Roll Up Screen Patents (Class 359/461)
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Patent number: 8169698Abstract: An integral, dual projection screen structure for displaying an image from a projection source. The projection screen structure comprises a frame; first and second movable projection screens disposed within the frame, each movable screen having an operable roller for rolling and unrolling the screen and being mounted at the top portion of the frame; and a masking system having at least two movable masking panels disposed within the frame over at least two of the top portion, bottom portion and first and second side portions of the front side of the sheet in the second screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Stewart Filmscreen CorporationInventor: Mark K. Robinson
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Patent number: 8169702Abstract: A screen unit includes: a screen member; a first support member which supports one end of the screen member; a second support member which supports the other end of the screen member; a stretching and contracting device which expands the screen member; and a tensioning member disposed on the side opposite to the side where the screen member is provided with respect to the stretching and contracting device to apply tension in a direction substantially parallel with the direction from the first support member to the second support member.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Kiyoshi Kuroi, Hiroyuki Shindo
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Patent number: 8164830Abstract: A screen assembly for a projectile-based simulator is comprised of front, right and left fabric panels that form a hitting bay with a front projector impact screen. Each fabric panel can be raised and lowered with respective roller assemblies that operate unison so that the fabric panels are simultaneously raised and lowered. Zippers are provided between each of the fabric panels that are configured to cause adjacent fabric panels to engage as the panels are lowered and to disengage as the panels are raised to allow the panels to wind upon respective roller assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Inventor: Todd M. Astill
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Patent number: 8159745Abstract: A portable screen assembly is small, light and easy to handle and enables easy extension and contraction of a column stretching a screen. The column has at least a first cylindrical body, a second cylindrical body, and a third cylindrical body, wherein the first cylindrical body slides within the second cylindrical body and the second cylindrical body slides within the third cylindrical body. The column also includes a first lock portion locking slide of the first cylindrical body, a second lock portion locking slide of the second cylindrical body, a lock release lever provided at an upper end portion of the first cylindrical body, and a release bar having an upper end portion pivotally connected to the lock release lever so as to be movable vertically within the first cylindrical body.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Izumi-Cosmo Company, LimitedInventors: Teruyuki Abe, Kazuharu Seki
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Publication number: 20120075697Abstract: A screen assembly for a projectile-based simulator is comprised of front, right and left fabric panels that form a hitting bay with a front projector impact screen. Each fabric panel can be raised and lowered with respective roller assemblies that operate in unison so that the fabric panels are simultaneously raised and lowered. Zippers are provided between each of the fabric panels that are configured to cause adjacent fabric panels to engage as the panels are lowered and to disengage as the panels are raised to allow the panels to wind upon respective roller assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventor: Todd M. Astill
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Patent number: 8120846Abstract: A projection screen (1) has a projection surface (2), support elements (4) for supporting the projection surface in the suspended state, elements for exerting vertical traction forces (FV) including elements (5) for weighting the bottom longitudinal edge of the projection surface, and elements for exerting horizontal traction forces (FH) including firstly two deformable elongate elements (9, 10) each connected to one of the lateral edges of the projection surface and secondly elements (11) for weighting each deformable elongate element. According to the invention, the weighting elements for exerting horizontal traction forces and the weighting elements for exerting vertical traction forces are distinct and are mounted to perform independent weighting action in at least one position corresponding to the or one of the utilization positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Inventors: Yves Trelohan, Yann Charlot
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Patent number: 8115996Abstract: A screen fabric includes a stack of a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers include: a first layer that forms a surface layer on which a three-dimensional portion is to be formed; and a second layer that is different from the first layer. The first layer is made of a vinyl chloride resin, and the second layer has a lower hardness than the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Masashi Kitabayashi
