Image pickup device and projector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9733552-B2
Application number	US-201213568660-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 7, 2012
Priority date	Aug 9, 2011
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

An image pickup device includes an image pickup element which captures an image of a projection surface, an optical filter which has higher transmissivity for infrared light than for visible light, a visible light transmitting member whose transmissivity for visible light is higher than the corresponding transmissivity of the optical filter, and a switching unit which switches between a first condition where the optical filter is disposed on an optical path of light entering the image pickup element, and a second condition where the visible light transmitting member is disposed on the optical path.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image pickup device, comprising:
an image pickup element which captures an image of a subject;
an optical filter which has higher transmissivity in an infrared range than in a visible light range;
a visible light transmitting member which has higher transmissivity in the visible light range than the transmissivity of the optical filter in the visible light range;
a switching unit which switches between a first condition where the optical filter is disposed on an optical path of light entering the image pickup element, and a second condition where the visible light transmitting member is disposed on the optical path; and
an image pickup lens which forms an image of light received from the subject on the image pickup element,
wherein the optical filter is inserted between the image pickup element and the image pickup lens in the first condition, and the visible light transmitting member is inserted between the image pickup element and the image pickup lens in the second condition,
wherein the switching unit includes a movable member which holds the optical filter and the visible light transmitting member, a pressing member between the movable member and the image pickup lens, the pressing member including a cylindrical portion at a center of the pressing member in order to hold the image pickup lens, and a base member which supports the movable member in such a condition that the movable member can rotate,
wherein the movable member switches between the first condition and the second condition by rotation in a first direction to the first condition and rotation in a second opposite direction to the second condition around a center shaft at one end of the movable member that extends in a direction along an optical axis of the image pickup element,
wherein the movable member has a shape that radially expands from the one end to another end with an arc formed at the another end, and
wherein the pressing member is fixed to the base member such that the movable member can be rotatably supported between the pressing member and the base member.

2. A projector, comprising:
a projection unit which modulates light emitted from a light source according to image information and projects the modulated light; and
the image pickup device according to claim 1 which captures an image of a projection surface onto which light emitted from the projection unit is projected.

Assignees

• Otsuki Nobuyuki
• Zhou Haiyan
• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Otsuki Nobuyuki
• Zhou Haiyan

Classifications

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/11

  for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths · CPC title

• G03B21/28

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

• H04N5/332

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N5/2254

  Electricity · mapped topic