Portable electronic device having built-in projector
First Claim
1. A portable digital image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor to generate image signals;
a focusing lens to focus light onto the image sensor;
a digital projector integrated within the portable digital image capturing apparatus to project images onto an external display screen; and
a digital signal processor to process the image signals from the image sensor to generate image data that can be stored in a storage, and also to control the built-in digital projector to project images associated with the image data.
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Abstract
A portable data processing apparatus includes a storage storing code associated with a computer program that generates at least one of (a) stereoscopic image data and (b) image data associated with images having two groups of primary colors. A keyboard allows a user to input data used by the computer program or entering commands to control execution of the computer program. A built-in digital projector integrated within the portable data processing apparatus projects onto an external display screen at least one of (a) stereoscopic images and (b) images having two groups of primary colors, the built-in digital projector being integrated within the portable data processing apparatus. A microprocessor executes the code and controls the built-in digital projector to project images based on the image data generated by the computer program.
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37 Claims
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1. A portable digital image capturing apparatus comprising:
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an image sensor to generate image signals; a focusing lens to focus light onto the image sensor; a digital projector integrated within the portable digital image capturing apparatus to project images onto an external display screen; and a digital signal processor to process the image signals from the image sensor to generate image data that can be stored in a storage, and also to control the built-in digital projector to project images associated with the image data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable data processing apparatus comprising:
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a storage for storing code associated with a computer program that generates image data; a keyboard for inputting data used by the computer program or entering commands to control execution of the computer program; a built-in digital projector integrated within the portable processing apparatus to project images onto an external display screen, the built-in digital projector comprising a light source to generate a light beam, and a first light modulator to modulate at least a portion of the light beam, the light modulator comprising a liquid crystal layer and an array of dichroic filters, each dichroic filter passing portions of the light beam having wavelengths within a specified range and reflecting portions of the light beam having wavelengths outside of the specified range, and projection optics for projecting images on the external display screen; and a microprocessor to execute the code and control the built-in digital projector to project images based on the image data generated by the computer program. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A portable data processing apparatus comprising:
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a storage storing code associated with a computer program that generates at least one of (a) stereoscopic image data and (b) image data associated with images having two groups of primary colors; a keyboard for inputting data used by the computer program or entering commands to control execution of the computer program; a built-in digital projector integrated within the portable data processing apparatus to project onto an external display screen at least one of (a) stereoscopic images and (b) images having two groups of primary colors, the built-in digital projector being integrated within the portable data processing apparatus; and a microprocessor to execute the code and control the built-in digital projector to project images based on the image data generated by the computer program. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a light generating device to generate light; a fly'"'"'s eye integrator comprising multilevel binary optics elements fabricated on one or more substrates to receive light from the light generating device and provide a light beam having a substantially uniform brightness; a beam splitter to receive the light beam from the fly'"'"'s eye integrator and to provide a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam; a first light modulator to modulate the first sub-beam to generate a first modulated sub-beam; and a second light modulator to modulate the second sub-beam to generate a second modulated sub-beam, wherein the first and second modulated sub-beams are combined to generate an image. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a light generating device to generate light; and one or more substrates each having multilevel binary optics elements fabricated thereon, the one or more substrates processing light from the light generating device to provide a spatially uniform illumination, at least one surface of the one or more substrates having an array of lens, each lens comprising a multilevel binary optics element. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method of operating a portable digital image capturing device, the method comprising:
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sensing light passing through a focusing lens of the portable digital image capturing device to generate an image signal; generating image data based on the image signal; storing the image data in a storage of the portable digital image capturing device; and projecting, using a built-in projector integrated within the portable digital image capturing device, images onto an external display screen, the images being associated with the image data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of operating a portable data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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executing, using a data processor of the portable data processing apparatus, code associated with a computer program to generate image data; generating a light beam using a built-in light source of the portable data processing apparatus; modulating at least a portion of the light beam by using a first built-in light modulator of the portable data processing apparatus based on the image data, the first built-in light modulator having a liquid crystal layer and an array of dichroic filters, each dichroic filter passing portions of the light beam having wavelengths within a specified range and reflecting portions of the light beam having wavelengths outside of the specified range; projecting, using built-in projection optics of the portable data processing apparatus, images based on light modulated by the first built-in light modulator onto an external display screen; and inputting data or commands through a keyboard of the portable data processing apparatus, the data for use by the computer program, the commands for controlling execution of the computer program to control the images projected onto the external display screen. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 33)
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32. A method of operating a portable data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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executing code associated with a computer program to generate at least one of (a) stereoscopic image data and (b) image data associated with images having two groups of primary colors; generating a light beam using a built-in light source of the portable data processing apparatus; modulating at least a portion of the light beam by using a first built-in light modulator and a second built-in light modulator based on the image data, the first and second built-in light modulators being integrated within the portable data processing apparatus; projecting, using built-in projection optics of the portable data processing apparatus, light modulated by the first and second built-in light modulators to project at least one of (a) stereoscopic images and (b) images having two groups of primary colors onto an external display screen; and inputting, using a keyboard of the portable data processing apparatus, data for use by the computer program or commands for controlling execution of the computer program.
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34. A method comprising:
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passing light through a fly'"'"'s eye integrator, the fly'"'"'s eye integrator comprising multilevel binary optics elements fabricated on one or more substrates to provide a light beam having a substantially uniform brightness; separating the light beam from the fly'"'"'s eye integrator into a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam; modulating the first sub-beam using a first light modulator to generate a first modulated beam; modulating the second sub-beam using a second light modulator to generate a second modulated beam; and combining the first modulated beam and the second modulated beam to generate a combined beam representing an image. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A method comprising:
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generating light using a light source; passing the light through one or more substrates each having multilevel binary optics elements fabricated thereon, at least one surface of the one or more substrates having an array of lens, each lens comprising a multilevel binary optics element; and processing the light, using the multilevel binary optics elements, to provide a spatially uniform illumination. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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