so as to reflect the image beam. The arc reflective surface is curved in a first direction and not curved in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The arc screen is disposed in the transmission path of the image beam reflected by the arc reflective surface. The arc screen is curved in the first direction and not curved in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. A projection apparatus and an imaging module are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kun-Rong Chang
  • Patent number: 7922336
    Abstract: A light source device for a display device for projecting an image on a screen is provided, the light source device for display device including a light source unit operable to output light; an image outputting unit operable to output an image by giving an image signal to the light; and a control circuit operable to switch the image output from the image outputting unit between a normal image and a mirror reversed image formed by reversing the normal image right and left by controlling the image signal, such that outputting type is switched between a front projection in which the image is projected onto the screen from a front on the same side as the viewing side, and a rear projection in which the image is projected onto the screen from a rear plane on the opposite side to the viewing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Yokoyama, Ken'ichi Kasazumi
  • Publication number: 20110080565
    Abstract: An image projecting apparatus includes an image display element, an optical system that projects an image displayed on the image display element onto a screen, an optical element that shifts in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical system, an adjusting mechanism that can shift the optical element in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and a holding member that fixes the optical element to a lens barrel, wherein a combined Abbe number vdch of materials of the optical element with respect to a d-line, a combined focal length fdch of the optical element with respect to the d-line, and the pixel pitch P of the image display element satisfy an appropriate condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Saburo Sugawara, Kazuhiro Inoko, Makoto Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7914153
    Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus includes a lens group, being disposed adjacent to an image display element, which is configured to include a plural number of lenses, and a mirror, which is configured to reflect emission lights from the lens group, so as to project upon the screen obliquely. A ratio (Lo/Lp) between a distance (Lp) from a center of the mirror up to the screen and a diagonal size (Lo) of the screen is at least 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Takanori Hisada, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 7909470
    Abstract: An image projection method and a projector are provided to be able to change aspect ratio or resolution of a projection image, without setting of keystone correction again. The projector sets a displayable region with a shape according to an aspect ratio and a resolution of the projection image. The projector converts coordinates of the displayable region into coordinates in a screen coordinate system, and generates a rectangular area with a desired aspect ratio in a region corresponding to the displayable region in the screen coordinate system and a portion included in a projecting range. The projector converts the coordinates of a rectangular area into coordinates of a range corresponding to the rectangular area in the panel coordinate system, forms an image in a range corresponding to the rectangular area, and projects the projection image on the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ryouichi Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 7905609
    Abstract: A projector including a projector body, which has a light modulating device that modulates light emitted from a light source according to input image information to thereby form an optical image and a projection optical device that projects the formed optical image in an enlarged manner; an image output device that outputs the image information to the projector body; a connection mechanism for connecting the projector body and the image output device with each other such that the projector body and the image output device can rotate relative to each other; a rotation operation detecting unit that detects a relative rotation operation of the projector body and the image output device; and a control unit that controls the projector body and the rotation operation detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiko Igarashi, Morio Matsumoto, Kazumi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7905606
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically modifying an image prior to projection. The system includes an image forming element configured to project an image to a projection surface having at least one property and a detection module coupled to the image forming element, the detection module capable of detecting at least one property with respect to the surface. The system further includes at least one processor configured to modify an outgoing image in response to the at least one property of the surface, such as color, texture and surface curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Roger Lee Bullock
  • Patent number: 7905607
    Abstract: A projector includes an adjusting leg section configured to be capable of protruding/retracting outside/inside an exterior chassis and changing a tilt condition of the projector, an interlocking device that displaces based on the protruding/retracting movement of the adjusting leg section, a variable resistance device that has a resistance that varies based on displacement of the interlocking device, a voltage detection device that detects a voltage based on the resistance of the variable resistance device, a storage device that stores keystone distortion correction amount information, and a keystone distortion correction device that obtains a keystone distortion correction amount from the keystone distortion correction amount information based on the voltage detected by the voltage detection device, and that corrects the keystone distortion of the projection image using the keystone distortion correction amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Takatsu, Nobuyuki Otsuki, Hirohisa Nakano
