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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
Shinichi Sumiyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Nakashige, Kanagawa, JP;
Otoichi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is concerning an image projection apparatus comprising: a projecting unit that projects and displays on a projection surface each image in a time sharing manner for each of a plurality of color components, for an input image signal; a shooting unit that shoots a projected image on the projection surface; a shoot control unit that makes the shooting unit perform the shooting, when a detection mode of a irradiation point at which light is irradiated from an irradiation device on the projection surface is set, in timing shifted by a certain amount of time from a synchronized state to time sharing timing of each color component in the projecting unit; and an irradiation-point-position detecting unit that detects, from a projected image projected by the projecting unit, a position of the irradiation point on the image.