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Lens device and projector having diaphragm mechanisms with substantially triangular apertures

US7111946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 11, 2006
Grant dateSep 26, 2006
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Expiry dateJan 11, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/3194
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides a lens device of a projector for projecting light that has been modulated and emitted by a display device, wherein said lens device has an optical axis and is arranged telecentric to rays of light emitted from said display device, said lens device has a diaphragm mechanism having an aperture at such a position that the lens device causes principal rays emitted from various locations on the display device to intersect with the optical axis, and said aperture is substantially triangular.

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