Optics: image projectors inventions 04/09

20090109404 - Projection system for aerial display of three-dimensional video images: An aerial image projection device capable of generating an aerial image projection that is a combination of two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional video images includes a housing containing the following: a first and a second video display device, a beam splitter, a spherical mirror and a polarizer. The first and the second... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090109405 - Holographic projection method and holographic projection device: According to the present invention, a plurality of video image data are converted into individual spatial frequency information using Fourier transformation. The individual spatial frequency information is provided to a plurality of information display unit corresponding to the individual spatial frequency information. The spatial frequency information corresponding to the plurality... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, P.C.

20090109406 - Projector: A projector includes a lamp, a fan for dissipating heat generated by the lamp, a housing, a number of blades received in the housing, and a elongated-slider. The housing receives the lamp and the fan, and includes a top cover, a sidewall connected to the top cover, and a bottom... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109408 - Light-filtering module and projecting system applied therewith: A light-filtering module includes a light-source module, a dichroic mirror and a first image unit. The light-source module outputs a light beam. The dichroic mirror divides the light beam into a first colored light and a dual colored light. The first image unit provides the first colored light with image... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090109407 - Projector: A projector includes a light-source unit, a color wheel, and a connecting portion. The light-source unit with a first support structure is configured for providing light beams. The color wheel includes a color filter, a rotating portion, a motor and a second support structure. The color filter is rotatable together... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109409 - Lighting unit and projection display apparatus: A projection display apparatus 100 including a plurality of solid state light sources 11 includes: a sensor 70 detecting an amount of light emitted from the plurality of solid state light sources 11; a degradation rate calculating unit 250 acquiring, from the amount of light detected by the sensor 70,... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090109410 - Adjusting apparatus for projector: An adjusting apparatus is provided for a projector having a base. The adjusting apparatus includes a supporting member and a rotating member. The supporting member is partially received in the base of the projector and movably coupled to the base. The supporting member forms a plurality of teeth thereon. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103051 - Stereo projection optical system: A stereo projection optical system includes an image assimilator and a transmission-type light modulator positioned to receive the emergent light of the image assimilator. The image assimilator is configured for superimposing spatial information on the incident light beam and emitting one of a first polarized light component and a second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103052 - Non-rigidly coupled, overlapping, non-feedback, optical systems for spatial filtering of fourier transform optical patterns and image shape content characterization: Non-rigidly coupled, overlapping, non-feedback optical systems for spatial filtering of Fourier transform optical patterns and image shape characterization comprises a first optical subsystem that includes a lens for focusing a polarized, coherent beam to a focal point, an image input device that spatially modulates phase positioned between the lens and... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090103053 - Projection apparatus comprising spatial light modulator: The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; a plurality of spatial light modulators each comprising a micromirror for deflecting and reflecting an incident light emitted from the light source in directions between a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, and all... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090103054 - Projection apparatus comprising spatial light modulator: The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; a plurality of spatial light modulators each comprising a micromirror for modulating and deflecting an incident light emitted from the light source in an intermediate direction between a first and a second directions and all angles between the first... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090103055 - Heat dissipation device for a display projector lamp module: A display projector lamp module includes a lamp, a mounting member supporting the lamp, a metal cover and a heat pipe. The mounting member and the metal cover cooperates to defines a room, and the lamp is received in the room. A plurality of first and second fins is mounted... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103056 - Projector with a lens cover: A projector includes a light source, a light modulator for modulating light emitted from the light source, a lens module projecting the modulated light to form an image on a surface, and a lens cover. The lens cover includes a base portion positioned to the lens module, and a pattern... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103057 - Automatic iris diaphragm module: An automatic iris diaphragm module is adapted to a projector having a casing, and is capable of adjusting a size of luminous flux of a light source of the projector. The automatic iris diaphragm module is provided with a chassis, a fixed mask, a movable mask, a drive rack, and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090103058 - Peripheral projection display system: A peripheral projection, display screen system including (a) a display screen having a rear side and a diagonal dimension, (b) an image-projection source coupled to a peripheral of the system and disposed at a defined, image-projection system depth rearwardly of the screen's rear side, (c) an optical path structure operatively... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20090103059 - Projector: A projector includes a main body, a light source module, a protective cap, and a protective receptacle. The main body includes a portion with the light source module installed therein. The protective cap alternatively covers the portion of the main body during normal use. The protective receptacle alternatively covers the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103060 - Display apparatus and projection type lighting apparatus therefor: A display apparatus comprises a lighting unit for emitting a light, and a first light modulation unit for forming an image through modulation of the light from a light source unit, wherein the lighting unit includes a light source for emitting the light, a second light modulation unit for modulating... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090096990 - Stereo projection optical system: A stereo projection optical system includes a polarizing beam splitter, a 2-way wheel, a digital micro-mirror device, and a total internal reflection prism. The polarizing beam splitter is configured for emitting two light outputs. The 2-way wheel includes a reflective region and a transmissive region. The reflective region is configured... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090096991 - Stereo projection optical system: A stereo projection optical system includes a polarization converter, a 2-way wheel, a retarder, and an image engine. The polarization converter is configured for converting an incident light into a polarized light which have single polarization. The 2-way wheel includes a reflective region and a transmissive region. The reflective region... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090096992 - Projection display device: In a projection display device, a polarization converting element is provided between an imager and a refracting optical system for converting a polarization direction of light after modulation into a direction radially extending from the center of the optical axis of the refracting optical system. Light transmitted through the polarization... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090096993 - Display projector for textual signage: A projector for displaying textual patterns includes a light emitting matrix and a controller for controlling the light emitting matrix. The light emitting matrix is selectively illuminated to project textual patterns on a surface.... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20090096994 - Image projector with reflected light tracking: An image projection device for displaying an image onto a remote surface. The image projection device employs a scanner to project image beams of visible light and tracer beams of light onto a remote surface to form a display of the image. The device also employs a light detector to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090096995 - Split scrolling illumination for light modulator panels:

20090096996 - Heat radiation structure for portable projector: A heat radiation structure for a portable micro projector that enables efficient radiation of heat generated therein. A projector module irradiates light of high intensity using a lamp to project an image to an external screen. A thermally conductive plate having a plate-like shape, the projector module being attached to... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090096997 - Optical seaming adjuster: A structure to adjust optical seaming filters in the z-direction is provided. The adjuster structure uses 5 degrees of freedom to individually adjust a filter on a projector in the z-direction to optimize the projected seam. A set of common identical filters may be used with these adjuster structures and... Agent: Robert D. Shedd Thomson Licensing LLC

20090096998 - Projector with illuminated logo region: A projector equipped with an illuminated logo region includes a light source including a reflector defining an opening and a light-emitting portion contained by the reflector, a light-modulating device, a lens, a housing, and a logo region. The light-emitting portion emits light radially. Part of the light is emitted directly... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090096999 - Speckle reduction using a tunable liquid lens: A representative embodiment of the invention provides a projection system having a laser source that incorporates a tunable liquid lens and a spatial light modulator adapted to modulate light generated by the laser source to project an image on a viewing screen. The tunable liquid lens is adapted to vary... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20090091708 - Presentation device for stereoscopic applications: The invention provides for a visual presentation device configured to control a single spot in a stereoscopic image environment. The present invention comprises a light source assembly configured to provide a plurality of visible light beams for pointing the visible light beams at an object; a liquid crystal cell assembly... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090091709 - Stereo projection optical system: A stereo projection optical system includes a polarizing beam splitter configured for splitting a light input into first, second polarized light components, first, second digital micro-mirror device respectively positioned to receive the first, second polarized light component and configured for superimposing spatial information on the first, second polarized light component,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090091711 - Image projection kit and method and system of distributing image content for use with the same: An image projection kit and a imagery content distribution system and method. In one aspect, the invention is a kit for projecting imagery content onto architecture comprising: a projector apparatus comprising a housing containing an image sensor sub-system and an image projector subsystem, a single-reflex lens assembly in operable cooperation... Agent: The Belles Group, P.C.

20090091710 - Interactive projector system and method: An interactive image projecting device that projects an image onto a display surface and controls the projected image based upon movement of the image projecting device or the detection of another image. The image projecting device includes a projector that generates an image from a control unit. The device includes... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20090091712 - Projection apparatus, light source module and beam combiner: A beam combiner for combining a first color beam, a second color beam, and a third color beam is provided. The beam combiner has a transparent substrate with a first optical surface on which a first reflective film reflecting the first color beam is disposed, and a second optical surface... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090091713 - Projection display system with varying light source: The present invention provides a projection apparatus, comprising: a light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements by using different modulation states; a light source control unit performing a modulation control of the light source; and... Agent: Bo-in Lin

20090091714 - Defining a bounding box for projected images: A system for defining a bounding box include one or more image projectors; one or more optical beam generators; a display surface; a computing element; and a digital image sensor. The digital image sensor is configured to sense a location of image orientation indicators generated by the optical beam generators.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090086167 - Projection type image displaying apparatus: A projection type image displaying apparatus, comprises a light source unit, an illumination optic system including a color separation means therein, a plural number of image display elements, a cross prism, which is configured to function as a color composing means; and a projection optic system, in which an incidence... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090086168 - Image transfer apparatus and image transfer method: An image transfer apparatus includes a display configured to display multiple sets of content. A display image data generator is configured to generate display image data for each of the content, at least part of the content being displayed on the display. A storage controller is configured to relate connected... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20090086169 - Projection type image display device: There is provided a projection type image display device capable of simplifying cooling of light source elements of light source arrays, thereby reducing the size of refrigerating means, dispensing with complicated temperature adjustment and reducing the manufacturing cost and the electric power cost. The projection type image display device can... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090086170 - Quantum photonic imagers and methods of fabrication thereof: Emissive quantum photonic imagers comprised of a spatial array of digitally addressable multicolor pixels. Each pixel is a vertical stack of multiple semiconductor laser diodes, each of which can generate laser light of a different color. Within each multicolor pixel, the light generated from the stack of diodes is emitted... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090086171 - Projector having digital micromirror device with thermoelectric cooling chip attached thereto: A projector includes a digital micromirror device, a heat sink attached on the digital micromirror device and a thermoelectric cooling chip sandwiched between the digital micromirror device and the heat sink. The thermoelectric cooling chip includes a cold side contacting with the digital micromirror device and a hot side contacting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090086172 - Optical device and projector: An optical device that includes a light modulation device, a projection optical device, and a retention member that holds the light modulation device and the projection optical device. The retention member includes: a projection optical device attachment section for attach the projection optical device; and a light modulation device attachment... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, LLC

20090086173 - Peripheral with projection display: A device for projection of an operations panel comprises a printer portion, a media feedpath extending through the printer portion having a media input and a media output, an image projector forming an image on one of the media input or an image receiving surface, the image projector defining an... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department