IP Library Granted Patent US 9,918,056
Granted Patent B2
US 9,918,056 · App. 14/977,515 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Projection device

Inventors: Hirotake Nozaki (Tokyo, JP); Nobuhiro Fujinawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nikon Corporation
H04N9/3176G02B27/283G03B17/54G03B21/16H04N5/225H04N9/3102H04N9/315H04N9/3108H04N9/3141H04N9/3144H04N9/3197
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Patent No.
US 9,918,056
App. No.
14/977,515
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection device includes: a plate shaped member that is thermally conductive; a light emitting element that is disposed upon the plate shaped member and emits light; a bending member that bends light from the light emitting element into an orientation parallel to the plate shaped member; a modulation element that modulates light bent by the bending member; and a polarized light separation element that bends light modulated by the modulation element into an orientation going away from the plate shaped member.

Claims (50)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a projector that includes a projection optical system and projects a projection image;

an image sensor that captures a photography image; and

an illumination unit that includes an illumination optical system which is different from the projection optical system and emits an illumination light by light from a light source when the image sensor captures the photography image, wherein:

the illumination unit does not emit the illumination light when the projector projects the projection image; and

further comprising a processor that controls the projector and the illumination unit, wherein:

the processor controls the projector differently between a case in which the projection image is projected onto a placing surface on which the electronic device is placed and a case in which the projection image is projected onto a surface other than the placing surface.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the projector projects the projection image based on the light from the light source.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the light source is a part of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor controls the illumination unit so that the illumination unit does not emit the illumination light when the projector projects the projection image.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor controls deforming the projection image differently between a case in which the projection image is projected onto a placing surface on which the electronic device is placed and a case in which the projection image is projected onto a surface other than the placing surface.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an attitude sensor that detects an attitude of the electronic device, wherein:

the processor controls the projector based on the attitude of the electronic device detected by the attitude sensor.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an attitude sensor that detects an attitude of the electronic device, wherein:

the processor determines whether the projection image is projected onto the placing surface or the projection image is projected onto a surface other than the placing surface, based on a detection by the attitude sensor.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor detects a brightness of a projection surface onto which the projection image is projected, based on the photography image captured by the image sensor.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein:

the projector projects the projection image based on the light from the light source; and

the processor controls the light source based on the brightness of the projection surface.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein:

the processor performs stopping of projection by the projector based on the brightness of the projection surface.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a display that displays information related to the stopping of the projection by the projector controlled by the processor.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of surroundings of the projector, wherein:

the processor controls the projector based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein:

the processor performs stopping of projection by the projector.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a display that displays information related to the stopping of the projection by the projector controlled by the processor.

15. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display that displays information, wherein:

the processor controls the display to turn off when the projector projects the projection image.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an operation unit that changes over between projecting the projection image by the projector and capturing the photography image by the image sensor.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a projector that projects a projection image;

a processor that controls the projector differently between a case in which the projection image is projected onto a placing surface on which the electronic device is placed and a case in which the projection image is projected onto a surface other than the placing surface.

18. The electronic device according to claim 17 , wherein:

the processor controls deforming the projection image differently between a case in which the projection image is projected onto a placing surface on which the electronic device is placed and a case in which the projection image is projected onto a surface other than the placing surface.

19. The electronic device according to claim 17 , further comprising:

an attitude sensor that detects an attitude of the electronic device, wherein:

the processor determines whether the projection image is projected onto the placing surface or the projection image is projected onto a surface other than the placing surface, based on a detection by the attitude sensor.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-097340 · Mar 31, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12224364
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