  • Patent number: 7901091
    Abstract: A projection apparatus including a projection body and at least one adjusting leg is provided. The projection body has a casing, and the bottom of the casing has at least one accommodating cave. The adjusting leg includes a supporter and a pivoting rod. The supporter has a supporting portion and a screw connected to the supporting portion, and the projection body is capable of being supported on a surface by the supporting portion. The pivoting rod is pivoted to the casing and has a threaded hole, and the screw is screwed into the threaded hole. The pivoting rod is capable of being rotated along an axis of the pivoting rod to drive the supporter to rotate, so as to accommodate the supporting portion in the accommodating cave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Hsueh Chen, Jung-Chi Chen, Chih-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20110043770
    Abstract: A rear-projection type display device has a projection device, a transmission type screen, a housing, and input means. The projection device projects a light from a light source, as an optical image. The optical image is projected to the transmission type screen. The housing accommodates the projection device and the transmission type screen. A user operation is inputted to the input means. The rear-projection type display device includes a storage section, a distortion amount detection section, a correction amount calculation section, and a correction section. The storage section stores a distortion detection image to be displayed on the transmission type screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Taisuke MURATA
  • Patent number: 7893393
    Abstract: A method and system for calibrating and operating projection systems where one or more projectors are utilized to project an image. One or more projectors are oriented to project an image on a projection screen and one or more image sensors are oriented to acquire the projected image. Three-dimensional position coordinates of the respective image fiducials as projected on the screen are identified by applying three-dimensional mapping functions to represent the manner in which two-dimensional points in a projector frame map to three-dimensional points on the projection screen. Parametric functions are fit to a neighborhood of points representing the three-dimensional image fiducial position coordinates and corresponding parametric models are generated. The projectors are then operated in accordance with geometric calibration data generated from validation and correction of the fiducial coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Mersive Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen B. Webb, Christopher O. Jaynes
  • Publication number: 20110037955
    Abstract: A laser projection display and a method of compensating for image distortion of the same stereoscopic liquid crystal display device having a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. Herein, the method includes displaying a picture including a red image, a green image, and a blue image, selecting one of the red image, the green image, and the blue image so as to perform pixel alignment of the picture, calculating pixel coordinate values x+dx and y+dy corresponding to the selected image (herein, x represents the x coordinate value prior to alignment, y represents the y coordinate value prior to alignment, dx represents a varied x coordinate value after alignment, and dy represents a varied y coordinate value after alignment), calculating distortion compensation coordinate values X? and Y? corresponding to the pixel coordinate values x+dx and y+dy, and mapping the distortion compensation values X? and Y?, thereby compensating for an image distortion occurring in the selected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Seo, Jung Hwan Choi, Jae Wook Kwon
  • Patent number: 7887195
    Abstract: A projection display includes a projection unit projecting an image on a screen, an image processor capable of adjusting an image display area where an image is projected on the screen by processing an image signal to be input to the projection unit, and an image-outline adjusting mechanism supporting the projection unit and capable of adjusting the image display area by positioning the projection unit. The image processor is capable of adjusting the image display area in one translational degree of freedom, and the image-outline adjusting mechanism is capable of positioning the projection unit in five degrees of freedom except for one translational degree of freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Odagiri, Akihiro Kitaguchi, Yoshinori Asamura
  • Patent number: 7883214
    Abstract: A lightweight, compact image projection module has a laser package having a common exit port, and a plurality of lasers mounted in the package and operative for emitting a plurality of laser beams of different wavelengths through the common exit port. An optical assembly focuses the laser beams exiting the common exit port, and includes a common focusing lens through which the laser beams pass along respective paths that are in angular misalignment. An optical corrector element in at least one of the paths corrects the misalignment to produce aligned beams. A scanner sweeps the aligned beams in a pattern of scan lines, each scan line having a number of pixels. A controller causes selected pixels to be illuminated, and rendered visible, by the aligned beams to produce the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Microvision, Inc.
