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Projection apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1990-09-21
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Granted: 1992-03-17
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Expires: 2010-09-21
Abstract
Abstract A projection display apparatus, which projects a magnified image onto a screen, comprises an image forming system, such as a display panel, a projector including a plurality of lenses for projecting the image onto the screen, and a decentering mechanism for decentering some lenses in the projector with respect to the optical axis. Even if the image is distorted by arrangement of the screen and the optical axis and so on, the distortion is compensated by decentering the lenses and producing a decentering distortion.
Inventors
- 👤 Koutaro Yano
- 👤 Nozomu Kitagishi
- 👤 Tsunefumi Tanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 11:38
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3179; H04N9/3185; G; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/0025
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
64 words
A projection apparatus for projecting an image onto a screen, comprising: image forming means for forming an image; projection lens means, having a plurality of lenses and an optical axis, for projecting the image formed by said image forming means onto the screen; and decentering means for decentering at least two selected lenses in said projection lens means with respect to the optical axis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
64 words
A projection apparatus for projecting an image onto a screen, comprising: image forming means for forming an image; projection lens means, having a plurality of lenses and an optical axis, for projecting the image formed by said image forming means onto the screen; and decentering means for decentering at least two selected lenses in said projection lens means with respect to the optical axis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
A projection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: detection means for detecting a tilt angle of the screen with respect to the optical axis of said projection lens means, wherein said decentering means decenters said selected lenses based on the detection results of said detection means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A projection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said decentering means decenters at least two lenses in said projection lens means by different amounts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A projection apparatus according to claim 3, wherein decentering distortion coefficients of said two lenses have the same sign.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
A projection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said selected lenses decentered by said decentering means comprise a positive power lens and a negative power lens.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
66 words
A projection apparatus for projecting an image onto a screen, comprising: image forming means for forming an image; projection lens means, having an optical axis, emitting a bundle of rays for projecting the image formed by said image forming means onto the screen; and a variable refraction angle prism for changing the angle of refraction of the bundle of rays emitted from said projection lens means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A projection apparatus for projecting an image onto a screen, comprising: image forming means for forming an image; projection lens means, having an optical axis, emitting a bundle of rays for projecting the image formed by said image forming means onto the screen; and a variable refraction angle prism for changing the angle of refraction of the bundle of rays emitted from said projection lens means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A projection apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said positive power lens and said negative power lens are decentered by different amounts.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
76 words
An apparatus for projecting an image to a screen comprising: a plurality of image forming means for producing the image; optical means for synthesizing light flux produced by each of said plurality of image forming means; projection lens means, having an optical axis and including a plurality of lenses, for projecting the synthesized image generated by said optical means toward the screen; and means for decentering at least two selected lenses of said projection lens means.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
76 words
An apparatus for projecting an image to a screen comprising: a plurality of image forming means for producing the image; optical means for synthesizing light flux produced by each of said plurality of image forming means; projection lens means, having an optical axis and including a plurality of lenses, for projecting the synthesized image generated by said optical means toward the screen; and means for decentering at least two selected lenses of said projection lens means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein two lenses are decentered by said decentering means and one of said two lenses is located at a position closer to the screen than said other lenses.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said selected lenses decentered by said decentering means include a positive power lens and a negative power lens.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein two lenses are decentered by said decentering means and decentering distortion coefficients of said two lenses have the same sign.
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