IP Library Granted Patent US 9,354,494
Granted Patent B2
US 9,354,494 · App. 14/597,890 · Granted May 31, 2016

Projection type image display apparatus and adjusting method

Inventors: Ken Mashitani (Osaka, JP); Kazuma Tani (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,354,494
App. No.
14/597,890
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection type image display apparatus includes an adjusting sub-frame image generator and a shift amount adjuster. The adjusting sub-frame image generator generates a primary adjusting sub-frame image having a design in which a first line having a first color and a width of an N pixel (N being a natural number) is displayed on a background image having a second color, and a secondary adjusting sub-frame image having a design in which a second line having a third color and a width of an M pixel set to N=M+α (M being an integer equal to or greater than 1, α being an integer equal to or greater than 0) is displayed on a background image having a fourth color. The shift amount adjuster adjusts the shift amount when the display positions of the primary and secondary adjusting sub-frame images on the projection surface are shifted relatively to each other.

Claims (31)

1. A projection type image display apparatus configured to display an image formed of an image frame on a projection surface by projecting a plurality of sub-frame images forming the image frame onto the projection surface, the projection type image display apparatus configured to be capable of optically shifting projection positions of the sub-frame images when the sub-frame images are projected onto the projection surface,

the projection type image display apparatus comprising:

an adjusting sub-frame image generator configured to generate

a primary adjusting sub-frame image having a design in which a first line having a first color and a width of an N pixel (N being a natural number) is displayed on a background image having a second color; and

a secondary adjusting sub-frame image having a design in which a second line having a third color and a width of an M pixel where the width is set to N=M+α (M being an integer equal to or greater than 1, α being an integer equal to or greater than 0) is displayed on a background image having a fourth color; and

a shift amount adjuster configured to adjust a shift amount when a display position of the primary adjusting sub-frame image on the projection surface and a display position of the secondary adjusting sub-frame image on the projection surface are shifted relatively to each other.

2. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image in such a manner that

a relation of the width of the second line with respect to the width of the first line is set to N=M+1 or N=M+2, and

the first line and the second line are set so that the second line is displayed inside the first line when the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image are projected onto the projection surface before adjustment of the shift amount.

3. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image in such a manner that

the width of the first line and the width of the second line are each set to 1 pixel, and

the first line and the second line are set so that the second line is displayed in a position outside the first line and adjacent to a contour of the first line when the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image are projected onto the projection surface before adjustment of the shift amount.

4. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image in which the first color and the fourth color are both set to black and the second color and the third color are both set to white.

5. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image in which the first color and the fourth color are both set to black and the second color and the third color are both set to green.

6. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the primary adjusting sub-frame image in which the first line is set to a design of combination of a line extending in a horizontal direction and a line extending in a vertical direction with respect to one side of an image to be displayed on the projection surface.

7. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the secondary adjusting sub-frame image in which the second line is set to a design of combination of a line extending in the horizontal direction and a line extending in the vertical direction with respect to the one side.

8. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the secondary adjusting sub-frame image in which the second line is set to a design of a line extending in either the horizontal direction or the vertical direction with respect to the one side.

9. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image in which each of the first line and the second line is set to a design of a line extending in a diagonal direction with respect to one side of an image to be projected onto the projection surface.

10. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when two sub-frame images form one image frame in the projection type image display apparatus, the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the one primary adjusting sub-frame image and the one secondary adjusting sub-frame image in the one image frame.

11. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when four sub-frame images form one image frame in the projection type image display apparatus, the adjusting sub-frame image generator generates the one primary adjusting sub-frame image, and the one secondary adjusting sub-frame image or a plurality of the secondary adjusting sub-frame images in the one image frame.

12. The projection type image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where the shift amount, when the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image are projected onto the projection surface, is defined as S, and a shift amount, when an image except the primary adjusting sub-frame image and the secondary adjusting sub-frame image is projected onto the projection surface, is defined as So,

the shift amount adjuster sets a relation between the shift amount S and the shift amount So to

So=S ×(α%2+1)/2

where α%2 represents a remainder when a is divided by 2.

13. An adjusting method for adjusting a shift amount of a projection type image display apparatus,

the projection type image display apparatus configured to display an image formed of an image frame on a projection surface by projecting a plurality of sub-frame images forming the image frame onto the projection surface, the projection type image display apparatus configured to be capable of optically shifting projection positions of the sub-frame images when the sub-frame images are projected onto the projection surface,

the adjusting method comprising:

generating a primary adjusting sub-frame image that has a design in which a first line having a first color and a width of an N pixel (N being a natural number) is displayed on a background image having a second color;

generating a secondary adjusting sub-frame image that has a design in which a second line having a third color and a width of an M pixel where the width is set to N=M+α (M being an integer equal to or greater than 1, α being an integer equal to or greater than 0) is displayed on a background image having a fourth color; and

shifting a display position of the primary adjusting sub-frame image on the projection surface and a display position of the secondary adjusting sub-frame image on the projection surface relative to each other.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2015
From: MASHITANI, KEN; TANI, KAZUMA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034943/0859 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-019045 · Feb 4, 2014 · national
JP 2014-242807 · Dec 1, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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