Optics: image projectors inventions 06/08

20080151193 - Stereoscopic imaging systems utilizing solid-state illumination and passive glasses: A stereoscopic display system employs narrowband illumination light beams and passive glasses with built-in interference filters. The system is also compatible with multiple viewing functions.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080151194 - Method and system for illumination adjustment: A method and system are provided for illuminating and imaging an object, wherein the illumination of the object is controlled by means of feedback based on the light intensity obtained from the object using one method of illumination, such as to provide a modified illumination that will result in a... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080151195 - Apparatus and method for increasing compensation sequence storage density in a projection visual display system: An apparatus for, and method of, increasing compensation sequence storage density in a projection visual display system and a projection visual display system incorporating the apparatus or the method. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: (1) a memory containing a first compensation sequence portion that is common to a plurality... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080151196 - Rear projector and projection system: A rear projector includes: a screen; a display light source that emits a display light; a first optical modulation element that modulates the display light emitted from the display light source; an excitation light source that emits an excitation light; a second optical modulation element that modulates the excitation light... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080151197 - Image display controller for display shelf: An image display controller for a display shelf generates image data for a projector image which is projected by a projector arranged in the display shelf to be displayed on a transmission-type screen of the display shelf. The image display controller includes a monitor, an input device, a data communicator,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080151198 - System and method for slim projection displays: System and method for projection displays with shallow cabinet depth. An embodiment comprises receiving parameters for a projection display system, minimizing a space occupied by the projection display system based on the parameters, computing physical parameters of the projection display system, and repeating the minimizing and the computing in response... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080151199 - Projection display system of quasi-axial optical imagery: A quasi-axial optical imagery projection system is disclosed in this paper. The system includes optical imagery sets; each may be lenses, mirrors, or a combination of both. The system also has a light source close to an imager, which may be a planar mask with a pattern, a LCD imager,... Agent: Yingsheng Tung

20080143964 - Dual zscreen® projection: A system and method for projecting stereoscopic images using a multiple projector arrangement is provided. The design comprises transmitting a first field train from the first projector, the first field train comprising first projector left and right images and concurrently transmitting a second field train from the second projector, the... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080143965 - Combining p and s rays for bright stereoscopic projection: A multiple path stereoscopic projection system is disclosed. The system comprises a polarizing splitting element configured to receive image light energy and split the image light energy received into a primary path and a secondary path, a reflector in the secondary path, and a polarization modulator or polarization modulator arrangement... Agent: Real D - Patent Department

20080143966 - Image projecting device: An image projection system includes an image projection device for projecting a light image onto a wall, ceiling or other designated surface. The image projection device includes a housing within which is disposed separately located light sources. The housing further includes a slot for receiving several image slides. Each image... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080143967 - Multi-primary led projection system: A multi-primary light emitting diode system includes the use of a polarization based dichroic element to combine light from different color channels. At least one of the color channels includes two light emitting diodes that produce light with a different range of wavelengths. The use of the polarization based dichroic... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20080143968 - Color wheel with six segments: Disclosed is a six-segment color wheel having a coating thereof and including six color sections, which correspond to different colors respectively including a cyan color section. The spoke white generated from the color wheel comprises the spoke white generated by mixing cyan, and a white color with a predetermined color... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080143969 - Dynamic superposition system and method for multi-projection display: A system for producing a composite image in a multiple projection system includes at least two projectors, a dynamic image shifting mechanism, associated with at least one of the two projectors, and a controller, connected to control each projector and the image shifting mechanism. Each projector is configured to project... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080143972 - Illumination apparatus and projection display apparatus: An illumination apparatus includes; a first solid-state light source, a second solid-state light source, a first arrangement member provided with a first arrangement surface, a second arrangement member provided with a second arrangement surface, an optical unit configured to reduce a dispersion angle of a light beam. The first solid-state... Agent: Mots Law, Pllc

