IP Library Granted Patent US 8,414,133
Granted Patent B2
US 8,414,133 · App. 13/551,034 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Projection display device having an operation section for displacing a lens

Inventors: Takaharu Adachi (Higashiosaka, JP); Shinichi Okuno (Hirakata, JP); Ryuhei Amano (Hirakata, JP); Takashi Ikeda (Higashiosaka, JP); Takashi Miwa (Higashiosaka, JP)
Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,414,133
App. No.
13/551,034
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection display device comprises a projection lens section to which light modulated by a light modulating element is entered, a mirror section for reflecting the light emitted from the projection lens section to reflect to the projection lens section side and directing the light to a projection plane, and an operation section for displacing a lens in the projection lens section. The operation section is disposed in a region in which the operation section does not hinder an optical path of the light that has been passed through a projection port provided in a main body cabinet.

Claims (22)

1. A projection display device comprising:

a light source;

a light modulating element which modulates light from the light source;

a projection lens section to which the light modulated by the light modulating element is entered;

a mirror section which reflects the light emitted from the projection lens section to reflect the light to the projection lens section side and directs the light to a projection plane;

a main body cabinet which houses the projection lens section and the mirror section, the main body cabinet including a V-shaped concave groove that is concave toward an interior of the main body cabinet, the V-shaped concave groove including a first sloped portion and a second sloped portion that slopes in a direction of the light reflected by the mirror section;

a projection port provided in the main body cabinet through which the light reflected by the mirror section passes to the projection plane, the projection port being provided in the first sloped portion of the V-shaped concave groove; and

an operation section which displaces a lens of the projection lens section,

wherein an optical path of the light passing through the projection port reflected by the mirror section is directed to pass over a part where the projection lens section is housed in the main body cabinet, and

the operation section is disposed in a region in which the operation section does not hinder an optical path of the light through the projection port provided in the main body cabinet.

2. A projection display device comprising:

a light source;

a light modulating element which modulates light from the light source;

a projection lens section to which the light modulated by the light modulating element is entered;

a mirror section which reflects the light emitted from the projection lens section to reflect the light to the projection lens section side and directs the light to a projection plane;

a main body cabinet which houses the projection lens section and the mirror section, the main body cabinet including a V-shaped concave groove that is concave toward an interior of the main body cabinet, the V-shaped concave groove including a first sloped portion and a second sloped portion which slopes in a direction of the light reflected by the mirror section;

a projection port provided in the main body cabinet through which the light reflected by the mirror section passes to the projection plane, the projection port being provided in the first sloped portion of the V-shaped concave groove; and

an operation section which displaces a lens of the projection lens section, the operation section including a lever section connected to the projection lens section and a knob section connected to the lever section;

wherein an optical path of the light passing through the projection port reflected by the mirror section is directed to pass over a part where the projection lens section is housed in the main body cabinet; and

the knob section is disposed, so as not to hinder an optical path of the light which passed through the projection port disposed on the main body cabinet, on a side surface of the main body cabinet in which the projection port is not disposed, the knob section being disposed so as to be able to move in a direction of a height of the main body cabinet.

3. The projection display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the light source is disposed on a side opposite of the side surface of the main body cabinet where the knob section is disposed on.

Assignments (3)
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 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2007-055979 · Mar 6, 2007 · national
JP 2007-205975 · Aug 7, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
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