Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image projection device and image projection method to control an illumination area based on movement of image generating unit
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Application No.: US14939348Application Date: 2015-11-12
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Publication No.: US09864262B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Tetsuya Fujioka , Akihisa Mikawa , Hideo Kanai , Yasunari Mikutsu , Satoshi Tsuchiya , Jun Mashimo , Yoshio Kubo
- Applicant: Tetsuya Fujioka , Akihisa Mikawa , Hideo Kanai , Yasunari Mikutsu , Satoshi Tsuchiya , Jun Mashimo , Yoshio Kubo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2014-242034 20141128; JP2014-242043 20141128
- Main IPC: G03B21/20
- IPC: G03B21/20 ; G03B5/00 ; G02B27/00 ; H04N9/31 ; G03B21/00 ; G03B21/14

Abstract:
An image projection device includes: an image generating unit that includes an optical modulation element generating an image using light emitted from a light source; an illumination optical unit that includes one or more optical elements guiding the light emitted from the light source to the image generating unit; a projecting unit that projects the image generated by the image generating unit; a first control unit that performs control to move the image generating unit movable with respect to the illumination optical unit; and a second control unit that performs control to move an illumination area indicating an area illuminated with the light guided to the image generating unit by the illumination optical unit according to a movement amount of the image generating unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160154294A1 IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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