Seiko Epson Corporation

Nittoh Kogaku K.k.

Shuji Narimatsu

Hirofumi Kasuga

Tadashi Kinebuchi

Hidehito Iisaka

Koichi Miyasaka

Hiroaki Shinha

Akira Miyamae

Kaoru Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Hasegawa

Hidefumi Sakata

Shunji Kamijima

Akitaka Yajima

Takeshi Ishikawa

Hirosada Horiguchi

Takateru Mori

Kazuhiro Nishida

Shohei Fujisawa

Nobuo Watanabe

Koji Shiokawa

Akira Nemura

Shunji Umemura

Hiroyuki Furui

Akira Sawamoto

Hiroyuki Moteki

Fumie Kawai

Tomonobu Machida

Yoshinobu Asakura

A three-dimensional shape measuring method includes: projecting a first grid pattern based on a first light and a first full pattern based on a second light onto a target object, the first light and the second light being lights of two colors included in three primary colors of light; picking up, by a three-color camera, an image of the first grid pattern and the first full pattern projected on the target object, and acquiring a first picked-up image based on the first light and a second picked-up image based on the second light; and calculating height information of the target object, using the first picked-up image, and calculating position information of the target object, using the second picked-up image.

Three-dimensional shape measuring method and three-dimensional shape measuring device

A three-dimensional shape measuring method includes: projecting a first grid pattern based on a first light and a second grid pattern based on a second light onto a target object in such a way that the first grid pattern and the second grid pattern intersect each other, the first light and the second light being lights of two colors included in three primary colors of light; picking up, by a three-color camera, an image of the first grid pattern and the second grid pattern projected on the target object, and acquiring a first picked-up image based on the first light and a second picked-up image based on the second light; and performing a phase analysis of a grid image with respect to at least one of the first picked-up image and the second picked-up image and calculating height information of the target object.

A projector projects image light generated by an image generation unit, as an enlarged image via a projection system. The incident position of the image light on the projection system is moved by a lens shift mechanism. The projection system forms an intermediate image in the course of the optical path. A light-shielding mask is provided at an image forming position of the intermediate image. A light-shielding area by the light-shielding mask includes an area that does not overlap the intermediate image within a range of an effective image forming area at the image forming position of the intermediate image. For example, the light-shielding area is an area on the side opposite to the side to which the intermediate image is shifted, of the effective image forming area.

Projection system and projector with light-shielding mask

A projector includes a light source, a light modulator that has an image drawing region where an image is drawable and modulates light emitted from the light source by using an image drawn in the image drawing region, and a projection system that includes a projection lens and projects image light modulated by the light modulator. The projector further includes a lens shift mechanism that moves the projection lens and a control section that controls the image drawing performed by the light modulator, and the control section provides, based on the position of the projection lens, the image drawing region of the light modulator with a suppression region where the amount of the image light is suppressed.

Projector and method for controlling projector providing suppression region

A projector includes a power receiving terminal, a light source that emits light based on electric power supplied to the power receiving terminal, a light diffuser that adjusts the degree of diffusion of the light from the light source, a specifying section that alternately specifies one of illumination projection and image projection every time electric power supply to the power receiving terminal is started, and a light diffusion controller that controls the light diffuser so that when the specifying section specifies the illumination projection, the light diffuser diffuses the light from the light source, whereas when the specifying section specifies the image projection, the light diffuser transmits the light without substantially diffusing the light.

Projector and method for controlling the same

A projector includes an electricity reception terminal to which electric power is supplied via an electricity feed terminal, a projection section that includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, an irradiation system, and a projection system and projects light, and a control section that switches a content to another whenever electric power supply to the electricity reception terminal is initiated and causes the projection section to project light carrying an image related to the content selected in the switching operation.

Projector and method for controlling projector with changing content

Projector

A projector includes a projection section adapted to project light, a human detection section adapted to detect a human existing in a predetermined region, and a mode switching section adapted to switch an operation mode to one of a content mode for projecting light of an image related to a content by the projection section, and an illumination mode for projecting light for illumination by the projection section in accordance with a detection result of the human detection section.

Projector and method of controlling projector

An illumination device includes: a light source device adapted to emit an excitation light beam; and a rotating fluorescent plate having a single fluorescent layer adapted to convert a part or whole of the excitation light beam into a fluorescent light beam. The fluorescent light beam includes two or more colored light beams, and the single fluorescent layer is formed on a circular disk, which can be rotated by a motor, continuously along a circumferential direction of the circular disk.

Illumination device and projector

A projector includes a light source; a spatial light modulation device which modulates light from the light source according to an image that is written; a light diffusion device which adjusts a degree of diffusion of the light incident on the spatial light modulation device or the light emitted from the spatial light modulation device; and a light diffusion controller which controls the light diffusion device so that the light diffusion device diffuses the light when the light source starts to light up.

Dual function projector

Two light modulators, a first light modulator and a second light modulator, suffice for four light sources, a first light source, a second light source, a third light source, and a fourth light source, whereby the cost can be lowered as compared with a configuration in which three light modulators are required. As a result, cost reduction is achieved. Further, since two light modulators suffice, the size of the projector can be reduced as compared with the configuration in which three light modulators are required.

A projector including a first light source, a second light source that emits light having a color different from the first light source, a light modulator that modulates the light emitted from each of the first and the second light sources, and a controller that controls a first operation state in which the first and the second light sources are driven based on time division driving to perform image display and a second operation state in which the first and the second light sources are driven based on time division driving to perform illumination, wherein in the second operation state, a switching frequency at which the first and the second light sources are switched from one to the other is higher than a switching frequency at which the first and the second light sources are switched from one to the other in the first operation state.

Projector and method for controlling projector

A projector includes: a first solid-state light source device which includes a first solid-state light source emitting main excitation light, and a fluorescent layer converting main excitation light to light including a first color light component and a second color light component different from the first color light component, and emitting converted light; a second solid-state light source device which includes a second solid-state light source emitting a third color light component different from the first color light component and the second color light component; a light modulation device modulating the first color light component, the second color light component, and the third color light component in accordance with image information; a projection optical system projecting the modulated light components from the light modulation device as a projection image; and a third solid-state light source device which includes a third solid-state light source emitting auxiliary excitation light, wherein the fluorescent layer is configured such that auxiliary excitation light is input thereto in a direction different from a direction in which main excitation light is input, and the fluorescent layer is configured to convert auxiliary excitation light to light including the first color light component and the second color light component, and to emit converted light.

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