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Patent number: 8107166Abstract: A cabinet projection screen with an automatic cover-lifting function is provided, which includes a cabinet body (1). A cover-lifting mechanism (2) is disposed on the cabinet body (1). The cover-lifting mechanism (2) includes a cover plate (21), a transmission rod (22), and a cover-plate drive motor (23). The cover-plate drive motor (23) drives the cover plate (21) to open or close through the transmission rod (22). An elevator screen (3) is disposed inside the cabinet body (1). The elevator screen (3) is aligned with an opening (24) on the cabinet corresponding to the cover plate (21) when the cover plate (21) is opened. The cabinet projection screen can be used as a normal office desk or cabinet when not used for projection, and can also be used as a projection screen when necessary, so that a multi-functional office desk or cabinet is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Elite Screens China Corp.Inventor: Chang-Hsiu Tsai Chen
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Patent number: 8089692Abstract: A projection type image display apparatus includes an optical engine that emits a light according to image signal, a Fresnel lens on which the light emitted by the optical engine is incident and emitting the light as a parallel light, and a diffusion member that diffuses the parallel light emitted by the Fresnel lens. The projection type image display apparatus further includes a driving unit that moves the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member in a plane parallel to an emitting surface of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member, a frame the supports the Fresnel lens, the diffusion member and the driving unit, a resilient supporting body that supports a weight of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member with respect to the frame, and a holding unit that holds the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member so as to be movable in the plane parallel to the emitting surface of the Fresnel lens or the diffusion member.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Norihiro Watanabe, Atsushi Michimori, Kazuo Kadowaki, Takumi Kijima
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Patent number: 8054547Abstract: A seamless, shadowless, rear projection full dome imaging system comprising a 360° screen having a plurality of translucent screen sections, a rigid superstructure to which the screen sections are attached; clamping rings to hold the screen sections together; clamp arms to attach the screen sections to the superstructure, a transparent light guide attached to each clamping ring; adjacent screen sections being held between adjacent light guides by clamp arms; a plurality of projectors projecting a light image onto the rear of the screen sections; the light guides having a rear face angled perpendicular to the projected light; and a narrow front edge on the front side of the light guide. All surfaces of the light guides, except the rear face and the narrow front edge, are coated with a black opaque finish.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Acaji, Inc.Inventors: Glyn H. Anderson, Janeen D. Anderson, Joshua W. Perkins, Jeffrey W. Bryce
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Patent number: 8035893Abstract: A collapsible projection screen system mountable on or at a moveable carriage (10), the system comprising a flexible projection screen (16) moveable between a collapsed position and an erect position in which the screen (16) is supported by a support arrangement (14, 15), and a screen tensioning mechanism (64, 40, 56) operable on the screen (16) in the erect position to provide a generally flat screen surface. In another embodiment there is disclosed a mounting assembly for a flexible projection screen in a collapsible projection screen system having a roller, a mechanism for applying tension across and between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the screen in the erect position, the mechanism comprising a braking device and a drive apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2004Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Inventor: Silas Creel
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Patent number: 8031400Abstract: The present invention relates to a retractable frame of projection screen comprises, a receiving case; a cylinder; a supporting arm; a main retractable arm; and an upper support; when folding, the upper support is downwardly pressed, then the cylinder retractable arm is forced to inwardly retract by the cylinder and the driven retractable arm is inwardly retracted toward the main retractable arm until the cylinder retractable arm is fully received in the cylinder and the driven retractable arm is fully received in the main retractable arm, so the projection screen, the upper support, the supporting arm, the connecting member and the main retractable arm are received in the accommodating space.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Bright Supply Corp.Inventors: Shih-Jen Wang, Hsien Lung Chen, Li Chu Chen