    Inventors: Duanfeng He, Miklos Stern, Dmitriy Yavid
  • Publication number: 20110025982
    Abstract: A projector adapted to project an image includes: a detection section adapted to detect a motion of the projector; a determination section adapted to compare a detection result of the detection section with a predetermined criterion to perform determination on whether the projector is in a moving state or in a resting state; an adjustment section adapted to begin adjustment of at least one projection condition of the image in response to a transition of a determination result of the determination section from the moving state to the resting state; an auxiliary operation section adapted to auxiliary support the projection of the image by performing an operation with vibration; and a criterion determination section adapted to change the criterion based on a operation state of the auxiliary operation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadao Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7876384
    Abstract: A rear projection imaging system with an image warping distortion correction system using a camera and processing unit to generate a warping map that corrects for image distortion. The warping map is generated in an iterative process by displaying a known pattern on a viewing screen and, through the use of a camera, having a microprocessor determine the location and shape of the pattern on the screen. The microprocessor then compares the displayed image to the original reference image, calculates the distortion effects present in the projection optics, and generates a warping map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Fakespace Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian E. McDowall, Mark T. Bolas
  • Patent number: 7871166
    Abstract: An optical projection system includes an image generation element, a projection lens set for receiving an image from the image generation element, refracting the image and projecting the image out, and a reflector for reflecting the image from the projection lens set and projecting the image to a screen. The projection lens set includes an aspherical lens with a distortion coefficient larger than 0.5 for producing a pincushion distortion of the image and several other lenses, and the absolute value of the sum of the distortion coefficients of the other lenses are less than the distortion coefficient of the aspherical lens. The reflector produces a barrel distortion to the image for compensating a pincushion distortion of the image produced by the projection lens set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Yao Chen, Ching-Lung Lai
  • Patent number: 7862179
    Abstract: A dual-mode projection apparatus has a projection module for projecting an image onto a projection surface. An image sensor module captures images of the projection surface and determines spatial and temporal characteristics of a visible light spot superimposed on the projection surface. A communications module transmits the spatial and temporal characteristics of the visible light spot to a remote device for remote control of the device based on the spatial and temporal characteristics of the visible light spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jizhang Shan, Jin Li
  • Patent number: 7857461
    Abstract: A projector includes: an image capturing unit that captures an image of a projection target image (an original image or a corrected image) projected by the projector on a projection surface; a shape model hold unit that holds shape models; a model selection unit that selects a projection surface shape model based on correspondence relationships between first feature points on the projection target image and second feature points on the captured image; a parameter calculation unit that calculates a model parameter which is to be used to approximate a shape of the projection surface shape model to the shape of the projection surface and indicates a positional relationship between the projection surface and the projector, for each projection target image based on the correspondence relationships; a correction unit that corrects another original image; and a projection unit that projects the corrected image as another projection target image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Kondo, Takafumi Aoki, Toru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7857462
    Abstract: A projection optical unit for a projection display apparatus, which displays an image upon a projection surface, obliquely, includes a front lens group disposed in a direction from an image display element to a projection surface, a rear lens group, and a reflection mirror formed so that a curvature of a portion for reflecting a light beam incident upon a lower end portion of the projection surface is larger than a curvature of a portion for reflecting a light beam incident upon an upper end of the projection surface. An optical axis of the front lens group and the rear lens group is more inclined with respect to a direction of the portion of the reflection mirror for reflecting the light beam incident upon the lower end portion of the projection surface than a normal line direction of the image display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Hisada, Koji Hirata, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 7857460
    Abstract: A projector assembly includes a multi-pixel frame projector that sequentially projects each pixel making up a frame to a viewing surface, a movement detector coupled to the projector to detect a physical movement of the projector, and a movement compensator coupled to the projector, the movement compensator operable to transmit a correction signal to the projector, the correction signal capable of causing the projector to compensate for the detected movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomasz L. Klosowiak, George T. Valliath, Dmitriy Yavid
  • Patent number: 7854518
    Abstract: A method includes generating a first plurality of meshes configured to map a first domain associated with a display surface having a plurality of fiducial marks to a second domain associated with a image capture device configured to capture a first image of the display surface, generating a second plurality of meshes configured to map the second domain to a third domain associated with a first projector configured to display a second image onto the display surface, and generating a first mesh configured to map the first domain to the third domain in conjunction with a second mesh using the first plurality of meshes and the second plurality of meshes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: W. Bruce Culbertson, Michael Harville, Daniel G. Gelb, Irwin E. Sobel, Andrew E. Fitzhugh, Donald O. Tanguay, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7850313
    Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus includes an image display element, a first lens group disposed in a light direction with respect to the image display element and configured to include a plurality of lenses, a second lens group disposed in a light direction with respect to the first lens group and configured to include a plurality of lenses, a reflection mirror, configured to reflect lights emitted from the first and/or second lens groups so as to project upon the screen obliquely, a first mounting base on which the first lens group is mounted, a second mounting base on which the second lens group is mounted, and a chassis configured to store the first and second lens groups, the reflection mirror, and the first and second mounting bases. The first mounting base is fixed at a bottom of the chassis, while the second mounting base is moveable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Takanori Hisada, Masahiko Yatsu
  • Patent number: 7852329
