Optics: image projectors inventions 11/07

20070273835 - Digital projector with timer: An apparatus includes a digital projector capable of projecting two-dimensional (2D) and stereoscopic images, and a controller to control the digital projector to project images based on the image signals. The controller controls the digital projector to switch from projecting stereoscopic images to projecting 2D images based upon a timer... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070273837 - Projection device, image display system, information storage medium, and image processing method: A projector including: an adjustment image generation section which generates an adjustment image which allows adjustments of brightness and color difference; an input section to which operation information is input; an adjustment information generation section which generates brightness adjustment information indicating an adjustment value of the brightness and color difference... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070273838 - Projector capable of capturing images and briefing system having the same: A briefing system is used to project images onto a projection screen to form a projection picture. The briefing system comprises a pointer, a projector and a computer electrically connected to the projector. The computer outputs an image signal to the projector. The projector projects an image corresponding to the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070273839 - Video projector: A video projector (1) comprises a light source (11) enclosed in a lamp box (12), an optical engine (100) including a color wheel (13), an optical tunnel (15), a mirror (16) and a DMD (Digital Micro-mirror Device) (17), and a blower fan (30a) disposed in the vicinity of the light... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070273840 - Video projector: An angle adjusting mechanism (3) of a video projector (1) comprises a support (31) which can be pulled out downward from a bottom (2e) of a lower housing member (2b) to protrude a desired height, a lock member (32) to lock movement of the support (31), a link lever (33)... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070273841 - Projection system and color wheel thereof: A projection system for forming an image, comprising a light source generating light beam; a color wheel used for performing color separation on the light beam of the light source, comprising a motor having a shaft, a carrier pivoted to the shaft of the motor, and a plurality of color... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070273842 - Method and apparatus for inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light: A method of inhibiting a subject's eyes from being exposed to projected light when the subject is positioned in front of a background on which an image is displayed comprises capturing at least one image of the background including the displayed image, processing the captured image to detect the existence... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070273843 - Arrangement for, and method of, increasing brightness of a projected image with drive-assisted flyback: A drive-assisted scan mirror reduces flyback time in a lightweight, compact image projection module operative for causing selected pixels in a raster pattern to be illuminated to produce a non-distorted image of increased brightness and in color.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070273836 - Imaging unit for color projection engine comprising reflective displays: An imaging unit including a first spectral splitting and illumination part and a second spectral splitting and recombination part. Within the first spectral splitting part received white light is split up into a first spectral component and a second spectral component. In the second spectral splitting part the second spectral... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070273844 - Support for a cantilevered lens assembly: A exemplary system embodiment for supporting a cantilevered lens assembly positioned in a projection display device includes a first support member and a second support member. The first support member is configured to be coupled to the projection display device and is shaped to receive a portion of the cantilevered... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070273847 - Light projection optical system and light projection apparatus using the same: e

20070273845 - System and method for multi-directional positioning of projected images: A system and method of multi-directional projection in which the optical output from a projector is modified in response to characteristics of nearby surfaces, upon which projection can be directed. The multi-directional projection system can provide beneficial output as a primary indicator or a secondary indicating device that can be... Agent: O'banion & Ritchey LLP/ Sony Electronics, Inc.