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Publication number: 20110235173Abstract: A cabinet projection screen with an automatic cover-lifting function is provided, which includes a cabinet body (1). A cover-lifting mechanism (2) is disposed on the cabinet body (1). The cover-lifting mechanism (2) includes a cover plate (21), a transmission rod (22), and a cover-plate drive motor (23). The cover-plate drive motor (23) drives the cover plate (21) to open or close through the transmission rod (22). An elevator screen (3) is disposed inside the cabinet body (1). The elevator screen (3) is aligned with an opening (24) on the cabinet corresponding to the cover plate (21) when the cover plate (21) is opened. The cabinet projection screen can be used as a normal office desk or cabinet when not used for projection, and can also be used as a projection screen when necessary, so that a multi-functional office desk or cabinet is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Elite Screens China Corp.Inventor: Chang-Hsiu TSAI CHEN
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Publication number: 20110235174Abstract: A cabinet projection screen with an automatic push-pull structural function is provided, which includes a cabinet body (1). A screen push-pull base (13) is disposed on the cabinet body (1) through sliding rails (2, 4, 10, and 11). A scrolling mechanism (6) is disposed inside the cabinet body (1), and includes a scrolling shaft (61), a scrolling motor (8), a tape (62), and a telescopic device (7). One end of the tape (62) is fixed on the scrolling shaft (61), and the other end thereof is fixed on the screen push-pull base (13). When the scrolling motor (8) drives the scrolling shaft (61) to rotate, the scrolling shaft (61) winds the tape (62) on the scrolling shaft (61), so as to drive the screen push-pull base (13) to move towards one side of the scrolling shaft (61) through the tape (62), and at the same time the screen push-pull base (13) compresses the telescopic device (7). An elevator screen (12) is disposed on the screen push-pull base (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Elite Screens China Corp.Inventor: Chang-Hsiu CHAI CHEN
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Patent number: 8023187Abstract: A cabinet projection screen with an automatic push-pull structural function is provided, which includes a cabinet body (1). A screen push-pull base (13) is disposed on the cabinet body (1) through sliding rails (2, 4, 10, and 11). A scrolling mechanism (6) is disposed inside the cabinet body (1), and includes a scrolling shaft (61), a scrolling motor (8), a tape (62), and a telescopic device (7). One end of the tape (62) is fixed on the scrolling shaft (61), and the other end thereof is fixed on the screen push-pull base (13). When the scrolling motor (8) drives the scrolling shaft (61) to rotate, the scrolling shaft (61) winds the tape (62) on the scrolling shaft (61), so as to drive the screen push-pull base (13) to move towards one side of the scrolling shaft (61) through the tape (62), and at the same time the screen push-pull base (13) compresses the telescopic device (7). An elevator screen (12) is disposed on the screen push-pull base (13).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Elite Screens China Corp.Inventor: Chang-Hsiu Tsai Chen
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Publication number: 20110205622Abstract: A projection screen apparatus having a perimeter frame and a substantially blank screen is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: DRAPER, INC.Inventor: Steven E. Enochs
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Publication number: 20110199678Abstract: A screen unit includes: a screen member; a first support member which supports one end of the screen member; a second support member which supports the other end of the screen member; a stretching and contracting device which expands the screen member; and a tensioning member disposed on the side opposite to the side where the screen member is provided with respect to the stretching and contracting device to apply tension in a direction substantially parallel with the direction from the first support member to the second support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyoshi KUROI
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Patent number: 7995274Abstract: An electric projector screen is revealed. A linkage member is sleeved in a winding tube in a fixed seat and a locator is fixed on the winding tube. An interlock pipe mounted with a connection part therein is arranged between the linkage member and the locator. The interlock pipe and the connection part are corresponding to each other for location. An output end of a motor in the interlock pipe is connected to the connection part while the other end of the motor is arranged with a fastening plate. The cover has limit holes corresponding to the locator so that the locator is pressed tightly by stoppers passing through the limit holes. Thus the screen fabric is located and limited during motor maintenance and replacement and damages caused by sudden opening of the screen fabric are prevented. The motor maintenance and replacement become easier and more convenient.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: OMA Automation Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hao-Ting Cheou, Yao-Ching Huang
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Patent number: 7995273Abstract: An integral, dual projection screen structure for displaying an image from a projection source. The projection screen structure comprises a frame; a fixed projection screen disposed within and mounted to the frame; a first masking panel disposed within the frame over the fixed projection screen; a movable projection screen disposed within the frame adjacent the first masking panel, the movable screen having an operable roller for rolling and unrolling the screen and being mounted at the top portion of the frame; and a second masking panel disposed within the frame over the movable projection screen.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Stewart Flimscreen CorporationInventor: Mark K Robinson
