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Granted Patent B2
US 11,624,971 · App. 17/359,678 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Projector system

Inventor: Ryosuke Nakagoshi (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
G03B21/14G02B13/06G03B21/56H04N5/74
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Patent No.
US 11,624,971
App. No.
17/359,678
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a projector system including a plurality of projector apparatuses each projecting a picture onto a curved screen of transmissive type having a convex rear side as viewed from a user, a control unit divides an input picture into a plurality of pictures, providing an overlapping region between pictures, and supplies a plurality of divided pictures to the plurality of projector apparatuses, respectively. Optical axis of light projected by the plurality of projector apparatuses intersect at a position farther than a central point of the curved screen, as viewed from the plurality of projector apparatuses.

Claims (11)

1. A projector system comprising:

a curved screen of transmissive type having a convex rear side as viewed from a user;

a plurality of projector apparatuses, each projector apparatus projecting a picture onto the curved screen; and

a control unit that divides an input picture into a plurality of pictures, providing an overlapping region between pictures, and supplies a plurality of divided pictures to the plurality of projector apparatuses, respectively, wherein

optical axis of light projected by the plurality of projector apparatuses intersect at a position farther than a central point of the curved screen as viewed from the plurality of projector apparatuses.

2. The projector system according to claim 1 , wherein

the curved screen is a cylindrical screen or a dome screen.

3. The projector system according to claim 1 , wherein

projecting positions of the plurality of projector apparatuses are set such that positions where the optical axis of light projected by the plurality of projector apparatuses impinge upon a projection surface of the curved screen are respectively closer to a center on the projection surface than a plurality of positions where the optical axis of projected light impinge upon the projection surface of the curved screen when the projecting positions of the plurality of projector apparatuses are arranged at equal intervals defined by an angle derived from dividing a central angle of the curved screen by the number of the plurality of projector apparatuses plus 1.

4. The projector system according to claim 3 , wherein

defining a distance between a position where a light axis of light projected by the projector apparatus impinges upon the projection surface of the curved screen and the projecting position of the projector apparatus as a first projection distance, defining a distance between a position derived from parallel shift of an extreme end position where light projected by the projector apparatus impinges upon the projection surface of the curved screen and the projecting position of the projector apparatus as a second projection distance, and defining a ratio of the second projection distance to the first projection distance as a projection distance ratio, the first projection distance and the second projection distance of each projector apparatus are determined so as to be accommodated in a range of the projection distance ratio identified as not lowering a display resolution of the input picture, based on a characteristic of variation of a pixel density from a center to an end of the input picture.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2021
From: NAKAGOSHI, RYOSUKE
To: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056680/0518 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-247256 · Dec 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019043401 · Nov 6, 2019
Related Publication 20210325766A1 · Oct 21, 2021
Cited By (1)
US 12,681,319