20070273846 - Video projector: A video projector (1) comprises a projection lens (18) which projects an image on a screen (S), a zoom ring (19) which varies a magnification ratio of the projection lens (18), a drive wheel (32) which is partially protruded from a bottom face of a housing (2), and a plurality... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070273848 - Portable electronic device having built-in projector: A portable data processing apparatus includes a storage storing code associated with a computer program that generates at least one of (a) stereoscopic image data and (b) image data associated with images having two groups of primary colors. A keyboard allows a user to input data used by the computer... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070273849 - Projector: A projector includes: an image forming unit that forms an image using light emitted from a solid-state light source; a diffusion unit which is provided at focal positions of light components of the image formed by the image forming unit and diffuses the light; and a projection optical system that... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070268457 - Motor vehicle having a display region or illuminated region: A motor vehicle has a passenger compartment with an interior covering formed with a display region. The display regions is configured to emit visible light upon irradiation thereof with light in an invisible range or an at least virtually invisible range. There is also provided a projection assembly for displaying... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070268458 - Projection display adopting line type light modulator: A projection display projects color images on a screen. The projection display includes: an illuminating unit which emits a plurality of linear beams that are in parallel to each other; a scroll unit which scrolls the plurality of linear beams; a line type light modulator which modulates the plurality of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070268460 - Lens assembly in an offset projection system: An assembly including a first lens having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being a first convex surface, a second lens having a third surface and a fourth surface, the third surface adhered to the second surface, a third lens having a fifth surface and a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070268462 - Method and apparatus capable of controlling heat dissipation based on temperatures measured at an intake vent and an outlet vent: A heat dissipation method for a projector includes measuring a first temperature at an intake vent of a projector, measuring a second temperature at an outlet vent of the projector, controlling a heat sink of the projector based on the first temperature when the second temperature is smaller than a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070268463 - Projection device with solar cell panel: The present invention relates to a projection device which comprises a light source, a solar cell panel, an airflow channel, and a fan. The airflow channel is formed between the solar cell panel and the light source, while the fan is utilized to generate airflow along the airflow channel. The... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070268464 - Projector apparatus with multi-light sources and a light coupling module thereof: A projector apparatus with multi-light sources and a light coupling module thereof are disclosed. The projector with multi-light sources comprises a light incident region, a light tunnel, a color wheel, a light coupling module, and a plurality of light sources, all disposed in the light incident region. The light coupling... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070268459 - Pixelated color wobulation: A display system includes a mechanism to provide for simultaneous pixelated color with a spatial light modulator. Also included is a mechanism to project the simultaneous pixelated color to create a color field display on a viewing surface. A further mechanism moves the color field display relative to viewing surface... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070268461 - Diffuser for light from light source array and displays incorporating same: An optical structure placeable between a backlight array of point light sources and a planar display. The structure distributes light emitted by the point light sources to uniformly illuminate the plane of the display, without introducing significant viewing parallax. The emitted light is partially collimated within a preferred angular viewing... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070268465 - Sequential color recapture for projection systems: A sequential color display system using a white light source (202) to create a full color image projected onto an image plane (214). A dynamic filter (206), typically a series of moving dichroic filters, generates a series of primary colored light beams that are swept across the surface of a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070263174 - Opitcal projection and image sensing apparatus: An optical projection and image sensing apparatus including a light source, a light valve, a first lens set, a sensing module, and a beam splitter is provided. The light valve is used to convert an illumination light from the light source to an image light beam. The first lens set... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070263178 - Projection system and control method of the same: A projection system and a control method of the same, in which the projection system includes: a light source that emits light; a light gathering system that gathers the light emitted from the light source; a display device that generates an image by using the light gathered by the light... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070263175 - Air guiding structure and projecting device incorporating the same: An air guiding structure is applied in a projecting device. The projecting device at least includes an optical element. The air guiding structure includes a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall having a first opening is disposed near a side of the optical element.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070263176 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a projector device that projects an image formed by an optical image formation element via a projection optical system towards a projection surface external to a body of the electronic device; and the projector device projects the image while determining an orientation of the projection light... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070263177 - System for displaying pictures in rear projection television set: A system for displaying pictures in a rear projection television set including projection optics (2) disposed in the housing of the television set and connected to an illumination unit (1), with a picture transmitter (13) having a digital tilt mirror matrix (DMD matrix), the picture modulated by the picture transmitter... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070263179 - Projection type display unit: A projection type display system able to suppress an increase of a outer size of a set, able to improve the contrast, and excellent in silence, having light modulating units 122 (R, G, B) for modulating incident illumination lights based on input image information and emitting the result, an illumination... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070263180 - Rubber foot mounting structure and projector: The rubber foot mounting structure has a base 20b equipped with a boss hole 30 in the shape of substantially a cylinder and a rubber foot 40 that is formed on an outer side face of a body section 40d in the shape of substantially a column and is made... Agent: Yokoi & Co., U.s.a., Inc.

