Patent ID: 8789954

Claim:
A front projection display system for a vehicle, comprising: a) a pico projector securely mounted in a stationary position within a vehicle cabin, said pico projector including keystone correction; and, b) a rigid retractable pico front projector screen operatively connected to said pico projector wherein said rigid retractable pico front projector screen is rotatable up into an aircraft overhead bag bin of the vehicle cabin, wherein said pico projector comprises one of: i) a pico projector light engine including an optics assembly having keystone correction optics for providing said keystone correction; or ii) digital keystone correction; and, wherein said pico projector has a volume in a range of between 2.9 cubic inches and 63 cubic inches, wherein said pico projector and said front projector screen are positioned within an aircraft, and wherein said pico projector comprises: i) a video input converter for receiving a video signal and providing an LED control signal and a digital micromirror device (DMD) control signal, said LED control signal and DMD control signal being synchronized; ii) said a pico projector light engine is operatively connected to said video input converter, said a pico projector light engine comprises: an LED assembly for receiving said LED control signal and generating an LED output; an optics assembly for receiving said LED output, said optics assembly for channeling said LED output, said optics assembly including said keystone correction optics for providing said keystone correction; and a DMD for receiving said DMD control signal and said channeled LED output and providing an image to the optics assembly for projection onto said pico front projector screen; and, iii) a power supply operatively connected to said video input converter.