IP Library Granted Patent US 7,527,680
Granted Patent B2
US 7,527,680 · App. 11/230,514 · Granted May 5, 2009

Projection type video display

Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,527,680
App. No.
11/230,514
Granted
May 5, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Data of a barometric pressure that a barometric pressure sensor outputs, and data of an air volume that an air-volume sensor outputs are input into a system control circuit. The system control circuit is provided with a table storing portion. In the table storing portion, a control table is stored. The control table is formed of a plus supplied-voltage value to fan power set by a barometric pressure value and an air-volume value, and a warning instruction. In a case that the warning instruction is selected based on the barometric pressure value and the air-volume value, the system control circuit turns on a warning-use LED so as to inform a user that a filter is clogged.

Claims (9)

1. A projection type video display for applying an optical modulation to light emitted from a light source by a light valve, and projecting image light obtained by this optical modulation, comprising:

an air-cooling means for cooling the inside of the display by air;

a filter provided at an outside-air intake port;

a duct connected to the outside-air intake port;

an air-current amount sensor for detecting the volume of air drawn from the outside-air intake port, the air-current amount sensor being provided in the duct;

a barometric pressure sensor for detecting atmosphere pressure, the barometric pressure sensor being provided outside the duct;

a memory for storing a table in which warning instructions determined by an air-current amount value and an atmosphere pressure value and control contents concerning a cooling power of the air-cooling means determined by the air-current amount value and the atmosphere pressure value are defined; and

a controller for reading information from the table based on an air-current amount value detected by the air-current amount sensor and an atmosphere pressure value by the barometric pressure sensor and generating a warning signal when the information read from the table is a warning instruction.

2. The projection type video display according to claim 1 , wherein the warning-outputting condition differs depending on outside temperature.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074982/0479 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074983/0494 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074983/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2005
From: HORIGUCHI, HIROTAKE; HIGASHINO, TAKESHI; SATO, RYOSUKE
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017020/0507 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-278743 · Sep 27, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060065125A1 · Mar 30, 2006