SCANNING PROJECTION APPARATUS AND PORTABLE PROJECTION APPARATUS

• US 20150109586A1
• Filed: 10/17/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Makoto Masuda
• Original Assignee: Makoto Masuda
• Inventors: MASUDA, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US14/516,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20150109586A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 353/31
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/0841 the reflecting element being moved or deformed by electrostatic means
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 26/105 with one or more pivoting mirrors or galvano-mirrors G02B26/101 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3129 scanning a light beam on the display screen scanning a light beam on a screen in displays other than projection devices G09G3/02; scanning systems in general G02B26/10; projectors using laser light sources in general H04N9/3161
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3182 Colour adjustment, e.g. white balance, shading or gamut white balance per se H04N9/73; control of amplitude of colour signals H04N9/68; colour control circuits for displays in general G09G5/02, G09G3/2003, G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback

Abstract

A scanning projection apparatus is provided with a first light source module which includes a laser light source to emit a laser beam and a mirror unit which can be oscillated. Further, a light deflection unit which performs a two-dimensional scanning with the laser beam emitted from the first light source module by the mirror unit, a light detection unit which detects a distance from the mirror unit to an image projection surface or a difference in distance in the image projection surface, and a control unit which controls an oscillation angle of the mirror unit based on distance information from the light detection unit are included.

Claims

1. A scanning projection apparatus comprising:

a light source module which includes a laser light source to emit a laser beam;

a light deflection unit which includes an oscillating mirror unit and performs a two-dimensional scanning with the laser beam emitted from the light source module by the mirror unit to project a projection image onto an image projection surface;

a light detection unit which detects a distance from the mirror unit to the image projection surface or a difference in distance in the image projection surface; and

a control unit which controls an oscillation angle of the mirror unit based on distance information from the light detection unit.

2. The scanning projection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the light source module includes any one or all of a red laser light source, a green laser light source, and a blue laser light source.

3. The scanning projection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the laser light source includes a plurality of laser light sources which emit laser beams different in wavelength according to an image signal,

the scanning projection apparatus further comprising:

a multiplexing unit which synthesizes the laser beams emitted from the plurality of laser light sources.

4. The scanning projection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the light deflection unit has a MEMS structure of an electrostatic drive system in which the mirror unit and a mirror driving unit to oscillate the mirror unit are included.

5. The scanning projection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the mirror unit is separately oscillated by two shafts perpendicular to each other, and

oscillation angles of the two shafts are separately controlled based on the distance information by the control unit.

6. The scanning projection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the light deflection unit includes an oscillation angle detection unit which detects the oscillation angle of the mirror unit.

7. The scanning projection apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a combining light source module which emits the laser beam and is combined with the light source module,

wherein the laser beam emitted from the light source module and the laser beam emitted from the combining light source module are synthesized by the multiplexing unit.

10. A portable projection apparatus which uses the scanning projection apparatus according to claim 1.

8. A scanning projection apparatus comprising:

a light source module which includes a laser light source to emit a laser beam;

a light deflection unit which includes an oscillating mirror unit and performs a two-dimensional scanning with the laser beam emitted from the light source module by the mirror unit to project a projection image onto an image projection surface;

an irradiation light projection unit which reflects the laser beam emitted from the light deflection unit in a direction different from an emitting direction; and

a transparent optical imaging unit which is disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to a projection surface of the irradiation light projection unit in the emitting direction of a reflection light beam from the irradiation light projection unit, and

the projection image is projected into a space on a side opposite to the irradiation light projection unit with the optical imaging unit interposed therebetween.

9. The scanning projection apparatus according to claim 8, wherein

an angle of the optical imaging unit with respect to the irradiation light projection unit is changed according to a position on a visual line of a viewer.

11. A portable projection apparatus which uses the scanning projection apparatus according to claim 8.