    Abstract: An image display apparatus includes a light source that generates light-source light of a plurality of colors, at least one optical modulator that corresponds to the light source and modulates image light of each of the light-source light of the plurality of colors, a display drive unit that controls the operation of the optical modulator according to an input image signal to perform display, a signal determining unit that determines whether the image signal has been input and whether the image signal can be processed by the display drive unit, and determines that a display state is non-normal when the image signal has not been input or when the image signal cannot be processed by the display drive unit, and a controller that, when the signal determining unit determines that the display state is non-normal, generates only at least one specific color light of the light-source light of the plurality of colors and simultaneously transmits a display image signal for non-normal display to the optical modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 7850311
    Abstract: A front projection display device having a projection module and a docking station. The docking station has a base. Further, the docking station can include an extendable arm attached to the base. The projection module contains an optical engine. The optical engine includes an illumination system, an imaging system, and a wide-angle projection lens. The optical engine outputs an image at a half field angle of at least 45°. The projected image has substantially no distortion and requires substantially no keystone correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ernesto M. Rodriguez, Jr., Patricia M. Hughes, William E. Haushalter, Kai Chang Lu, Steven G. Saxe
  • Patent number: 7841722
    Abstract: A projection system includes an image processing apparatus, a projector having an optical modulation element and a projection optical apparatus, and a digital communication unit. The image processing apparatus performs a projector correction process to generate first correction processed image data and an original display correction process to generate a second correction processed image data and generates difference data for a difference between the first correction processed image data and the second correction processed image data, and transmits the difference data to the projector through the digital communication unit. The projector performs the projector correction process on the image data to generate the first correction processed image data and a correction process based on the difference data on the first correction processed image data to generate the second correction processed image data, and controls the optical modulation element based on the second correction processed image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunaga Miyazawa, Mitsuhiro Inazumi, Toshiki Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20100296063
    Abstract: In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph R. Bietry, Barry D. Silverstein, Gary E. Nothhard, Robert Metzger, Andrew F. Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20100296061
    Abstract: In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Barry D. Silverstein, Joseph R. Bietry, Gary E. Nothhard, Robert Metzger, Andrew F. Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20100296065
    Abstract: In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Barry D. Silverstein, Gary E. Nothhard, Joseph R. Bietry, Robert Metzger, Andrew F. Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20100296064
    Abstract: In a coherent light projection system including an image forming system, a relay system, a speckle reduction element, and a projection subsystem, the relay system can have a first f-number, and the projection subsystem can have a second f-number less than the first f-number. The relay system can have a first working distance, and the projection subsystem can have a second working distance less than the first working distance. The image forming system can project an initial image having a first size, and an intermediate image can have a second size greater than or equal to the first size. The speckle reduction element can have a curved surface through which the intermediate image is transferred. The speckle reduction element can include a lenslet arrangement formed on a surface thereof. The speckle reduction element can be moved in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the speckle reduction element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Barry D. Silverstein, Gary E. Nothhard, Joseph R. Bietry, Robert Metzger, Andrew F. Kurtz
  • Patent number: 7824039
    Abstract: There is provided a projector having a projecting unit, a projecting system which projects video onto a projection surface by use of the projecting unit, a projecting direction judgment system which judges a projecting direction of the projecting system, and a menu image generating system which generates a menu image, as video generated in the projector as the video to be projected by the projecting system, so that the menu image suits the projecting direction judged by the projecting direction judgment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Takito, Seijiiro Kadowaki, Takashi Hara
  • Patent number: 7813585
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a distortion correction processing unit. The image processing apparatus has a distortion correcting range calculating unit that calculates an input image range necessary for distortion correction processing of the distortion correction processing unit. Thus, the corrected image (output image) obtained by the distortion correction processing can be outputted without overs and shorts for the image output range. The distortion is corrected by effectively using input (picked-up) image data, serving as the original data. Further, the distortion including the pincushion distortion, the barrel distortion, and the curvilinear distortion is effectively corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Higurashi, Hideaki Furukawa, Akiro Ueno
  • Patent number: 7813578
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for unobtrusively estimating the characteristics of a projection surface, in order to correct the distortion of images resulting from the characteristics of the projection surface in the case of a projector. The method includes projecting at least one reference pixel and at least one counterbalance pixel corresponding to the reference pixel onto consecutive image frames, and correcting an image frame to be projected using correction information determined based on photographic information of the reference pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-suh Park, Sei-bum Ban, Moon-sik Jeong, Yong-beom Lee
  • Patent number: 7806534
    Abstract: A projector for automatically adjusting images projected onto a screen includes a detecting module for detecting a propagation time for projected ultrasonic waves sent by the projector to be echoed back by the screen and received by the projector, a processing module for calculating a projection distance between the projector and the screen based on the propagation time, and outputting a focal length signal corresponding to the projection distance, an optical module, and an adjusting module for adjusting a local length of the optical module according to the focal length signal. A related method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Fang Wong, Lin-Kun Ding
  • Publication number: 20100238416
    Abstract: A projection optical system for enlarging and projecting a light flux from an image display panel modulating an irradiation light, onto a screen in an oblique direction, the projection optical system includes: a lens system including a plurality of lenses, the lens system refracting the light flux from the image display panel; a single convex mirror reflecting the light flux from the lens system, the lens system and the convex mirror being arranged in an order from the image display panel; and a stop disposed in an optical path after an emission from the lens system to an incidence on the convex mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Muneharu KUWATA, Tomohira Sasagawa