# US 2013/0155113 A1 · Image display device and mobile device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0155113 A1 - Document ID: US20130155113A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/715,406 - Filed: 2012-12-14 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15 - Assignees: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kazunori KOTANI; Hisashi NAKAMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155113A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/34: for rolling or scrolling - H04N 9/3173: {wherein the projection device is specially adapted for enhanced portability} - H04N 9/3185: {Geometric adjustment, e.g. keystone or convergence (optical or mechanical adjustment of convergence H04N9/317; using scanning means H04N3/22; optical or mechanical adjustments of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14)} - H04N 9/3194: {including sensor feedback} - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A projection display device includes an image generating part which generates an image to be displayed on a predetermined image display surface; a circuit part which operates the image generating part based on an image signal; an image acquiring part which acquires an image signal to be outputted from a mobile device; a tilt acquiring part which acquires, from the mobile device, a tilt signal indicating a tilt angle of a display surface of the mobile device with respect to a reference state; and screen state changing part which changes a state of a screen to be displayed on the image display surface in accordance with the tilt signal. The screen state changing part inclines, on the image display surface, an image based on the image signal acquired by the image acquiring part, based on the tilt signal in accordance with the inclination of the display surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image display device, comprising: an image generating part which generates an image to be displayed on a predetermined image display surface; a circuit part which operates the image generating part based on an image signal; an image acquiring part which acquires an image signal to be outputted from a mobile device for supplying the image signal to the circuit part; a tilt acquiring part which acquires, from the mobile device, a tilt signal indicating a tilt angle of a display surface of the mobile device with respect to a reference state; and screen state changing part which changes a state of a screen to be displayed on the image display surface in accordance with the tilt signal, wherein the screen state changing part inclines, on the image display surface, an image based on the image signal acquired by the image acquiring part, based on the tilt signal in accordance with the inclination of the display surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the image generating part includes an image modulator which modulates light from a light source for generating image light, the image display device further comprises a projection part which projects the image light onto a projection plane as the image display surface, and the screen state changing part includes: a driver which rotates the image generating part in such a manner that a projection screen to be formed by the image light rotates on the projection plane, and a drive controller which controls the driver in accordance with the tile signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image display device according to claim 2, wherein the reference state is a state that a transverse direction of the display surface is in parallel to a horizontal plane, the tilt signal indicates a tilt angle of the display surface with respect to the reference state in an in-plane direction of the display surface, the driver rotates the image generating part in an in-plane direction perpendicular to an emission direction of the image light from the image generating part, and the driving controller controls the driver in accordance with the tilt signal in such a manner that a transverse direction of the projection screen is inclined with respect to the horizontal plane in a same direction as the display surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image display device according to claim 3, wherein the driver rotates the image generating part about a center axis of the image light as an axis of rotation. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the screen state changing part includes a signal processor which is disposed in the circuit part and processes the image signal acquired by the image acquiring part in accordance with the tilt signal, and the signal processor generates a signal for displaying an inclined image so as to form the screen out of the image signal acquired by the image acquiring part, the screen being such that an image based on the image signal is inclined on the image display surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The image display device according to claim 5, wherein the signal processor generates the signal for displaying an inclined image by performing a keystone correction process in accordance with the tilt signal. ### Claim 7 A mobile device, comprising: a display part which is configured to display, on a display surface, a screen based on an image signal; an image supplying part which supplies, to an external device, the image signal for forming the screen to be displayed on the display surface; and a tilt supplying part which supplies, to the external device, a tilt signal indicating an inclination of the display surface with respect to a reference state concurrently with supply of the image signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The mobile device according to claim 7, wherein the reference state is a state that a transverse direction of the display surface is in parallel to a horizontal plane, and the tilt signal is a signal indicating an inclination of the display surface with respect to the reference state in an in-plane direction of the display surface.