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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2007
Applicant:
Junji Nishigaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Inventor:
Junji Nishigaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Planetarium Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital planetarium apparatus includes an original image generator, an intermediate image generator, and a fish-eye lens. The original image generator is formed of two video projectors and generates semicircular images in display devices inside the respective video projectors. The intermediate image generator optically focuses the two semicircular images generated by the original image generator to thereby generate a circular image. The fish-eye lens projects the circular image generated by the intermediate image generator.