IP Library Granted Patent US 9,684,181
Granted Patent B2
US 9,684,181 · App. 14/853,353 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Optical device and projection video display device

Inventor: Tomohiro Murota (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
G02B27/48G02B5/0294G02B26/08H04N9/3105H04N9/315H04N9/3161G03B21/206
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Patent No.
US 9,684,181
App. No.
14/853,353
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The optical device includes a diffuser which diffuses light, a holder which holds the diffuser, a driver which vibrates the holder, and a supporter whose one end elastically supports the holder at one point and whose other end is fixed to an installation plane.

Claims (16)

1. A projection video display device comprising:

a light source that emits coherent light;

a splitter that splits the light emitted from the light source into a first optical path and a second optical path; and

an optical device disposed on one of the first optical path and the second optical path, the optical device comprising:

a diffuser that diffuses light,

a holder that holds the diffuser,

a driver that vibrates the holder, and

a supporter whose one end elastically supports the holder at one point and whose other end is fixed to an installation plane.

2. A projection video display device comprising:

a light source that emits coherent light;

a splitter that splits the light emitted from the light source into a first optical path and a second optical path; and

an optical device disposed on both of the first optical path and the second optical path, the optical device comprising:

a diffuser that diffuses light,

a holder that holds the diffuser,

a driver that vibrates the holder, and

a supporter whose one end elastically supports the holder at one point and whose other end is fixed to an installation plane.

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 Sep 30, 2015
From: MUROTA, TOMOHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036698/0974 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-190989 · Sep 19, 2014 · national
JP 2015-153872 · Aug 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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