Optics: image projectors inventions 03/09

20090079941 - Three-dimensional image projection system and method: An image projection system having an optical projector and a method for projecting an image. The image projection system enables viewing the images in three dimensions and securely viewing the images in a public forum. The image projection system may include a portable, handheld optical projector that is spaced apart... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20090079942 - Automatic vision display apparatus using pursuit of flying path of flying screen unit: An automatic vision display apparatus has a flight object having a floating gas filled therein to fly, flying along a vertical wall surface and including a screen mounted at an opposite side to the vertical wall surface; a propulsion unit mounted at a predetermined position of the flight object and... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090079943 - Multi-wavelength light-emitting module: A multi-wavelength light-emitting module that includes a PCB, a drive IC structure, a conductive structure, a multi-wavelength LED array set, a plurality of conductive elements, and an optical amplifier structure. The PCB has at least one input/output pad. The drive IC structure is disposed on the PCB and having at... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090079944 - Contactless operating device for a digital equipment and method for the same: A contactless operating device for a digital equipment and method for the same are provided. The contactless operating device includes a computer, a projecting piece, a pointer, and an image-capturing piece. The computer provides a basic picture, and the projecting piece projects the basic picture onto an image zone. Further,... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090079945 - Image stabilization in a laser-scanning based projector: 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... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20090079946 - Optical projection system: 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... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090079947 - Light source assembly and projector having same: A projector includes a lamp for providing a light beam, a reflective case for receiving and fixing the lamp, a cover, an image engine, and a projecting lens. The reflective case has an opening for allowing the light beam to be emitted therefrom. The cover includes a transparent portion covering... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090073389 - Device and method for large-screen projection of digital images onto a projection screen: A device for the large-screen projection of digital images onto a projection screen having a light source and a reflector for producing a cone of light and for projecting the light emitted by the light source through an image generator and an object lens onto the projection screen and having... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20090073391 - Image display apparatus, image display system, and image display method: An image display apparatus which displays an image as a transmitted projection image includes: a tread-board of a step which has a first projection surface and transmits a projection image projected on the first projection surface; and a cross-board of the step which has a second projection surface and transmits... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090073390 - Projector and operating method thereof: A projector comprising a light engine, a detector, and a control unit is disclosed. The light engine comprises a light source and generates a projection beam based on the light from the light source. The space which the projection beam passes through is defined as a projection area, and a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090073392 - Illumination system including grazing incidence mirror for microlithography exposure system: In general, in one aspect, the invention features a system that includes a catoptric projection objective having an optical axis and including a plurality of projection objective elements positioned between an object plane and an image plane, the object and image planes being orthogonal to the optical axis, the projection... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090073393 - Projector and projection control method of the projector: A projector control system includes a location measurement unit which measures location information of a projector; a projection information unit which generates projection information using the location information; a communication unit which transmits the projection information to the projector; and an image control unit which controls the projector to project... Agent: Mcneely Bodendorf LLP

20090066916 - Scanning laser projector with reduced laser power incident on the retina: A scanning laser projector projects multiple laser beams. The multiple laser beams have angular offsets relative to each other to separate the spots created by the laser beams on a projection surface. The angular offsets are set based on the desired spacing between the spots. Parameters within a video processing... Agent: Microvision, Inc.