20070263181 - Method for operating a mobile device for projecting image data, and mobile projector device: A method is disclosed for operating a mobile device for projecting image data. At least one variable representing the current projection environment is determined by a first light source at least once during a current projection phase. At least one parameter of the current projection phase is adapted on the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070258047 - Liquid crystal projector device: A liquid crystal projector device of the present invention includes three image generating units for generating image light of three primary colors. Each image generating unit has a polarizing plate and an optical compensating plate held by a combination frame and placed on a support base. The combination frame includes... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070258050 - Laser projector: Provided is a laser projector. The laser projector includes a light module to generate green light, and laser light sources to generate red and blue light. The light generated in the light module and the laser light sources travels in a rectangular or a tetragonal path inside the laser projector.... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070258051 - Optical device and projector equipped with the same: An optical device includes a plurality of light modulators that modulate a plurality of color light components according to image information about each color light component and a combining optical unit that combines modulated color light components involving corresponding images for color light components irradiated out of the light modulators... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20070258052 - Image forming apparatus and light-shielding device thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a light source, an optical component, and a light-shielding device disposed between the light source and the optical component. The light-shielding device includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a circular element and a frame. The first component has an... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20070258053 - Projection apparatus: A projection apparatus comprises a housing and further comprises a light source, an imaging system, an optical engine, a first blower, and an axial fan installed in the housing, and an air outlet is disposed on the housing. The light source is installed adjacent to the air outlet. The optical... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070258055 - Projection apparatus: A projection apparatus includes a main body and at least one movement auxiliary device disposed adjacent to the main body to help for moving the projection apparatus. By using the movement auxiliary device, a user can change the position and the projection direction of the projection apparatus easily.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070258056 - Rear projection type display apparatus: A rear projection type display apparatus, comprises an output unit that modulates a light from a light source to output a projection light; an image formation unit that has one or more optical elements, and that subjects the projection light that is output from the output unit to form an... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070258057 - Projection device and color wheel for use therewith: A projection device comprises a color wheel module, wherein, the color wheel can be detached from the color wheel module. The color wheel module can be detached from the body of the projection device, so that users can conveniently change, clean or maintain the color wheel as desired.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070258048 - Monitoring expiration dates of perishable products: An RFID tag (210) for provision on the package (240) of a perishable product, such as a foodstuff, the expiration of the product being influenced by opening of the package (240). The tag (210) is arranged to determine when the package (240) has been opened and, in response to opening... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070258049 - Systems and methods for providing compact illumination in head mounted displays: Disclosed are systems and methods for providing illumination in a head mounted display. In one embodiment a method includes emitting light from a plurality of sources at a plurality of wavelengths and transmitting the light from the plurality of sources to a first device. The method further includes combining the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070258054 - Projection type display unit: Reduction of noise is achieved by devising an arrangement of heat generating parts such as a light valve element, an electric power source, a light source, etc. and an arrangement of cooling fans. In cooling the light source, the electric power source and liquid crystal panels, a cooling wind path... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070258058 - Optical device and projection-type image display apparatus: An optical device includes a main body having a light incident surface, a light emitting surface provided facing the light incident surface, and a light-reflecting side surface provided from a periphery of the light incident surface to a periphery of the light emitting surface. In the optical device, the light... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070258059 - Image offset adjustment apparatus for lcd projector and mobile phone having the same: An image offset adjustment apparatus for an LCD projector which is constructed to enable the adjustment of an image offset. The LCD projector includes a light source for emitting light, mirrors, and an LCD installed in front of the mirrors so that an image generated in the LCD is enlarged... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070252955 - Image projection apparatus: An image projection apparatus is disclosed which is capable of correcting defocusing due to changes of the temperature of a projection lens, which are caused by various factors. The image projection apparatus includes an image-forming element which is illuminated with light from a light source, a projection lens which includes... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070252953 - Crosstalk reduced stereoscopic viewing apparatus: An apparatus (10) for stereoscopic viewing has a first and second optical channel with a first and second display (12l, 12r) generating a first and second image and a first and second viewing lens assembly (22l, 22r) producing a virtual image, with at least one optical component of the first... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20070252954 - Beamsplitting structures and methods in optical systems: Various embodiments involving structures and methods for illumination can be employed, for example, in projectors, head-mounted displays, helmet-mounted displays, back projection TVs, flat panel displays as well as other optical systems. Certain embodiments may include prism elements for illuminating, for example, a spatial light modulator. Light may be coupled to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070252956 - Projection type display apparatus: In a projection type display apparatus includes an illumination device (including a light source), a light modulation element, a projection optical system that projects a modulated light from the light modulation element, and a screen onto which a projected light is projected. The projection optical system includes a refraction type... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070252957 - Prism for high contrast projection: Prism elements having TIR surfaces placed in close proximity to the active area of a SLM device 302 to separate unwanted off-state 324 and/or flat-state 326 light from the projection ON-light bundle 322. The TIR critical angle of these prisms is selected to affect either the off-state light or additionally,... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070252958 - Projector having automatic luminance adjusting mechanism and automatic luminance adjusting method: A projector having a focusing lens comprises a position detector for detecting the position of the focusing lens, an image forming element for modulating light based on a video signal to form an image, a data recording unit having stored therein a correlation table indicative of a relationship between the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC