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Granted Patent B2
US 11,562,672 · App. 17/189,829 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

Liquid crystal projector having non-adjacent display pixels

Inventor: Hiroyuki Hosaka (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G09G3/007G09G3/3607H04N9/317
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Patent No.
US 11,562,672
App. No.
17/189,829
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal projector includes a liquid crystal panel, a shift device and a display control circuit. The liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of panel pixels. The shift device shifts projection positions of the plurality of panel pixels. The display control circuit controls the liquid crystal panel to cause one of the panel pixels to represent k (k is an integer equal to or more than 3) display pixels that are in a non-adjacent relationship in k unit periods in a frame period, and the display control circuit controls the shift device to vary the projection position for each of the k unit periods.

Claims (26)

1. A liquid crystal projector comprising:

a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels;

a shift device that shifts projection positions of the plurality of panel pixels; and

a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the shift device, wherein

the display control circuit controls the liquid crystal panel to cause one of the panel pixels to represent k display pixels that are in a non-adjacent relationship in k unit periods in a frame period, k being an integer equal to or greater than 3,

the display control circuit controls the shift device to vary the projection position for each of the k unit periods,

the display pixels and the panel pixels are arranged in a matrix manner along a first axis and a second axis, and

the k display pixels are not adjacent to each other along the first axis and are not adjacent to each other along the second axis.

2. The liquid crystal projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid crystal panel includes:

a first liquid crystal panel corresponding to a first color;

a second liquid crystal panel corresponding to a second color different from the first color; and

a third liquid crystal panel corresponding to a third color different from the first color or the second color, and

a panel pixel in the first liquid crystal panel, a panel pixel in the second liquid crystal panel, and a panel pixel in the third liquid crystal panel are combined.

3. A liquid crystal projector comprising:

a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels;

a shift device that shifts projection positions of the plurality of panel pixels; and

a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the shift device, wherein

the display control circuit controls the liquid crystal panel to cause one of the panel pixels to represent k display pixels that are in a non-adjacent relationship in k unit periods in a frame period, k being an integer equal to or greater than 3,

the display control circuit controls the shift device to vary the projection position for each of the k unit periods, and

the display control circuit controls the shift device such that an amount of shift of a projection position from a projection position in a first unit period to a projection position in a second unit period is equal to an amount of shift of a projection position from the projection position in the second unit period to a projection position in a third unit period.

4. The liquid crystal projector according to claim 3 , wherein

the display control circuit controls the shift device such that an angle formed by a first direction and a second direction is equal to an angle formed by the second direction and a third direction,

the first direction being a direction in which the projection position in the first unit period is shifted to the projection position in the second unit period,

the second direction being a direction in which the projection position in the second unit period is shifted to the projection position in the third unit period, and

the third direction being a direction in which the projection position in the third unit period is shifted to a projection position in a following unit period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2021
From: HOSAKA, HIROYUKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-035409 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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