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Patent number: 7985157Abstract: A decelerating device includes a fixed shaft, a tube, a transmission element and a driven element is provided. The tube is disposed around the fixed shaft and adapted to rotate about the fixed shaft. The transmission element has a fixed portion fixed at the fixed shaft and a planetary gear revolvably disposed at the fixed portion. The teeth of the tube are geared to the planetary gear. The driven element has a wheel, a sun gear fixed at the wheel and a plurality of balls. The sun gear and the wheel are revolvably disposed at the fixed shaft and in the tube. The planetary gear is adapted to drive the sun gear. The wheel has holes. Each of the holes extends from an outer surface of the wheel facing the tube to the interior of the wheel to form a cavity. The balls are disposed in the holes respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Coretronic (Suchou) CorporationInventor: Xin-Chang Yang
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Publication number: 20110141559Abstract: A screen unit includes: a screen having a first side, a second side, and a pair of crossing sides which cross the first side and the second side; a winding shaft holding the first side and functioning as a shaft around which the screen is wound; a supporting portion supporting the second side; a pair of string-shaped members provided between the winding shaft and the supporting portion and disposed outside the pair of the crossing sides of the screen in the directions along the pair of the crossing sides; and a plurality of connecting members provided on the pair of the crossing sides to connect the screen and the pair of the string-shaped members, wherein the pair of the crossing sides are curved toward the inside of the screen, and cushioning members are provided in such a manner as to cover at least the pair of the string-shaped members.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Kiyoshi Kuroi
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Patent number: 7954952Abstract: A secure display system comprises one or more closure devices having non-transparent polycarbonate projection panels, one or more projectors, and a PC for providing both security and advertising capabilities. The secure display system can display publicly viewable information by projecting images containing, for example, text, graphics, and video from the inside through the projection panels, thus creating an externally viewable display while securing the premises. In some embodiments, the closure device can include a plurality of projection panels in the form of a security roll down shutter. Transparent viewing panels can also be included adjacent the projection panels to provide both viewing and projecting capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: ADDvertisement, LLCInventors: James Donald Knight, Fred van der Kort, Erik J. Glotzbach
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Patent number: 7952801Abstract: A screen includes: a flexible screen body on which image light is projected; a fixed column arranged in a central portion; an arm sliding unit configured to pivotably support the second arm member of the first pantograph mechanism and the second arm member of the second pantograph mechanism with respect to the fixed column so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, in which the first pantograph mechanism and the second pantograph mechanism are expanded and contracted to move the first supporting unit and the second supporting unit toward and away from each other by a sliding movement of the arm sliding unit, and an urging member configured to urge the first supporting unit and the second supporting unit to move away from each other is provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Fumio Yuzawa
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Patent number: 7911695Abstract: The present invention provides a reflex-type screen which is wound up by a winding shaft to be retracted and is unwound from the winding shaft in use. The reflex-type screen comprises a reflection layer which reflects an incident light, a transparent surface protective layer provided on a first surface of the reflection layer, and a back surface protective layer provided on a second surface of the reflection layer, wherein as between the surface protective layer and the back surface protective layer, the one that has a higher loop stiffness value, faces inward when the reflex-type screen is wound up by the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Arisawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hajime Maruta, Tadao Matsuki, Shinya Ishida, Takahito Tanabe, Kiyoshi Numata
