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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Applicant:
David A. Williams, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventor:
David A. Williams, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A projector with automatic focusing assistance includes a focus control for controlling the focus of optics of the projector, and a focus control use sensor. The projector automatically displays a focus assistance element when the focus control use sensor detects use of the focus control. A method of operating a projector includes automatically displaying a focus assistance element when a focus control of the projector is used.