Portable air projection apparatus

• US 10,409,151 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2016
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhejiang Geely Automobile Research Institute Company Limited (Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.), Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Shufu
• Primary Examiner(s): LaBalle, Clayton E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Butler, Kevin C
• Application Number:
  US15/737,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20190004412A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,185 Days
• Field of Search: 359443
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/56 Projection screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/58 collapsible, e.g. foldable; of variable area
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/60 characterised by the nature of the surface
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/608 Fluid screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/62 Translucent screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/625 Lenticular translucent screens
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/74 Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor

Abstract

Provided is a portable air projection apparatus, which may be used in conjunction with a mobile phone and can project the content displayed on the screen of the mobile phone in the air. The apparatus may be carried with one and used instantly. The portable air projection apparatus comprises: a vapor projection curtain generation device, which can generate a gaseous curtain wall through a vapor outlet; a communication interface, which can be connected with a portable mobile communication device via a signal; a signal transceiving and processing unit for receiving a display signal from the portable mobile communication device through the communication interface, and converting the display signal into a projection control signal; and a projection lens for generating a projection display screen on the gaseous curtain wall according to the projection control signal.

Claims

1. A portable air projection apparatus, comprising:

a vapor projection curtain generation device configured to generate a gaseous curtain wall through a vapor outlet;

a communication interface configured to be connected with a portable mobile communication device via a signal;

a signal transceiving and processing unit configured to receive a display signal from the portable mobile communication device through the communication interface and convert the display signal into a projection control signal;

a projection lens configured to generate a projection display screen on the gaseous curtain wall according to the projection control signal;

an infrared detector located behind the gaseous curtain wall and configured to detect an action of a human finger on the projection display screen, generate a touch control signal, and send the touch control signal to the portable mobile communication device via the communication interface; and

a finger cot in which are arranged a gravity sensor and a signal transmitting device configured to generate the touch control signal for the projection display screen.

2. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vapor outlet is of a long strip shape, and both ends of the long strip shape have adjusting plates which adjust an angle of vapor ejection, thereby adjusting a side range of the gaseous curtain wall.

3. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 2, further comprising:

a system control unit configured to control a height of the gaseous curtain wall by adjusting a flow quantity and a flow rate of a vapor.

4. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 3, wherein the system control unit is configured to adjust the projection angle and a focal length of the projection lens according to the side range of the gaseous curtain wall and the height of the gaseous curtain wall, so as to control the range of the projection display screen.

5. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a built-in battery for charging the portable mobile communication device, wherein the portable mobile communication device is a mobile phone or a tablet computer.

6. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 1,

wherein the vapor outlet is a fan-shaped structure protruding from a housing;

wherein a plurality of air ducts are arranged in a radial arrangement inside the fan-shaped structure; and

wherein each of the air ducts has a flow rate control valve configured to cause the gaseous curtain wall to be a rectangular structure through control of the flow rate.

7. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vapor projection curtain generation device comprises a water storage tank and a water suction hose, the water suction hose configured to draw water directly from an external water container.

8. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 1, wherein the vapor projection curtain generation device comprising a water storage tank and a pigment addition module for adding a pigment to a liquid that produces a vapor.

9. A portable air projection apparatus comprising:

a vapor projection curtain generation device configured to generate a gaseous curtain wall through a vapor outlet, the vapor projection curtain generation device comprising a water storage tank and a pigment addition module for adding a pigment to a liquid that produces a vapor;

a communication interface which can be connected with a portable mobile communication device via a signal;

a signal transceiving and processing unit for receiving a display signal from the portable mobile communication device through the communication interface, and converting the display signal into a projection control signal; and

a projection lens for generating a projection display screen on the gaseous curtain wall according to the projection control signal.

10. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 9, wherein the vapor outlet is of a long strip shape, and both ends of the long strip shape have adjusting plates which adjust an angle of vapor ejection, thereby adjusting a side range of the gaseous curtain wall.

11. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a system control unit configured to control a height of the gaseous curtain wall by adjusting a flow quantity and a flow rate of a vapor.

12. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 11, wherein the system control unit is configured to adjust the projection angle and a focal length of the projection lens according to the side range of the gaseous curtain wall and the height of the gaseous curtain wall, so as to control the range of the projection display screen.

13. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

an infrared detector located behind the gaseous curtain wall and configured to detect an action of a human finger on the projection display screen, generate a touch control signal, and send the touch control signal to the portable mobile communication device via the communication interface.

14. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a finger cot in which are arranged a gravity sensor and a signal transmitting device configured to generate the touch control signal for the projection display screen.

15. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

a built-in battery for charging the portable mobile communication device, wherein the portable mobile communication device is a mobile phone or a tablet computer.

16. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the vapor outlet is a fan-shaped structure protruding from a housing;

a plurality of air ducts are arranged in a radial arrangement inside the fan-shaped structure; and

each of the air ducts has a flow rate control valve configured to cause the gaseous curtain wall to be a rectangular structure through control of the flow rate.

17. The portable air projection apparatus of claim 9, wherein the vapor projection curtain generation device comprises a water storage tank and a water suction hose, the water suction hose configured to draw water directly from an external water container.