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Patent number: 7907337Abstract: A display device (1) has an extendible screen (2) and at least one extendible side member (3). The extendible screen (2) is extendible in an extension direction from a relatively compact form to an extended form. The screen (2) in the extended form has opposed edges (17) that are substantially parallel to the extension direction. An extendible side member (3) is provided for at least one of said opposed edges (17). The or each extendible side member (3) is extendible to provide support to and structural rigidity to the screen (2) when the screen (2) is in the extended form. The display device (1) provides an extendible rigid screen (2) suitable for example for creating a rigid collapsible tablet computer, or enabling a compact portable display to support a rigid touch-screen, or for incorporation into a mobile phone or remote control unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Inventors: Simon R. Daniel, Christopher V. Wright
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Patent number: 7894132Abstract: A screen onto which an image light may be projected includes a flexible screen body, a first and a second storage member, and a retention member. The first storage member includes a screen wind-up section that winds up the screen body and supports either one of opposing end portions of the screen body and a base body that supports the screen wind-up section. The retention member includes a substantially orthogonal column that extends along the screen body and a pair of arm members that couple the column and the first and second storage members together. One end of each of the arm members is respectively rotatably coupled to the first and second storage members and another end of each of the arm members is rotatably coupled to the column.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yasunori Yoshino, Shinobu Shiohara, Masato Maruyama
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Publication number: 20110032612Abstract: The invention provides a portable screen assembly that is small, light and easy to handle and enables easy extension and contraction of a column.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Inventors: Teruyuki Abe, Kazuharu Seki
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Publication number: 20110026114Abstract: The invention provides a portable screen assembly that is lighter in weight and easier to handle. The assembly includes a casing, a spring-biased roll rotatably amounted to the casing, a screen bonded at one end thereof to a top bar and wound around the spring-biased roll when in storage, and an expanding and contracting means having one end rotatably mounted to an mounting member mounted to the top bar and the other end rotatably mounted to the casing. For the expanding and contracting means is used a half- pantograph type expanding and contracting means having a first arm, a second arm and a third arm arranged in an extended plane parallel to the extended screen, the second arm including two or more mutually parallel sub arms provided to be mutually parallel in the extended plane, the two or more sub arms being connected to the first arm and the second arm so as to form a parallel link.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Teruyuki Abe, Kazuharu Seki
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Patent number: 7872802Abstract: Various embodiments of this invention disclose a retractable projection screen with a tab tensioning system, a textured textile border that is made from a different material as the screen, an adjustable coupling means, and a metal strip.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Inventor: Chris Seymour
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Patent number: 7864421Abstract: Disclosed herein is a symmetrical projection screen. The screen includes a front screen member and a rear screen member. The front and rear screen members are made of a hard material, such as metal, or a hard film. Between the front and rear screen members is disposed a shock-absorbing member. The shock-absorbing member is made of a soft film having physical properties and material quality different from those of the front and rear screen members, such as compressed sponge, plastic foam, or poly vinyl chloride (PVC). The front screen member and the rear screen member are arranged in a front-and-rear symmetrical structure about the shock-absorbing member. Consequently, the deformation factors, such as external pressure or the change in the weather, are extinguished or cut off by the shock-absorbing member, whereby the flatness of the screen is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Inventor: Hae-Yong Choi
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Patent number: 7830600Abstract: An electric roll-up limit device includes a tube coupled by a tube rotor to an electric motor. The tube rotor contains a rocker bar that extends from the tube and activates a lower limit switch when a sheet of material is fully unrolled from the tube. A base below the tube rotor contains a pull bar cavity and an actuator device with a rotatable support frame and a rotatable actuator lever. The support frame supports the actuator lever and prevents it from rotating in one direction to activate an upper limit switch. A spring couples the rotation of the support frame and the actuator lever. When the sheet is fully rolled onto the tube, the pull bar cap retracts into the pull bar cavity and butts against the support frame. This causes the support frame to release the actuator lever, which then rotates to activate the upper limit switch.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Sachii Fergameri Overseas Inc.Inventor: Guoliang Jiang
