Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Projector, and its filter renewal control method
- Patent Title (中): 投影机及其过滤更新控制方法
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Application No.: US12594884Application Date: 2008-01-31
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Publication No.: US08403498B2Publication Date: 2013-03-26
- Inventor: Mitsuru Kotaka , Shigekazu Yamagishi , Yoshinobu Nakajima , Toshiyuki Noguchi , Yoshinari Matsumoto , Kenji Kunitake
- Applicant: Mitsuru Kotaka , Shigekazu Yamagishi , Yoshinobu Nakajima , Toshiyuki Noguchi , Yoshinari Matsumoto , Kenji Kunitake
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Priority: JP2007-104764 20070412
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/051517 WO 20080131
- International Announcement: WO2008/129888 WO 20081030
- Main IPC: G03B21/26
- IPC: G03B21/26

Abstract:
A housing (17) that accommodates a light source (1), a display device (3), etc. has an intake aperture (18) and an exhaust aperture (24). A blowing unit (16, 23) sucks air in through the intake aperture and expels air out through the exhaust aperture. A filter unit (19) is disposed so that a filter (20) faces the intake aperture in a predetermined area between a rolling shaft (31a) and a take-up shaft (31b). A part of the filter facing the intake aperture is renewed by taking-up the filter from the rolling shaft onto the take-up shaft. A control unit (36) performs control so as to renew the filter for a range that is smaller than an opening area of the intake aperture, when a predetermined renewal condition is determined to be satisfied, based on the output of a detection unit (38, 39a, 39b) that detects a specific factor value relating to contamination of the filter, such as a cumulative display time, a temperature, an air pressure, etc. This reduces a noise occurring during the driving of a fan or a change in the rotational speed of the fan, which are associated with automatic filter renewal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100128230A1 PROJECTOR, AND ITS FILTER RENEWAL CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2010-05-27
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