Wall structure

• US 7,422,332 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2005
• Issued: 09/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kokubo, Tetsushi, Kondo, Tetsujiro, Tatehira, Yasushi, Tanaka, Kenji, Mukai, Hitoshi, Hibi, Hirofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): KOVAL, MELISSA J
• Application Number:
  US11/127,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20050264768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,216 Days
• Field of Search: 353/74, 353/76, 353/94, 353/99, 353/119, 353/122, 353/10, 353/15, 353/19, 353/28, 353 77- 79, 353/121, 359/449, 348/36, 352/69, 352/40, 352/88, 352/89, 52/361, 52/6, 52/7, 372/43.01, 372/99, 372/22.5, 372/11, 372/22, 472/60, 472/61
• US Class Current: 353/78
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/10 Projectors with built-in or built-on screen
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 37/04 with cameras or projectors providing touching or overlapping fields of view
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3147 Multi-projection systems displays in general H04N9/12; video walls G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026

Abstract

A wall structure has a first wall and a second wall that faces the first wall. A part of the second wall or the entire second wall is configured as a rear-projection screen. A projector for projecting an image onto the rear-projection screen is arranged between the first and second walls.

Claims

1. A wall structure comprising:

a first wall;

a second wall having a first side which is part of a room, the second wall extending between a ceiling surface and a floor surface and a second side of the second wall faces the first wall, at least a part of said second wall being configured as a rear-projection screen; and

a projector for projecting an image onto the rear-projection screen, said projector being arranged between the first and second walls, wherein the image is viewed on the first side of the second wall in the room.

2. The wall structure according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the projectors is arranged between the first and second walls.

3. The wall structure according to claim 1, wherein the projector is fixed to a building construction member present between the first and second walls.

4. The wall structure according to claim 1, further comprising a reflecting mirror for reflecting light projected from the projector to make the reflected light incident on the rear-projection screen, said mirror being arranged between the first and second walls.

5. The wall structure according to claim 4, wherein the reflecting mirror is fixed to a building construction member present between the first and second walls.

6. The wall structure according to claim 1, wherein a maintenance port for use in maintenance of the projector is formed at a location on the first wall, said location corresponding to a position at which this projector is arranged.

7. The wall structure according to claim 1, wherein the rear-projection screen and the projector are modularized for any one of each same type and each combination of a plurality of types.

17. The wall structure according to claim 1, further comprising a space formed between the first and second walls containing construction members for structure strength.

8. A wall structure comprising:

a first wall;

a second wall having a first side which is part of a room, the second wall attached between a floor surface and a ceiling surface and a second side of the second wall faces the first wall, at least a part of said second wall being configured as a rear-projection screen; and

a reflecting mirror for reflecting projection light to make the reflected projection light incident on the rear-projection screen, said mirror being arranged between the first and second walls, wherein the reflected projection light is viewed on the first side of the second wall in the room.

9. The wall structure according to claim 8, wherein a plurality of the reflecting mirrors is arranged between the first and second walls.

10. The wall structure according to claim 8, wherein the reflecting mirror is fixed to a building construction member present between the first and second walls.

11. The wall structure according to claim 8, wherein a projector for projecting an image onto the rear-projection screen is arranged between the first and second walls.

12. The wall structure according to claim 11, wherein the projector is fixed to a building construction member present between the first and second walls.

13. The wall structure according to claim 11, wherein a maintenance port for use in maintenance of the projector is formed at a location on the first wall, said location corresponding to a position at which this projector is arranged.

14. The wall structure according to claim 8, wherein the projector is arranged outside a space between the first and second walls.

15. The wall structure according to claim 8, wherein the rear-projection screen and the reflecting mirror are modularized for any one of each type and each combination of a plurality of types.

18. The wall structure according to claim 8, further comprising a space formed between the first and second walls containing construction members for structure strength.

16. A wall configuration of a structure comprising:

a first wall;

a second wall having a first side which is part of a room in the structure, the second wall connected to a floor and a ceiling and a second side of the second wall facing the first wall, at least a part of said second wall being configured as a rear-projection screen; and

a projector for projecting an image onto the rear-projection screen, said projector being arranged between the first and second walls, wherein the image is viewed on the first side of the second wall in the room.

19. The wall configuration according to claim 16, further comprising a space formed between the first and second walls containing construction members for structure strength.