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Patent number: 7821709Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which may include a sheet of reflective material suitable for forming a display screen; a screen control mechanism operable to move the reflective material into extended and retracted positions, wherein the apparatus is portable and configured to receive image data from a hand-held projection device.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Opnext, Inc.Inventors: Jon Anderson, Richard Zoccolillo
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Patent number: 7782531Abstract: A portable projector screen assembly includes a roller, two cylinders slidably connected to two ends of the roller respectively, a collapsible member connected to the roller, and a screen. The collapsible member includes a plurality of interconnected pieces. Two free ends of the collapsible member are fixed to free ends of the cylinders respectively. The screen includes a plurality of fixing portions, and the fixing portions are respectively connected to joints of each two pieces of the collapsible member.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qiang Zhu, Xiao-Lin Gan, Yu-Kuang Ho
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Patent number: 7777948Abstract: A projection screen is disclosed, which includes an upper housing, an upper roller, a reflecting curtain, a lower housing, a lower roller, a lower mask and a positioning assembly. The upper roller is pivoted in the upper housing. The reflecting curtain is wound on the upper roller and has a reflecting surface to form a projection area. The lower housing is fixed at a free end of the reflecting curtain. The lower roller is pivoted in the lower housing. The lower mask is wound on the lower roller. The positioning assembly detachably connects a free end of the lower mask to the reflecting curtain, so that the lower mask covers a portion of the reflecting surface of the reflecting curtain to define the boundary of the projection area.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Optoma CorporationInventors: Yau-Wing Chung, Chia-Yin Lu
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Publication number: 20100201950Abstract: The invention pertains to the projection of image contents in an aircraft. A mechanical projection surface is provided that features a gear with two thrust sleeves and two gear rods. The two thrust sleeves are displaced opposite to one another due to the rotation of a threaded rod. Each of the two thrust sleeves carries along an assigned gear rod such that a projection screen is respectively retracted or extended.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventors: Tilo Budinger, Guenter Schmitz
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Patent number: 7773298Abstract: A portable screen assembly includes: a casing having an opening extending in a longitudinal direction on the upper surface thereof, and formed by a pair of separable case members that extend in the longitudinal direction; a spring-biased roll rotatably mounted in the casing; a screen wound around the spring-biased roll in a storage position and extended from the opening in use; a top bar fixed to one end of the screen which is used as a cover body to close the opening in the storage position; and an extendable column having one end erectably pivoted from a center part of a side face of the casing to hold the screen in a stretched state.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Izumi-Cosmo Company, LimitedInventors: Yukio Miyagawa, Teruyuki Abe, Kazuharu Seki
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Patent number: 7706066Abstract: Portable projection screen assemblies include: (a) a roller housing holding a roller with a flexible projection screen; (b) at least one substantially laterally extending screen support arm attached to the roller housing, the at least one screen support arm being configured to hold an outer edge portion of the flexible projection screen when the projection screen is in a laterally extended configuration; and (c) an outer housing case having an interior cavity sized and configured to hold the roller housing therein in a storage configuration. The roller housing is hingeably or releasably attached to the housing case and resides substantially vertically above the outer case in an operative position, whereby the outer housing case defines a support base adapted to reside on a support surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Bright View Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Adams, Robert L. Wood, Edward Fadel, Sean Hillard
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Patent number: 7706067Abstract: The present invention provides a manually operated projection screen having a decelerating and locking mechanism which intergrates a decelerating mechanism and a locking mechanism as a whole. The decelerating and locking mechanism for a projection screen includes a braking and locking device having a centrifugal brake shoe, a brake drum interacting with the centrifugal brake shoe to perform decelerating function, and a ratchet interacting with the centrifugal brake shoe to perform locking function. The decelerating and locking mechanism includes at least three sets of planetary gear, the transmission ratio of the planetary gear is 1:32 or above. The decelerating and locking mechanism and the projection screen using the same is compact and easy to assemble. The projection screen can be freely positioned or locked at any moment and is free of crease.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Guangzhou Grandview Crystal Screen Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chaotong Liang