20080143970 - Multi-color primary light generation in a projection system using leds: Amber light LEDs have a higher luminance than red light LEDs. A vast majority of images displayed on television consists of colors that can be created using amber, green and blue components, with only a small percentage of red. In one embodiment of the present invention, the typically red primary... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20080143971 - System and method for light collection and homogenization: System and method for collecting and homogenizing light from large etendue light sources for use in projection display systems. An embodiment comprises a light source, an integrating lens optically coupled to the light source, and an auxiliary lens optically coupled to the light source and positioned in a light path... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080143973 - Light source device of laser led and projector having the same device: A mono-panel projector having a light source device of laser LED is provided with at least one laser LED light source, at least one light magnifying element, a cross type color filter, a light guiding element, a prism module, a digital micromirror device, and a projecting lens module. The laser... Agent: Raymond Sun

20080143974 - Ultra-bright light engine for projection displays: A projector incorporating a prism and a plurality of light valves for modulating light that passes though the prism, wherein the color splitting-converging prism includes a dichroic coating having multiple layers of high and low index of refraction and ¼ wavelength thickness at each desired angle of incidence for reducing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080143975 - System and method for interacting with a display: A system and method of interacting with a display. The method comprises recognizing a disturbance in a display zone of a projected image and displaying a selected state in response to the recognized disturbance. The method further includes recognizing a gesture which interrupts a light source and is associated with... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080143976 - Light source device for display device, display device, and method for adjusting image of display device: A light source device for 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... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080143977 - Spoke synchronization system and method for an image display system: In one embodiment, a method for displaying an image comprises moving a color filter through a source light beam, modulating the source light beam into a plurality of image segments, modifying the source light beam to each of the plurality of image segments in a sequential manner such that each... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080143978 - Image display system: A method performed by an image display system is provided. The method includes accessing an image frame and generating first and second sub-frames from the image frame for simultaneous display by first and second display devices, respectively, in at least partially overlapping positions on a display surface so that a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080143979 - Laser projection device: A laser projection device includes: an incidence optical system condensing laser light, a scanning device deflect the laser light in a first scanning direction and a second scanning direction with a mirror, and a projection optical system guiding the deflected light to a surface to be scanned. The scanning device... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20080137038 - System and mehtod for projecting images: A system for displaying images on a basketball goal is disclosed. The system comprises a basketball backboard comprising at least a portion of a laminated panel that appears frosted. An electrical source is electrically coupled to the laminated panel such that the electrical source is configured to transmit a voltage... Agent: Tobin, Carberry, O'malley, Riley, Selinger, P.c.

20080137039 - Apparatus and method for projecting image considering screen condition: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for projecting images, in considering a projections screen, which can prevent the distortion of the images caused by color of the projection screen when the images are projected on the colored projection screen. The apparatus includes: a device characteristic storage unit storing criterion projection... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080137040 - Projection display device with a projection module: 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... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080137041 - Discharge lamp lighting apparatus and projector: A discharge lamp lighting apparatus for lighting a discharge lamp, comprises an inverter which reverses a polarity of an output voltage and applies alternating voltage to the discharge lamp, and an inverter control circuit which generates an inverter control signal defining a polarity reversal operation of the inverter, based on... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080137042 - Beam shaping method and apparatus: An optical device includes a source such as an LED, a microdisplay such as an LCoS panel, and one or more cylindrical lens surfaces that (in combination if more than one) changes the aspect ratio of light emanating from the source to the aspect ratio of the microdisplay without clipping.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080129964 - Beam shaping component and method: An optical device includes a source such as an LED, a microdisplay such as an LCoS panel, and a relay prism between them. The relay prism has input and output surfaces arranged to tilt the system optical axis. At least one of those surfaces is a cylindrical surface that, along... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080129965 - Projector: A projector includes a projection engine section for projecting light corresponding to an image signal toward an irradiated surface, a housing for housing the projection engine section, the housing including an emission section for projecting the light corresponding to the image signal from the projection engine section towards the irradiated... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080129966 - Light source device, light source unit and projector: There is provided a light source device which emits a bundle of rays with less diffused light and which is suitable for a projector, the light source device including a reflector whose inner surface is made to constitute a reflection surface, a lamp made up of a spherical light emitting... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080129967 - Projector operation through surface fitting of 3d measurements: The present invention relates to projection systems where one or more projectors are utilized to project a video, a still image, or combinations thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of calibrating and operating such systems. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of calibrating... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP