Combination control for a projection device
View Patent ↗A projection device is provided. In one embodiment, the projection device may include an optical system mounted within the projection device and having an optical system axis substantially parallel to the optical system. The projection device further may include a combination control operatively coupled to the optical system and having a control axis that is non-parallel to the optical system axis.
1. A projection device comprising:
an optical system mounted within the projection device and having an optical system axis; and
a combination control operatively coupled to the optical system, the combination control including at least two different user-manipulable controls having parallel control axes that are non-parallel to the optical system axis.
2. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the control axes are substantially perpendicular to the optical system axis.
3. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the combination control includes a first adjuster and a second adjuster, wherein one of the first adjuster and the second adjuster is a zoom control and the other of the first adjuster and the second adjuster is a focus control.
4. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the combination control includes a first adjuster and a second adjuster wherein the first adjuster is independently adjustable relative the second adjuster.
5. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the combination control is adapted so that both user-manipulable controls rotate around the same control axis.
6. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the combination control includes at least one adjuster with a gear assembly linked to a lens.
7. The projection device of claim 6 , wherein the combination control includes an adjuster that is operatively linked to a disk gear that is operatively linked to a lens.
8. The projection device of claim 7 , wherein the combination control includes an adjuster that is operatively linked to a slidable plate that is operatively linked to a lens.
9. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the combination control includes an inner dial and an outer dial.
10. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the optical system includes a lens disposed on a first side and a combination control disposed on a second side.
11. The projection device of claim 10 , wherein the first side is a front side and the second side is a top side.
12. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the combination control is off-set from the optical system.
13. The projection device of claim 1 , wherein the control axes are skewed relative the optical axis.
14. A projection device comprising:
an image-generation device including a light source and an optical system including a projector lens; and
a combination control positioned apart from the projector lens and including a zoom control operatively coupled to the optical system and a focus control substantially adjacent to the zoom control and operatively coupled to the optical system, wherein the zoom control and the focus control are concentric.
15. The projection device of claim 14 , wherein one of the zoom control and the focus control is an inner dial and the other of the zoom control and the focus control is an outer dial.
16. The projection device of claim 14 , wherein the zoom control and the focus control rotate about a control axis.
17. The projection device of claim 16 , wherein the control axis is off-set from an optical system axis.
18. The projection device of claim 16 , wherein the control axis is substantially perpendicular to the optical system axis.
19. The projection device of claim 16 , wherein the control axis is skewed relative the optical axis.
20. The projection device of claim 14 , further comprising an intermediate region configured to operatively couple the focus control and the zoom control to the optical system.
21. The projection device of claim 20 , wherein the intermediate region includes a gear assembly adapted to transfer movement of the zoom control and the focus control to the optical system.
22. The projection device of claim 20 , wherein the intermediate region is adapted to transmit user inputs to the optical system.
23. A projection device comprising:
a body;
an optical system mounted within the body and adapted to project an image through an opening in a first side of the body; and
a combination control disposed on a second side of the body, wherein the combination control includes a first adjuster and a second adjuster, where the first adjuster and the second adjuster are concentric.
24. The projection device of claim 23 , wherein the first adjuster is a zoom control and the second adjuster is a focus control.
25. The projection device of claim 23 , wherein the first side of the body is a front surface.
26. The projection device of claim 23 , wherein the second side of the body is a top surface.
27. The projection device of claim 23 , wherein the first side and the second side are substantially perpendicular to one another.
28. The projection device of claim 23 , wherein the combination control is substantially coplanar with the second surface.
29. The projection device of claim 23 , wherein the combination control is off-set from the optical system.
30. The projection device of claim 23 , wherein the control axis is skewed relative the optical system.