Projection type image display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10691003-B2
Application number	US-201515767839-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 15, 2015
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a technique capable of achieving a manually-operated lens shift mechanism in a space-saving manner in regard to a projection type image display apparatus. The lens shift mechanism includes a first base, a second base, a third base to which a projection lens is fixed, a first shift portion moves the projection lens in a vertical direction by moving the second base in the vertical direction with respect to the first base, and a second shift portion which moves the projection lens in a horizontal direction by moving the third base in the horizontal direction with respect to the second base. The first shift portion is arranged along the vertical direction to be coaxial with a first manual operation portion and a first rotation shaft. The second shift portion is arranged along the vertical direction to be coaxial with a second manual operation portion and a second rotation shaft.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A projection type image display apparatus comprising:
a projection lens; and
a lens shift mechanism for moving the projection lens in each of vertical and horizontal directions with respect to an optical axis based on a manual operation of a user,
wherein the lens shift mechanism includes:
a first base fixed to a housing of the projection type image display apparatus;
a second base connected to the first base so as to be relatively movable in the vertical direction with respect to the first base;
a third base connected to the second base so as to be relatively movable in the horizontal direction with respect to the second base, and to which the projection lens is fixed;
a first shift portion which moves the projection lens in the vertical direction by moving the second base in the vertical direction with respect to the first base based on the manual operation; and
a second shift portion which moves the projection lens in the horizontal direction by moving the third base in the horizontal direction with respect to the second base based on the manual operation,

the first shift portion is arranged along the vertical direction so as to be coaxial with a first manual operation portion and a first rotation shaft, and
the second shift portion is arranged along the vertical direction so as to be coaxial with a second manual operation portion and a second rotation shaft,
wherein the first shift portion includes a first clutch mechanism which is arranged inside the first manual operation portion so as to be coaxial with the first rotation shaft and restricts a torque of the first rotation shaft from being transmitted in the vertical direction when the torque exceeds a predetermined value, and
the second shift portion includes a second clutch mechanism which is arranged inside the second manual operation portion so as to be coaxial with the second rotation shaft and restricts a torque of the second rotation shaft from being transmitted in the vertical direction when the torque exceeds a predetermined value.

2. A projection type image display apparatus comprising:
a projection lens; and
a lens shift mechanism for moving the projection lens in each of vertical and horizontal directions with respect to an optical axis based on a manual operation of a user,
wherein the lens shift mechanism includes:
a first base fixed to a housing of the projection type image display apparatus;
a second base connected to the first base so as to be relatively movable in the vertical direction with respect to the first base;
a third base connected to the second base so as to be relatively movable in the horizontal direction with respect to the second base, and to which the projection lens is fixed;
a first shift portion which moves the projection lens in the vertical direction by moving the second base in the vertical direction with respect to the first base based on the manual operation; and
a second shift portion which moves the projection lens in the horizontal direction by moving the third base in the horizontal direction with respect to the second base based on the manual operation,

the first shift portion is arranged along the vertical direction so as to be coaxial with a first manual operation portion and a first rotation shaft, and
the second shift portion is arranged along the vertical direction so as to be coaxial with a second manual operation portion and a second rotation shaft,
wherein the first shift portion includes:
the first manual operation portion arranged outside of the first base;
the first rotation shaft arranged in front of the third base; and
a first transmitting portion which is connected to the second base and converts a rotational motion of the first rotation shaft into a rectilinear motion in the vertical direction, and

the second shift portion includes:
the second manual operation portion arranged outside of the first base;
the second rotation shaft arranged in front of the third base;
a second transmitting portion which converts a rotational motion of the second rotation shaft into a rectilinear motion in the vertical direction; and
a direction converting portion which is connected to the third base and the second transmitting portion and converts the rectilinear motion of the second transmitting portion in the vertical direction into a rectilinear motion in the horizontal direction,

wherein the direction converting portion includes a rotation supporting shaft, a first end portion, and a second end portion,
the rotation supporting shaft is connected to the first base via a hole on the third base and a hole on the second base,
the first end portion is connected to the second transmitting portion with a rotatable link, and
the second end portion is connected to the third base with a rotatable link.

Assignees

• Maxell Ltd

Inventors

• Inui Shinro
• Oshima Hiroshi

Classifications

• G03B21/142 Primary

  Adjusting of projection optics · CPC title

• G02B7/023

  permitting adjustment · CPC title