IP Library Granted Patent US 10,168,603
Granted Patent B2
US 10,168,603 · App. 15/192,751 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Optical member driving apparatus and projection type image display apparatus

Inventors: Takaaki Gyoten (Hyogo, JP); Nobuyuki Kondo (Osaka, JP); Ken Mashitani (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,168,603
App. No.
15/192,751
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical member driving apparatus includes an optical member for changing an optical path, a plurality of actuators each having a movable member which is controlled to move in one direction, a plurality of connecting members which connect edge portions of the optical member positioned on two axes orthogonal to each other and the movable members of the plurality of actuators, respectively, a position detector for detecting a moving amount of the movable member of each actuator and outputting a detection signal indicating the moving amount, and a controller for controlling movement of the movable member of each actuator based on the detection signal from the position detector so as to keep an intersection point of the two axes at constant position.

Claims (30)

1. An optical member driving apparatus comprising:

an optical member for changing an optical path;

first to fourth actuators, each having a movable member which is controlled to move in one direction;

a plurality of connecting members which connect edge portions of the optical member positioned on two axes orthogonal to each other and the movable members of the first to fourth actuators, respectively;

a position detector for detecting a moving amount of the movable member of each actuator and outputting a detection signal indicating the moving amount; and

a controller for controlling movement of the movable member of each actuator based on the detection signal from the position detector so as to keep an intersection point of the two axes at constant position;

wherein the first and second actuators are mounted on one of the two axes and on the edge portions of the optical member;

wherein the third and fourth actuators are mounted on the other of the two axes and on the edge portions of the optical member; and

wherein, in initial adjustment of the actuators, the controller

controls the movable members of the first and second actuators to move in opposite direction to each other by a predetermined amount,

determines driving power of the third and fourth actuators while adjusting a gain of the detection signal from the position detector, and

detects a value of the gain which minimizes a difference between a total of driving power of the third and fourth actuators before the first and second actuators are moved in the opposite direction to each other by the predetermined amount and a total of driving power of the third and fourth actuators after the first and second actuators are moved in the opposite direction to each other by the predetermined amount, and

in normal operation, the controller sets the detected gain to a gain of the detection signal from the position detector.

2. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in the initial adjustment of the actuators, the controller further

controls the movable members of the third and fourth actuators in opposite direction to each other by a predetermined amount,

determines driving power of the first and second actuators while adjusting a gain of the detection signal from the position detector, and

detects a value of the gain which minimizes a difference between a total of driving power of the first and second actuators before the third and fourth actuators are moved in the opposite direction to each other by the predetermined amount and a total of driving power of the first and second actuators after the third and fourth actuators are moved in the opposite direction to each other by the predetermined amount, and

in the normal operation, the controller sets the detected gain to a gain of detection signal from the position detector.

3. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator is a voice coil motor.

4. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting member is an elastic member.

5. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller includes a single microcomputer.

6. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member is a circular parallel plate glass.

7. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member is a square parallel plate glass.

8. A projection type image display apparatus comprising:

a light source;

an optical modulation device for modulating light from the light source with a video signal;

a projection optical system for magnifying and projecting the light modulated by the optical modulation device; and

the optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , which is arranged between the optical modulation device and the projection optical system.

9. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second actuators are mounted on one of the two axes and on the edge portions of the optical member, facing each other with respect to the intersection point of the two axes.

10. The optical member driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the third and fourth actuators are mounted on the other of the two axes and on the edge portions of the optical member, facing each other with respect to the intersection point of the two axes.

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 Jul 5, 2016
From: GYOTEN, TAKAAKI; KONDO, NOBUYUKI; MASHITANI, KEN
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039077/0766 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-271266 · Dec 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014006484 · Dec 26, 2014
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