ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,006, issued on May 27, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Projection video display apparatus with variable light adjustment for multi-screen projection mode" was invented by Takuya Shimizu (Osaka, Japan) and Shinji Onodera (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection video display apparatus includes a video input unit, a light source, a display element, a projection optical system, and a variable light adjusting function which changes the amount of light incident on the display element. Display modes using the variable light adjusting function are prepared, and one display mode of the display modes can be selec...