Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080246927 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes: a light amount sensor which detects an amount of light emitted from an array light source; a deterioration rate calculator which acquires an amount of light of a measurement target light source from the amount of light detected by the light amount sensor; a reference light amount storage which stores a reference amount of light of an amount of light emitted from plurality of solid state light sources, for each of the solid state light sources; and a light source controller which controls the amount of light emitted from the plurality of solid state light sources for each of the solid state light sources, and the deterioration rate calculator determines whether the measurement target light source has deteriorated, in accordance with a result of a comparison between the amount of light detected by the light amount sensor, and the reference amount of light. | 10-09-2008 |
20080279238 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes: a solid-state light source; a Peltier element configured to cool the solid-state light source; a light amount sensor configured to detect an amount of a light emitted from the solid-state light source; a power consumption monitor configured to monitor power consumptions of the solid-state light source and the Peltier element; and a power controller configured to control powers supplied to the solid-state light source and the Peltier element. The power controller controls the powers supplied to the solid-state light source and the Peltier element, on the basis of the light amount detected by the light amount sensor and a sum of the power consumptions of the solid-state light source and the Peltier element. | 11-13-2008 |
20080303954 | Signal Processing Apparatus, Image Display Apparatus, And Signal Processing Method - A signal processing apparatus | 12-11-2008 |
20090022411 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus | 01-22-2009 |
20110025988 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projection display apparatus includes; an element control unit configured to control a light valve so as to display a test pattern image configuring at least one portion of a respective one of three or more line segments configuring three or more crossing points; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a pickup image of the test pattern image outputted along a predetermined line from an image pickup element configured to pick up the test pattern image projected on a projection plane; a computation unit configured to specify three or more crossing points from three or more line segments included in the pickup image, based upon the pickup image acquired by the acquisition unit, and to compute a positional relationship between the projection image apparatus and the projection plane, based upon the three or more crossing points; and an adjustment unit configured to adjust an image projected on the projection plane, based upon the positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the projection plane. The three or more line segments have an inclination relative to the predetermined line. | 02-03-2011 |
20110175940 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projection display apparatus includes: an imager configured to modulate light emitted from a light source; a projection unit configured to project light coming from the imager on a projection plane; a detection unit configured to detect a projection frame provided on the projection plane; and an imager controller configured to control the imager so that a position of an image projected on the projection plane is moved in a projectable range within which the projection unit is able to project an image. The imager controller controls the imager so that the image projected on the projection plane fits within the projection frame. | 07-21-2011 |
20120013634 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source and a projection unit that projects light emitted from the imager on a projection surface. The projection display apparatus includes: an imager controller that controls the imager to display a test pattern image in which a characteristic point is defined by at least three adjacent regions; an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of the test pattern image from an imaging element configured to capture the test pattern image projected on the projection surface; and an adjustment unit that identifies the characteristic point included in the captured image on the basis of the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit and adjusts an image to be projected on the projection surface on the basis of the identified characteristic point. The at least three adjacent regions surround the characteristic point and are adjacent to the characteristic point. | 01-19-2012 |
20120026170 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus according to embodiments includes a light source that emits color component light beams of a plurality of colors and an imager that modulates the color component light beams of a plurality of colors emitted from the light source. The projection display apparatus includes an element control unit that controls the imager; and a light source control unit that controls the light source. The element control unit controls the imager based on an image output signal obtained by a signal expansion process of an image input signal. The light source control unit performs a power reduction process of reducing power supplied to the light source according to an expansion amount of the image input signal expanded by the signal expansion process. The light source control unit performs a light emission period control process of adjusting light emission periods of a color component light beams of a plurality of colors emitted from the light source within a | 02-02-2012 |
20120057138 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus according to a first feature includes: an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source; and a projection unit that projects the image light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane. The projection plane includes a projectable region where the image light can be projected. The projectable region includes a projection region on which the image light is projected based on an image signal and a non-projection region other than the projection region. The projection display apparatus further includes: an adjustment unit that adjusts the shape of the projection region within the projectable region; and a control unit that displays additional information at least in the non-projection region within the projectable region. | 03-08-2012 |
20120206696 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD - A projection display apparatus displays a test pattern image including three or more intersections configured by three or more line segments. The projection display apparatus calculates a positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the projection plane based on the three or more intersections included in the test pattern image. The test pattern image is included within a display frame. | 08-16-2012 |