IP Library Granted Patent US 12,073,739
Granted Patent B2
US 12,073,739 · App. 18/039,529 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Video display device

Inventor: Tetsuya Hayakawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SEGA FAVE CORPORATION
G09B27/00F21V9/40F21V11/14F21V13/02F21V14/08F21W2121/008
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Patent No.
US 12,073,739
App. No.
18/039,529
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a video display device that projects and displays video including starry sky images onto a target surface, that can reproduce the twinkling of stars and that can more faithfully reproduce an actual starry sky. Provided are a light source, a projection lens, a starry-sky projection negative plate, a twinkling negative plate with uneven light-transmitting properties, a starry-sky-end support unit that supports the starry-sky projection negative plate in a location onto which light from the light source is radiated, a twinkling-end support unit that supports the twinkling negative plate between the starry-sky projection negative plate and the projection lens or between the light source and the starry-sky projection negative plate, and an actuation mechanism that rotationally actuates, by power from an actuator, the starry-sky projection negative plate in a state of being supported by the starry-sky-end support unit and the twinkling negative plate in a state of being supported by the twinkling-end support unit. Light that has penetrated the starry-sky projection negative plate and the twinkling negative plate is radiated onto the target surface via the projection lens.

Claims (15)

1. A video display device that projects and displays video including starry sky images corresponding to a starry-sky projection negative plate onto a target surface by radiation of light having penetrated said starry-sky projection negative plate onto said target surface via a projection lens, and that comprises:

a light source,

said projection lens,

said starry-sky projection negative plate,

a twinkling negative plate with uneven light-transmitting properties,

a starry-sky-end support unit that supports said starry-sky projection negative plate in a location onto which light from said light source is radiated,

a twinkling-end support unit that supports said twinkling negative plate between said starry-sky projection negative plate and said projection lens or between said light source and said starry-sky projection negative plate, and

an actuation mechanism that includes an actuator, and rotationally actuates, by power from said actuator, said starry-sky projection negative plate in a state of being supported by said starry-sky-end support unit and said twinkling negative plate in a state of being supported by said twinkling-end support unit,

wherein said video display device has a single support member formed with said starry-sky-end support unit and said twinkling-end support unit, and

wherein said support member is in the form of a placing tray that positions, places and supports said starry-sky projection negative plate and said twinkling negative plate.

2. The video display device according to claim 1 , wherein said placing tray is structured so as to place said starry-sky projection negative plate and said twinkling negative plate in a stacked state to be in contact with or adjacent to each other.

3. The video display device according to claim 1 , wherein said video display device has a casing with said light source and said actuation mechanism housed therein, and wherein said placing tray is stored in said casing in an extractable manner.

4. The video display device according to claim 1 , wherein said actuation mechanism has a single actuator and a transmission mechanism that transmits power from said actuator, and wherein a starry-sky-end rotation driving unit that rotationally drives said starry-sky projection negative plate and a twinkling-end rotation driving unit that rotationally drives said twinkling negative plate are individually provided on a power transmission path in said transmission mechanism.

5. The video display device according to claim 1 , wherein said actuation mechanism is structured so as to rotate said starry-sky projection negative plate and said twinkling negative plate at mutually different angular velocities or in mutually different directions.

6. The video display device according to claim 1 , wherein said actuation mechanism is structured so that a rotation axis of said twinkling negative plate is positioned on the same axis as that of said starry-sky projection negative plate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 5, 2024
From: SEGA TOYS CO., LTD.
To: SEGA FAVE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068170/0586 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2023
From: HAYAKAWA, TETSUYA
To: SEGA TOYS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063807/0419 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-006637 · Jan 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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