Projection-type display apparatus and method for controlling projection-type display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12333972-B2
Application number	US-202418613511-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2024
Priority date	Mar 23, 2023
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A projection-type display apparatus including a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels, an optical path shifting element configured to shift a position of a projection pixel for each of unit periods, included in one frame period, and a display control circuit configured to control the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element. The display control circuit supplies a data signal to the plurality of panel pixels per the unit period, supplies a signal based on pixel data, as the data signal, to a peripheral panel pixel arranged at a periphery among the plurality of panel pixels in a unit period as a part in one frame period, and supplies a signal having a gray scale level equal to or less than a threshold value as the data signal in a unit period other than the unit period as the part in the one frame period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projection-type display apparatus, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels;
an optical path shifting element configured to shift a position of a projection pixel projected from the plurality of panel pixels for each of k unit periods from a first unit period to a k-th unit period, where k is an integer equal to or greater than 2, included in one frame period; and
a display control circuit configured to control the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element, wherein
the display control circuit
supplies a data signal to the plurality of panel pixels per the unit period,
supplies a signal based on pixel data of a video pixel constituting a video image, as the data signal, to a peripheral panel pixel arranged at a periphery among the plurality of panel pixels in a unit period as a part in one frame period of a first frame period and a second frame period, and
supplies a signal having a gray scale level equal to or less than a threshold value as the data signal in a unit period other than the unit period as the part in the one frame period.

2. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the display control circuit,
when the peripheral panel pixel expresses the video pixel in one unit period, supplies a pixel signal based on pixel data of the video pixel as the data signal in the one unit period, and
when the peripheral panel pixel does not express the video pixel in another unit period, supplies a signal having the gray scale level equal to or less than a threshold value as the data signal to the peripheral panel pixel in the other unit period.

3. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the peripheral panel pixel is arranged at four peripheral sides of a rectangular region in which the plurality of panel pixels are arranged.

4. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the peripheral panel pixel is arranged at two sides adjacent to each other in a periphery of a rectangular region in which the plurality of panel pixels are arranged.

5. The projection-type display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
one panel pixel displays a video pixel in which
k video pixels expressed in a first unit period to a k-th unit period of the first frame period, and
k video pixels expressed in a first unit period to a k-th unit period of the second frame period
are arrayed point-symmetrically with respect to one common video pixel.

6. A method for controlling a projection-type display apparatus including
a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of panel pixels,
an optical path shifting element that shifts a position of a projection pixel projected from the plurality of panel pixels for each of k unit periods from a first unit period to a k-th unit period, where k is an integer equal to or greater than 2, included in one frame period, and
a display control circuit that controls the liquid crystal panel and the optical path shifting element,
the method comprising:
supplying a data signal to the plurality of panel pixels per the unit period,
supplying a pixel signal based on pixel data of a video pixel constituting a video image, as the data signal, to a peripheral panel pixel arranged at a periphery among the plurality of panel pixels in a unit period as a part in one frame period of a first frame period and a second frame period, and
supplying a signal having a gray scale level equal to or less than a threshold value as the data signal in a unit period other than the unit period as the part in the one frame period.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Mizusako Kazuhisa
• Aoki Toru
• Komuro Yusuke

Classifications

• G09G3/002 Primary

  to project the image of a two-dimensional display, such as an array of light emitting or modulating elements or a CRT · CPC title

• G09G3/3607

  for displaying colours or for displaying grey scales with a specific pixel layout, e.g. using sub-pixels (display of colours in flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; grey scales specific for television H04N3/127) · CPC title

• G09G3/2007

  Display of intermediate tones · CPC title

• G09G2340/0435

  Change or adaptation of the frame rate of the video stream · CPC title

• G09G2340/0421

  Horizontal resolution change · CPC title