20090066917 - Micro lens array unit and liquid crystal display projection device using same: An exemplary MLA unit for use in a projection device is disclosed. The projection device includes an LCD panel. The LCD panel includes a number of pixels each having an opening. The MLA unit includes a first MLA, and a second MLA. The first MLA includes a number of first... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090066918 - Projector: A projector includes a case, a separating plate, an electronic component system, a light source device and a blocking device. The case has a space defined therein. The separating plate is arranged in the case to divide the space into a first space and a second space. The electronic component... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090066919 - Projection optical system and image displaying apparatus: Disclosed is a projection optical system including a projection surface configured such that an image conjugate to an object is projected, plural optical elements having a refractive power, and a deflecting element having no refractive power configured to deflect an optical path of a light beam and to pass the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090066920 - Projection type image display device: A projection type image display device includes a reflector 5 having an ellipsoidal reflection surface 4 as an inner surface thereof, a light source 35 in which at least a light emitting portion 1 is substantially planar, a light distribution thereof is within ±90° with respect to a normal line... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090059172 - Stereo projection optical system: A stereo projection optical system includes a first polarizing beam splitter, a transmission-type light modulator positioned to receive the first polarized light component from the first polarizing light splitter and an image assimilator positioned to receive an emergent light of the transmission-type light modulator. The image assimilator includes a second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090059174 - Liquid crystal display apparatus and liquid crystal panel: A light-shielding plate and a first light-shielding layer are arranged between a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal layer in a peripheral region of a liquid crystal panel so that linearly polarized light transmitted through the polarizing plate, which is a reflection polarizing plate, is not incident on the liquid... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090059173 - Methods and systems for projecting images: Methods and systems for projecting images that may be implemented to provide the ability for a user of an information handling system to view a selected projected image privately, while allowing other projected images to be publicly viewable to other users who cannot see the privately-projected image. With appropriate intervening... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders LLP

20090059175 - Display arrangement: A display arrangement having a user-facing side, the display arrangement comprising a display device and a data reader device for reading data from a data carrier associated with an item, including item identification data. The display arrangement has a database interface for accessing a database, which stores content data in... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090059176 - Multilayer control of gobo shape: A control of gobos defend by records in the gobo. The gobos are formed by menued shapes.... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20090059177 - Illumination device and projection display device: An illumination device includes a light source part for emitting light with an intensity distribution approximately uniform in a first direction and a fly-eye lens into which the light is entered. The light source part and the fly-eye lens are arranged such that the first direction is inclined with respect... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090059179 - Image displaying apparatus, and a method for adjusting vibrating condition of a reflection mirror in the image displaying apparatus: For enabling to prevent ill effects from being generated in the structures of a reflection mirror, even if increasing an output energy from a light source, thereby preventing ill influences from being exerted on the driving condition thereof, a mirror drive controller unit 7 reads out history data of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090059178 - Projector and heat dissipation system of the projector: An exemplary projector includes a power supply circuit, a heat dissipation device, a rechargeable cell and a first switching circuit connected between the heat dissipation device and the rechargeable cell. The heat dissipation device is configured for dissipating heat produced by the projector. The power supply circuit is configured for... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090059180 - Optical apparatus: A projection type display apparatus includes a housing having a first side on which an air intake opening is arranged and a second side on which an air exhaust opening is arranged, a light source for supplying light, and a light valve device which modulates the light output from the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090059181 - Projection device particle-containment shield: A particle-containment shield is provided. The particles-containment shield includes a containment structure that defines an air inlet to receive air heated by a projection lamp from the outlet of the projection-lamp module and defines an air outlet to vent air heated by the projection lamp away from the projection lamp.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090059182 - Beam projection apparatus and method with automatic image adjustment: A beam projection apparatus and method with automatic image adjustment. A beam projection apparatus includes an actuator module being operable to move the beam projection apparatus, a beam projector being operable to project images, and a control module being operable to search surrounding structures around the beam projection apparatus and... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090059183 - Distance measuring device and projector including same distance measuring device: A projector includes a light source unit, a light source side optical system for guiding light from the light source unit to a display device, the display device, a projection side optical system for projecting an image emitted from the display device on to a screen, and a distance measuring... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090059184 - Projector: A projector includes a light source for emitting light, a color wheel for filtering the light emitted from the light source, a converging module for converging the filtered light, a light-modulating device for modulating the light emitted from the light source, a lens module for projecting the light modulated by... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090059185 - Projection optical unit, projection-type image displaying apparatus and projection-type image displaying system: A projection optical unit for obliquely projecting an image displayed on an image display element upon a projection surface, enlargedly, comprises: a lens group, being disposed neighboring to the image display element, and including a plural number of projection lenses therein; and a reflection mirror for reflecting lights emitting from... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090059186 - Lamp holder of a projection apparatus and fabrication thereof: A method for forming a lamp holder. The lamp holder is applied in a projection apparatus. First, the lamp holder comprising metal is provided. An insulating layer is formed on one surface of the lamp holder to insulate the lamp holder from another element of the projection apparatus.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP