Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080239144 | FRAME RATE CONVERSION DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An interpolation frame generation unit includes a first unit that uses, with respect to each of pixel positions, which are determined to be a motionless region by a region determination unit, in an interpolation frame, any of an image at the same pixel position in the preceding frame, an image at the same pixel position in the current frame, and an average of the images at the same pixel position in the preceding frame and the current frame as an interpolated image at the pixel position, and a second unit that extracts, with respect to each of pixel positions, which are determined to be a motion region by the region determination unit, in the interpolation frame, an image corresponding to the pixel position in the interpolation frame from either one of the preceding frame and the current frame on the basis of a motion vector for a block including the pixel position and uses the extracted image as an interpolated image. | 10-02-2008 |
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 |
20080291343 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illuminating apparatus comprises a light source and an optical system for guiding the light from the light source to an imager such as a liquid crystal panel. The optical system has an optical element disposed for changing a traveling direction of the light traveling to the imager in accordance with a control signal. The optical element is controlled such that, out of all pixel regions on the imager, part of the light amount to be applied to low-brightness pixel regions is distributed to high-brightness pixel regions. | 11-27-2008 |
20080303954 | Signal Processing Apparatus, Image Display Apparatus, And Signal Processing Method - A signal processing apparatus | 12-11-2008 |
20090015796 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - The illumination apparatus includes a color separator configured to separate a white light beam, emitted from a white light source, into a plurality of color component light beams, a plurality of imagers each configured to modulate a corresponding one of the plurality of color component light beams separated by the color separator and a polarization modulator provided on a light incident side of one imager included in the plurality of imagers. The polarization modulator modulates a polarization direction of a modulation-object light beam which is part of a color component light beam guided to the one imager. | 01-15-2009 |
20090022411 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus | 01-22-2009 |
20110013041 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A signal processing device ( | 01-20-2011 |
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 |
20110157555 | STEREOSCOPIC-IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image signal storing unit stores an image signal provided from the outside. An image processing unit appropriately processes the image signal stored in the image signal storing unit in accordance with the instruction from an adjusting unit. A projecting unit projects, onto a display area, light corresponding to an image created by the image processing unit. A display size determination unit computes the display size of the picture plane displayed on a screen based on an image captured by the camera provided adjacent to the projection-type video-image display device. The display size determination unit then determines whether or not the display size of the picture plane is equal to or larger than a predetermined upper-limit size. | 06-30-2011 |
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 |
20120001903 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An display apparatus displays a three-dimensional image formed of a plurality of viewpoint images, and includes an image controller that controls a second viewpoint image to suppress a crosstalk of a first viewpoint image the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image are included in the plurality of viewpoint images. The image controller switches a control mode for suppressing the crosstalk, between a subtraction mode and an addition mode in accordance with an image input signal forming the three-dimensional image. | 01-05-2012 |
20120002172 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a light source that emits narrow-band exciting light; a polarization adjusting element that adjusts a polarization state of the exciting light; a light guide element capable of changing a direction of the exciting light according to the polarization state adjusted by the polarization adjusting element; and a luminous body which is provided on an optical path of the exciting light guided by the light guide element, and which emits predetermined component light excited by the exciting light. | 01-05-2012 |
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 |