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Multi-projection image display device

US6695451B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 2000
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-projection image display device using a plurality of image projectors to form one picture on a screen, in which images projected from the projectors are smoothly connected with one another, so that seams of the images do not appear conspicuously. The image display device has projectors and a screen laid out in such a manner that maximum image projection ranges of the respective projectors overlap the adjacent ranges. An image signal control unit for processing an image signal supplied from an external image input has, therein, a member for cutting out a partial image area dealt with by each projector, an image converting member for performing geometric transformation and local color correction of the partial image, and an arithmetic control member for controlling the image converting member on the basis of image information inputted from a screen state monitor camera. With this structure, smoothing of the seams between the images may be realized simply by image signal processing, and precise adjustment of the optical system of the projectors becomes unnecessary.

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