IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,667,927
Granted Patent B2
US 9,667,927 · App. 14/591,257 · Granted May 30, 2017

Projector

Inventor: Naoto Takehana (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H04N9/317G03B21/142G03B21/147H04N5/7441H04N9/3185
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,667,927
App. No.
14/591,257
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector according to an aspect includes a light source device, a light modulation device adapted to modulate light from the light source device to form image light, a projection optical system adapted to perform tilted projection of the image light input from the light modulation device to display an image, and a guide display section adapted to display a guide image used for fitting the image projected by the projection optical system to a screen, the guide image is provided with a focus adjustment pattern forming area disposed in a central portion in a direction perpendicular to a tilt direction in a peripheral zone on the tilt direction side, and a focus adjustment pattern is formed in the focus adjustment pattern forming area.

Claims (27)

1. A projector comprising:

a light source device;

a light modulation device adapted to modulate light from the light source device to form image light;

a projection optical system adapted to perform tilted projection of the image light input from the light modulation device to display an image; and

a guide display section adapted to display a guide image used for fitting the image projected by the projection optical system to a screen,

wherein the guide image is provided with a focus adjustment pattern forming area disposed in a central portion in a direction perpendicular to a tilt direction in a peripheral zone on the tilt direction side, and wherein the peripheral zone is a part, in which a length downward in a vertical direction from a side located on a tilt direction side is equal to or shorter than one fourth of the length in a vertical direction of the guide image, and

a focus adjustment pattern is formed in the focus adjustment pattern forming area, wherein the focus adjustment pattern includes a line segment intersecting with a tangential direction.

2. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein the line segment is perpendicular to the tangential direction.

3. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide image has a rectangular shape, and

the guide image includes an auxiliary pattern adapted to supplement a focus adjustment disposed on four corners of the guide image.

4. The projector according to claim 3 , wherein

the auxiliary pattern includes a line segment intersecting with a tangential direction.

5. The projector according to claim 3 , wherein

the focus adjustment pattern is larger than the auxiliary pattern.

6. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide image includes a non-focus adjustment pattern forming area disposed in a central portion of the guide image.

7. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide image includes a frame-like pattern surrounding the focus adjustment pattern.

8. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the guide image includes a test pattern adapted to make a display state of the image easy to recognize.

9. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the projector is a short focus projector.

10. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the focus adjustment pattern is disposed at the center in the horizontal direction of an end portion in a tilt direction side in the guide image.

11. The projector according to claim 1 , wherein

the display of the guide image is configured to allow adjustment of the image to fit the screen, and the focus adjustment pattern is configured to allow focus adjustment to be achieved at the same time as the adjustment of the image to fit the screen.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2015
From: TAKEHANA, NAOTO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034653/0295 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-004896 · Jan 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150201171A1 · Jul 16, 2015