IP Library Granted Patent US 8,772,703
Granted Patent B2
US 8,772,703 · App. 13/417,627 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Position detection system and projection display system

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Patent No.
US 8,772,703
App. No.
13/417,627
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical position detection system includes a light output unit that outputs lights toward a first detection target and a second detection target, and a first light receiving unit that receives a first reflected light from the first detection target and a second light receiving unit that receives a second reflected light from the second detection target having different wavelengths, wherein the first detection target has a first reflection filter that reflects the first reflected light and the second detection target has a second reflection filter that reflects the second reflected light.

Claims (29)

1. A position detection system comprising:

a light output unit that outputs lights toward a first detection target and a second detection target;

a light receiving unit that receives lights reflected from the first detection target and the second detection target; and

a position detection unit that detects positions of the first detection target and the second detection target using the lights received by the light receiving unit,

wherein the first detection target has a first reflection filter that reflects a first reflected light and the second detection target has a second reflection filter that reflects a second reflected light having a different wavelength from that of the first reflected light, and

the light receiving unit has a first light receiving unit that detects the first reflected light and a second light receiving unit that detects the second reflected light by distinguishing wavelengths of the lights.

2. The position detection system according to claim 1 , wherein the first reflection filter and the second reflection filter each has a frequency filter and a retroreflector that reflects incident light in an opposite direction to an incident direction.

3. The position detection system according to claim 2 , wherein the retroreflector has a prism shape.

4. The position detection system according to claim 2 , wherein the frequency filter is provided by coating or bonding on a surface of the retroreflector.

5. The position detection system according to claim 2 , wherein the first light receiving unit and the second light receiving unit are provided in one photodetector.

6. The position detection system according to claim 5 , wherein an angle formed by a line connecting the light output unit and the first detection target and a line connecting the photodetector and the first detection target is 10 degrees or less, and an angle formed by aline connecting the light output unit and the second detection target and a line connecting the photodetector and the second detection target is 10 degrees or less.

7. A projection display system comprising:

the position detection system according to claim 1 ; and

an image irradiation system that projects an image on a reference surface.

8. A projection display system comprising:

the position detection system according to claim 2 ; and

an image irradiation system that projects an image on a reference surface.

9. A projection display system comprising:

the position detection system according to claim 3 ; and

an image irradiation system that projects an image on a reference surface.

10. A projection display system comprising:

the position detection system according to claim 4 ; and

an image irradiation system that projects an image on a reference surface.

11. A projection display system comprising:

the position detection system according to claim 5 ; and

an image irradiation system that projects an image on a reference surface.

12. A projection display system comprising:

the position detection system according to claim 6 ; and

an image irradiation system that projects an image on a reference surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2012
From: KIYOSE, KANECHIKA; ENDO, KOGO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027843/0969 →