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Patent number: 7667962Abstract: A portable device (e.g., a wireless device such as a cell phone) is provided with a flexible keyboard and a flexible display screen. Such flexible components may be stored in the housing of the portable device when not in use. The flexible display screen and flexible keyboard may be expanded from the housing when the flexible components are utilized by a user. Non-flexible display and input components may be provided on the exterior of the portable device such that the device may be used, in some form, while the flexible components are stored. In one embodiment, a portion of the flexible display (or flexible keyboard) may be utilized when the flexible display (or flexible keyboard) is stored in said first housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Inventor: Jeffrey D. Mullen
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Publication number: 20100007950Abstract: A screen includes: a flexible screen body on which image light is projected; a fixed column arranged in a central portion; an arm sliding unit configured to pivotably support the second arm member of the first pantograph mechanism and the second arm member of the second pantograph mechanism with respect to the fixed column so as to be slidable in the vertical direction, in which the first pantograph mechanism and the second pantograph mechanism are expanded and contracted to move the first supporting unit and the second supporting unit toward and away from each other by a sliding movement of the arm sliding unit, and an urging member configured to urge the first supporting unit and the second supporting unit to move away from each other is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Fumio Yuzawa
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Publication number: 20090318258Abstract: A decelerating device includes a fixed shaft, a tube, a transmission element and a driven element is provided. The tube is disposed around the fixed shaft and adapted to rotate about the fixed shaft. The transmission element has a fixed portion fixed at the fixed shaft and a planetary gear revolvably disposed at the fixed portion. The teeth of the tube are geared to the planetary gear. The driven element has a wheel, a sun gear fixed at the wheel and a plurality of balls. The sun gear and the wheel are revolvably disposed at the fixed shaft and in the tube. The planetary gear is adapted to drive the sun gear. The wheel has holes. Each of the holes extends from an outer surface of the wheel facing the tube to the interior of the wheel to form a cavity. The balls are disposed in the holes respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventor: Xin-Chang YANG
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Patent number: 7636194Abstract: A portable screen assembly includes: a casing having an opening extending in a longitudinal direction on the upper surface thereof, and formed by a pair of separable case members that extend in the longitudinal direction; a spring-biased roll rotatably mounted in the casing; a screen wound around the spring-biased roll in a storage position and extended from the opening in use; a top bar fixed to one end of the screen which is used as a cover body to close the opening in the storage position; and an extendable column having one end erectably pivoted from a center part of a side face of the casing to hold the screen in a stretched state.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: December 22, 2009Assignee: Izumi-Cosmo Company, LimitedInventors: Yukio Miyagawa, Teruyuki Abe, Kazuharu Seki
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Patent number: 7623290Abstract: A portable screen assembly includes a first side support and a second sides support, where the first side support and the second side support are connected to a fabric. The portable screen assembly also includes a center support brace connected to the fabric. A first support leg extends downward from the first side support and the a second support leg extends downward from the second side support. A motorized portable screen assembly includes a fabric, a first side support, a second side support, and a center support assembly. The fabric is connected to the first side support and the second side support. An expandable support brace is connected to the first side support, the second side support, and the center support assembly. An automatic deployment mechanism is connected to the expandable support brace, and the automatic deployment mechanism drives the expandable support brace to open in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ernie Liang, Rajeev Mishra, Matt Ford, Matt Tivnon, Ron Bergold, Jonas Brickus, Bryan Vollmer
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Publication number: 20090284834Abstract: The present invention provides a floor type electric projection screen cooperatively used with a projector comprising a shell a projection, and a scroll. An end of the projection curtain is wound on the scroll, and the scroll is installed in the shell. A motor is defined in the projection screen. The motor drives the scroll rotating. The other end of the projection curtain is installed on a supporting bar. Supports are installed between the shell and the supporting bar. The support is formed of two or more parts. Folded structures are formed between every parts of the support. The support is supported by an elastic component. The structure of the present invention is simple and easy to carry. It overcomes the problems that the floor type projection screen in existing technology need to be manually operated in use or returning time. So it is greatly convenient to use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2008Publication date: November 19, 2009Inventor: Chang Xiu CHEN
