Projector, projection unit and interactive board

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9417513-B2
Application number	US-201113040735-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2011
Priority date	Mar 5, 2010
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

A projector includes: a body including a light source, a display plane illuminated with light from the light source, and a projection optical system which projects light from the display plane; and a projection unit which projects the light from the display plane, which is projected from the projection optical system, toward an illumination-targeted plane, wherein the projection unit includes a negative power convex angle-widening mirror, and wherein the angle-widening mirror reflects light forming an image plane of the display plane for angle-widening, the image plane being inclined to the display plane.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A projector comprising:
a body including a light source, a display plane illuminated with light from the light source, and a projection optical system that projects light from the display plane; and
a projection unit that projects the light from the display plane through the projection optical system toward an illumination-targeted plane, the projection unit having a negative power convex angle-widening mirror, the angle-widening mirror reflecting light forming an image plane of the display plane for angle-widening, and the image plane being inclined to the display plane, wherein
the body is detachable from the projector, and
the projection optical system is switchable between a normal display state where an image forming the image plane of the display plane, the image plane being parallel to the display plane, is formed in a first range of a relatively long distance along an optical axis and a macro display state where an image forming the image plane of the display plane, the image plane being parallel to the display plane, is formed in a second range of a relatively short distance along the optical axis.

2. The projector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the projection unit includes an image plane control optical system in which the light projected from the projection optical system is light forming the image plane of the display plane, the image plane being inclined to the display plane.

3. The projector according to claim 2 ,
wherein the projection unit includes a variable magnification optical system which converts a magnification of an image forming the image plane of the display plane, the image plane being inclined to the display plane.

4. The projector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the projection unit forms the image plane of the display plane, the image plane being inclined to the display plane, on the illumination-targeted plane parallel to the display plane.

5. The projector according to claim 1 ,
wherein the projection optical system and the projection unit are arranged with the optical axes thereof coincided with each other.

6. The projector according to claim 5 ,
wherein the projecting optical system and the projection unit constitute a shift optical system which shifts the light from the display plane from the optical axis and travels the shifted light.

7. An interactive board comprising:
a projector according to claim 1 ; and
a screen display unit which includes the illumination-targeted plane and allows different information to be written on the illumination-targeted plane,
wherein the body of the projector including the projection optical system is attachable or detachable.

8. A projector comprising:
a body including a projection optical system, the projection optical system projecting image light; and
a projection unit that projects the image light projected from the projection optical system toward an illumination-targeted plane,
the projection unit including
a variable magnification optical system that converts a magnification of an image by the image light; and
an angle-widening mirror that reflects the image light from the variable magnification optical system for angle-widening, and
the variable magnification optical system that converts a magnification of an image forming an image plane inclined to an optical axis of the projection optical system,
wherein, when the image light is projected from the projection optical system without passing through the projection unit, with an image forming range where an image forming an image plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis is formed is a first range and a range other than the first range in an optical path of the image light is a second range, and
wherein the projection optical system projects the image light forming an image plane inclined to the optical axis in the second range.

9. The projector according to claim 8 ,
wherein the projection optical system is switched between a first mode for displaying an image by the body alone and a second mode for displaying an image by a combination of the body and the projection unit.

10. The projector according to claim 8 ,
wherein the projection optical system, the variable magnification optical system and the angle-widening mirror are arranged with the optical axes thereof substantially coincided with one another.

11. The projector according to claim 10 ,
wherein the projection optical system, the variable magnification optical system and the angle-widening mirror constitute a shift optical system, the shift optical system shifts a flux of the image light from the optical axes and travels the shifted flux.

12. The projector according to claim 8 ,
wherein the angle-widening mirror folds back the image light such that the image plane is substantially parallel to the illumination-targeted plane.

13. An interactive board comprising:
a projector according to claim 8 ; and
a screen display unit which displays an image by image light incident from the projector and allows writing on a display plane of the image,
wherein the body of the projector including the projection optical system which projects the image light is attachable or detachable.

14. A projector comprising:
a body including a projection optical system, the projection optical system projecting image light; and
a projection unit that projects the image light projected from the projection optical system toward an illumination-targeted plane, wherein
the projection unit includes an angle-widening mirror that reflects the image light from the projection optical system for angle-widening,
the projection optical system forms an image plane inclined to the illumination-targeted plane,
when the image light is projected from the projection optical system without passing through the projection unit, with an image forming range where an image forming an image plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis is formed is a first range and a range other than the first range in an optical path of the image light is a second range, and
the projection optical system projects the image light forming an image plane inclined to the optical axis in the second range.

15. The projector according to claim 14 ,
wherein the projection optical system is switched between a first mode for displaying an image by the body alone and a second mode for displaying an image by a combination of the body and the projection unit.

16. The projector according to claim 14 ,
wherein the projection optical system, the variable magnification optical system and the angle-widening mirror are arranged with the optical axes thereof substantially coincided with one another.

17. The projector according to claim 16 ,
wherein the projection optical system, the variable magnification optical system and the angle-widening mirror constitute a shift optical system, the shift optical system shifts a flux of the image light from the optical axes and travels the shifted flux.

18. The projector according to claim 14 ,
wherein the angle-widening mirror folds back the image light such that the image plane is substantially parallel to the illumination-targeted plane.

19. An interactive board comprising:
a projector according to claim 14 ; and
a screen display unit which displays an image by image light incident from the projector and allows writing on a display plane of the image,
wherein the body of the projector including the projection optical system which projects the image light is attachable or detachable.

Assignees

• Morikuni Eiji
• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Morikuni Eiji

Classifications

• G03B21/28 Primary

  Reflectors in projection beam {(in illumination beam G03B21/2066)} · CPC title

• G03B21/30

  adapted to collapse or fold, e.g. for portability · CPC title

• G03B21/26

  Projecting separately subsidiary matter simultaneously with main image · CPC title

• G03B21/145

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

• G03B21/142

  Adjusting of projection optics · CPC title