A calibration step is disclosed for use with a system and a method for creating a wide-screen picture-dominance effect in an auditorium located in a motion-picture theater. This is accomplished by an operator viewing a test image or images of horizontal and vertical lines projected onto a deeply-curved screen in said auditorium and adjusting the projection of said test image or images until the horizontal and vertical lines in said image or images appear straight and orthonormal, with the result that viewers watching motion pictures in said auditorium will observe images that appear wider than the physical confines of the auditorium in said theater.

Various embodiments described herein relates to a lens cap, adapted to be mechanically engaged over a lens assembly of an optical projector. The lens cap, as described herein, is adapted for vignetting a light pattern projected by the optical projector. The lens cap includes a front surface and a back surface, where on at least a portion of the front surface, an elliptically shaped aperture is defined. In this aspect, the elliptically shaped aperture is chamfered towards its peripheral ends, as the elliptically shaped aperture extends out from the back surface of the lens cap towards the front surface of lens cap. Also, the elliptically shaped aperture is defined on the lens cap such that, a center axis of the aperture is offset to a central axis of the lens cap, so as to match an offset at which the light pattern is projected by the optical projector.

Various embodiments described herein relates to a lens cap, adapted to be mechanically engaged over a lens assembly of an optical projector. The lens cap, as described herein, is adapted for vignetting a light pattern projected by the optical projector. The lens cap includes a front surface and a back surface, where on at least a portion of the front surface, an elliptically shaped aperture is defined. In this aspect, the elliptically shaped aperture is chamfered towards its peripheral ends, as the elliptically shaped aperture extends out from the back surface of the lens cap towards the front surface of lens cap. Also, the elliptically shaped aperture is defined on the lens cap such that, a center axis of the aperture is offset to a central axis of the lens cap, so as to match an offset at which the light pattern is projected by the optical projector.

An illumination device includes a light source, a pair of wedge prisms, and a driving portion. The pair of wedge prisms deflect incident light. The driving portion includes a gear and a gear, and causes the pair of wedge prisms to rotate about a rotation axis by using the gear and the gear. The pair of wedge prisms include a wedge prism held by a barrel and a wedge prism held by a barrel. The barrel is disposed inside the barrel. A gear whose center axis is the rotation axis is provided on an outer periphery of the barrel. A gear whose center axis is the rotation axis is provided on an inner periphery of the barrel. The gear is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the gear and meshes with the gear. The gear is disposed on an inner peripheral side of the gear and meshes with the gear.

A calibration step is disclosed for use with a system and a method for creating a wide-screen picture-dominance effect in an auditorium located in a motion-picture theater. This is accomplished by an operator viewing a test image or images of horizontal and vertical lines projected onto a deeply-curved screen in said auditorium and adjusting the projection of said test image or images until the horizontal and vertical lines in said image or images appear straight and orthonormal, with the result that viewers watching motion pictures in said auditorium will observe images that appear wider than the physical confines of the auditorium in said theater.

The present invention provides a rear projection simulator system with a free-form fold mirror. The system includes a high definition projector and a curved screen. The free-form fold mirror is interposed between the projector and the screen. The free-form fold mirror includes one or more non-planar (e.g., curved) portions to eliminate or reduce loss of resolution of the projected image near the edges or boundaries of the image.

A light irradiation device includes a light source, a projection optical system, wedge prisms, and an aberration correction surface. The projection optical system projects an image formed based on light emitted from the light source. The aberration correction surface corrects an aberration occurring when the image is projected by the projection optical system. The wedge prism deflects the light emitted from the projection optical system. The wedge prism deflects the light deflected by the wedge prism. The wedge prisms are held so that a deflection direction of light emitted from the wedge prism is changed by rotation of at least one of the wedge prisms. The aberration correction surface is on the wedge prism side with respect to an emission surface of the projection optical system, and is located on the projection optical system side, with respect to the wedge prism, including an incidence surface of the wedge prism.

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data representing an image generated by projecting a first image on a part of a second image using at least one projection apparatus and a control unit configured to control a presentation unit to present, to a user, an area in the second image where the first image is to be projected by the at least one projection apparatus based on the image.

The present invention provides a rear projection simulator system with a free-form fold mirror. The system includes a high definition projector and a curved screen. The free-form fold mirror is interposed between the projector and the screen. The free-form fold mirror includes one or more non-planar (e.g., curved) portions to eliminate or reduce loss of resolution of the projected image near the edges or boundaries of the image.

A display apparatus and a display control method are provided. The display apparatus includes: an image source configured to output a first image; a relay optics component configured to change a size of the first image and to transfer the first image; a surrounding structure provided around the image source or the relay optics component, and including a second image of a surrounding object; and a combiner configured to form a first virtual image by reflecting the first image, and to form a second virtual image around the first virtual image by reflecting the second image.