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Patent number: 7619814Abstract: A portable screen assembly includes a first side support connected to a fabric, a second side support connected to the fabric, and a center support assembly. An expandable support brace is also included in the portable screen assembly. The expandable support brace is connected to the center support assembly, the first side support, and the second side support. A portable screen assembly capable of reproducing sound includes a first side support, a second side support, and a center support assembly. A speaker capable of reproducing sound is incorporated within at least one of the first side support, the second side support, and the center support assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ernie Liang, Rajeev Mishra, Matt Ford, Matt Tivnon, Ron Bergold, Jonas Brickus, Bryan Vollmer
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Patent number: 7612938Abstract: A portable screen assembly includes a first side support assembly connected to a fabric, a second side support assembly connected to the fabric, and a center support assembly. The first side support assembly has a first engagement subassembly fastened to the first side support assembly and the second side support assembly has a second engagement subassembly fastened to the second side support assembly. The center support assembly has a first receiving subassembly to receive a first engagement tab of the first engagement subassembly and also has a second receiving subassembly to receive a first engagement tab of the second engagement subassembly. The first receiving subassembly, the second receiving subassembly, the first engagement subassembly, and the second engagement subassembly hold the first side support assembly and the second side support assembly to the center support assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Ernie Liang, Rajeev Mishra, Matt Ford, Matt Tivnon, Ron Bergold, Jonas Brickus, Bryan Vollmer
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Patent number: 7602549Abstract: A screen having two optical characteristics is realized in a compact structure. As a result, a structure is provided where two types of screen surface having different optical characteristics are formed on the same side of the same sheet, and wound in a single storage tube, and it is possible to pull out and fix the first screen from the storage tube in a state where the second screen is stored in the storage tube.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Inventor: Naofumi Yamauchi
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Publication number: 20090190212Abstract: The present invention relates to a retractable frame of projection screen comprises, a receiving case; a cylinder; a supporting arm; a main retractable arm; and an upper support; when folding, the upper support is downwardly pressed, then the cylinder retractable arm is forced to inwardly retract by the cylinder and the driven retractable arm is inwardly retracted toward the main retractable arm until the cylinder retractable arm is fully received in the cylinder and the driven retractable arm is fully received in the main retractable arm, so the projection screen, the upper support, the supporting arm, the connecting member and the main retractable arm are received in the accommodating space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventors: Shih-Jen WANG, Hsien Lung CHEN, Li Chu CHEN
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Patent number: 7562983Abstract: A three-dimensional image display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device uses a curved transmissive screen and reflectors to minimize the space associated with the device when increasing the size of the three-dimensional image. By placing a physically driven background screen over the projected image and screen, excessively diffused reflection of the Fresnel lenses is eliminated. High-resolution real-time video images are provided as three-dimensional images by realizing three-dimensional images with enhanced perspective as if they are floating in space. According to one embodiment of the invention, a distortion of the three-dimensional image is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2006Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignees: Kwangwoon University Research Institute for Industry CooperationInventors: Eun-Soo Kim, Sun-Joo Jang
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Patent number: 7545563Abstract: A screen for a trade show or like environment that is lightweight, flexible and compactible. The screen may be patterned to include a plurality of ridges extending from a top to a bottom thereof that serve to reflect projected light into a larger field of view. The screen may be concave about a horizontal axis of otherwise arranged to reflect projected light toward a desired audience. Various releasable, biased mechanisms for attaching a flexible screen member to a disassembleable frame structure are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Inventor: Shane Chen