Abstract:
There is provided a projector apparatus having an image forming optical system including a plate fixed to a housing, and a plurality of reflecting mirrors attached to the plate through respective holding members. The material of the reflecting mirrors, and the materials of the plate and the holding members have approximately equal coefficients of linear expansion. Sliding means is provided at a contact point between the housing and the plate for releasing an excessive force generated at the contact point.
Abstract:
A discharge lamp energizing power supply device is operable to reduce an electric power loss in a wide range of commercial power supply voltages employed in various parts of the world, and can stably perform its functions without causing a functional shutdown of a boosting circuit due to an increase in the power supply voltage and a functional shutdown of a voltage lowering circuit due to a characteristic deterioration of a discharge lamp. The discharge lamp energizing power supply device has a full-wave rectifier circuit for rectifying an AC voltage obtained from a commercial AC power supply system into a full-wave rectified waveform, a booster circuit for boosting the voltage of the full-wave rectified waveform, a boosted-voltage changing circuit for changing the boosted voltage output from the booster circuit, a voltage lowering circuit for lowering an output voltage from the boosted-voltage changing circuit and outputting an activating output voltage for activating a discharge lamp and an energizing output voltage for keeping the discharge lamp energized, and a control device for controlling a boosted voltage in the boosted-voltage changing circuit within a predetermined range based on the voltage of the full-wave rectified waveform when the voltage lowering circuit outputs the energizing output voltage.
Abstract:
A luminous flux, from one conjugate surface (A), having an opening angle of at least 10null sequentially passes through a first optical system (30) having a luminous flux convergent action in the vicinity of its reference axis and a second optical system (31) having a luminous flux divergent action in the vicinity of its reference axis, and converges on another conjugate surface (B). A specific condition is given to the converging distance of each converging point at a luminous flux section including a principal ray according to the passing position of the luminous flux through the first optical system (30) to thereby implement an oblique-incident optical system having a half angle of at least 60null and a comparatively simple structure irrespective of a type of an optical element used.
Abstract:
A document camera is provided for preventing a camera unit from interfering with works such as a change of one document to another. Camera unit of document camera is disposed above script base at a location away from the center of script base to prevent camera unit from interfering with the head or hand of a user. Simultaneously, light source is placed in proximity to camera unit to prevent regularly reflected light from script base from introducing into an optical system of camera unit, thus producing a fine image. Image signal processor is further provided for eliminating a trapezoidal distortion caused by a change in the position at which camera unit is attached.
Abstract:
Electric equipment, and a method and a program for preventing the unauthorized use of same, by which it is possible to prevent the theft of electric equipment installed in an environment where the electric equipment is available for the use of an unspecified number of users and the stealing of information stored in the electric equipment. The electric equipment comprises: an operation limiting section for setting a function limit to make at least part of functions of the electric equipment unavailable; an I/F for connecting an external device to the electric equipment; an external device information obtaining section for obtaining device identification information from an external device connected via the interface to the electric equipment to identify the device; a write control section for associating the function limit with the device identification information of a prescribed external device to thereby obtain a cryptographic key; an NVRAM for storing the cryptographic key; and a comparator for determining whether or not the device identification information obtained from an external device connected via the interface to the electric equipment matches the cryptographic key stored in the NVRAM. The operation limiting section cancels the function limit when the comparator determines that the obtained information matches the cryptographic key.
Abstract:
A first area and a second are formed in an image projected by a projector. A standard image plate is placed in a surface on which an image for the first area is projected. A standard image has been drawn on a standard image plate and is displayed in correct colors when white light is projected on the standard image plate. The projector projects white light as the image for the first area. An image for the second area is projected on a projecting surface. A user operates an operating section so that the image in the second area is closer to the standard image. A color correcting section corrects the colors of the image in the second area on the basis of information inputted to the operating section.
Abstract:
A projector device is provided which is capable of reducing its costs by making it possible to increase luminance of outgoing light from a rod integrator with an output from a light source being remained unchanged and by making it possible to achieve a compact illuminating optical system using a shortened total length of the rod integrator. Notches each having a predetermined angle or a convex portion is formed in a vicinity of a light incident face and in a vicinity of a light outgoing face of a rod integrator. A sloped line produced at an angle formed by one portion of each of the notches on the light incident side relative to a center line is approximately parallel to a light incident line produced at an angle formed by incident light relative to the center line.
Abstract:
A method of correcting color purity is provided for reducing differences in picture quality between film images and television receiver images by the video signals, thus enabling reproduction of picture quality that approximates images that are shown in a movie theater. When outputting signal levels of each of the color components of video signals, color mixing is performed in which the output signal level is the sum of products of all of the color component levels that have been received as input multiplied by coefficients. By setting these coefficients within the range null0.3 to 0.3, the influence from other colors can be limited to prevent excessive change from the colors of the original image.
Abstract:
A flat mirror 2 for folding an optical path in a casing of a rear projection television is arranged in the casing on not the side of a screen 4 but a rear or upper side of the casing. In order to direct an optical path of an image projection to a flat mirror 3 on a rear or upper side of the casing, a plurality of focusing mirrors 5a to 5d, with which a light beam can be directed at a large angle with respect to a normal line of the screen and can focus an image through a shorter distance compared with a conventional lens system, are used. Since the light beam projected by the focusing mirrors 5a to 5d is directed at high angle and reflected by the rear or upper side flat mirror 2 in the casing, the light beam is focused on the screen 4 provided on a front side of the casing. By utilizing this projection system and the arrangement of the flat mirror, it is possible to remove an unnecessary space provided below the screen 4 and provides a compact rear projection television having a large screen.
Abstract:
An auxiliary line created on a computer is displayed on a user interface screen, and is projected onto a curved screen by a projector. The user adjusts real numbers substituted into variables of an approximate expression held in the computer for drawing auxiliary line to transform the auxiliary line drawn on the user interface screen for a correction such that the auxiliary line in the image projected from the projector through a video cable approaches to a straight line. If this correction causes the auxiliary line to extend beyond the screen of a display, the computer scales down the current user interface screen, and creates a virtual correction area therearound, so that the auxiliary line can be fully displayed within the screen.