Projector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10775685-B2
Application number	US-201615559022-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2016
Priority date	Mar 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 15, 2020
Grant date	Sep 15, 2020

Abstract

A projector, comprising a housing (100) and a machine body provided inside the housing (100). A supporting piece (200) is connected to the housing (100) via a connection mechanism, and the supporting piece (200) can be converted between a first position and a second position under the limiting action of the connection mechanism. The supporting piece (200) is attached to a surface of the housing (100) at the first position, and a projection element is triggered at the same time to enable the machine body to be in a first working state. The supporting piece (200) departs from the surface of the housing (100) at the second position and drives the housing (100) to change a projection elevation thereof with respect to a horizontal plane, and the projection element is triggered at the same time to enable the machine body to be in a second working state, thereby controlling the working states of the machine body on the premise of free adjustment of a projection angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projector, comprising:
a housing having a front side panel with a projection lens opening and a bottom panel which is non-parallel to the front side panel;
a projector body disposed inside the housing, having a projection lens disposed at a position corresponding to the projection lens opening;
a supporting piece mounted on the housing;
a connection mechanism for mounting the supporting piece on the housing, wherein the connection mechanism includes a pivot;
a trigger element disposed on the housing;
wherein the supporting piece has a rotational axis which is perpendicular to the front side panel, and the supporting piece is moveable by rotating on the housing around the rotational axis between a first position and a second position under restraint by the connection mechanism;
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the first position, it is disposed along the front side panel of the housing and triggers the trigger element to change the projector to a first working state, and
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the second position, it partly separates from the housing and protrudes below the bottom panel of the housing and causes the housing to raise the front side panel relative to other portions of the housing and change an angle of the bottom panel relative to a horizontal surface, to change a projection angle of the projection lens relative to the horizontal surface, and triggers the trigger element to change the projector to a second working state.

2. The projector of claim 1 , wherein the trigger element is a power control device,
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the first position, it turns off the power control device, and the first working state of the projector is a powered off state, and
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the second position, it turns on the power control device, and the second working state of the projector is a powered on state.

3. The projector of claim 2 ,
wherein the power control device is a light sensitive switch having a light sensing element exposed on an outside of the housing,
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the first position, it covers the light sensing element, and when the supporting piece is moved to the second position, it is located away from the light sensing element and exposes the light sensing element;
or wherein the power control device is a mechanical switch having a press control portion which protrudes out of the housing, wherein when the supporting piece is moved to its first position, it presses the press control portion, and when the supporting piece is moved to its second position, the supporting piece moves away from the press control portion and releases it.

4. The projector of claim 1 , wherein the connection mechanism includes a rotational shaft, a shaft hole cooperating with the shaft, and a restraining element on the rotational shaft, wherein the restraining element is configured to restrain rotation of the shaft relative to the shaft hole,
wherein the rotational shaft is formed on the supporting piece and the shaft hole is formed on the housing, or the rotational shaft is formed on the housing and the shaft hole is formed on the supporting piece.

5. The projector of claim 4 , wherein the rotational shaft is formed on the supporting piece and the shaft hole is formed on the housing, and wherein the restraining element is a one-directional bearing disposed over the rotational shaft,
wherein the projector further comprises a bearing mounting base disposed on an inside of the housing corresponding to the shaft hole for accommodating the one-directional bearing, wherein one side of the bearing mounting base is open and the opening is covered by a pressure plate which is removably affixed to the bearing mounting base.

6. The projector of claim 5 , wherein an inner ring of the one-directional bearing and the rotational shaft are securely affixed together by a screw, and wherein the connection mechanism further includes a corrugated washer disposed in an elastically compressed manner between the one-directional bearing and the screw.

7. The projector of claim 1 , wherein the supporting piece is an integrally formed single piece component.

8. The projector of claim 7 , wherein the supporting piece is an integrally formed plate structure,
wherein the housing includes an upper cover and a base joined with each other, wherein the base includes the bottom panel and multiple side panels including the front side panel that extend vertically upwards from a periphery of the bottom panel, wherein the supporting piece is located on the front side panel of the base.

9. The projector of claim 7 , wherein the rotational axis of the supporting piece is located at a center of the front side panel of the base, or the rotational axis of the supporting piece is located near the center of the front side panel of the base.

10. A projector, comprising:
a housing having a front side panel with a projection lens opening and a bottom panel which is non-parallel to the front side panel;
a projector body disposed inside the housing, having a projection lens disposed at a position corresponding to the projection lens opening;
a supporting piece mounted on the housing;
a connection mechanism for mounting the supporting piece on the housing, wherein the connection mechanism includes a pivot;
wherein the supporting piece has a rotational axis which is perpendicular to the front side panel, and the supporting piece is moveable by rotating on the housing around the rotational axis between a first position and a second position under restraint by the connection mechanism;
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the first position, it is disposed along the front side panel of the housing and covers the projection lens opening, and
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the second position, it partly separates from the housing and protrudes below the bottom panel of the housing and causes the housing to raise the front side panel relative to other portions of the housing and change an angle of the bottom panel relative to a horizontal surface, to change a projection angle of the projection lens relative to the horizontal surface, and exposes the projection lens opening.

11. The projector of claim 10 , further comprising a power control device, located corresponding to the first position of the supporting piece;
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the first position, it turns off the power control device, and
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the second position, it turns on the power control device.

12. The projector of claim 11 ,
wherein the power control device is a light sensitive switch having a light sensing element exposed on an outside of the housing,
wherein when the supporting piece is moved to the first position, it covers the light sensing element, and when the supporting piece is moved to the second position, it is located away from the light sensing element and exposes the light sensing element;
or wherein the power control device is a mechanical switch having a press control portion which protrudes out of the housing, wherein when the supporting piece is moved to its first position, it presses the press control portion, and when the supporting piece is moved to its second position, the supporting piece moves away from the press control portion and releases it.

13. The projector of claim 10 , wherein the connection mechanism includes a rotational shaft, a shaft hole cooperating with the shaft, and a restraining element on the rotational shaft, wherein the restraining element is

Assignees

• Appotronics China Corp
• Appotronics Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Xiliang
• Chen Yongzhuang
• Deng Yi

Classifications

• G03B21/54

  Accessories · CPC title

• G03B21/145 Primary

  Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof · CPC title

• G03B21/147

  Optical correction of image distortions, e.g. keystone · CPC title