Patent ID: 7163296

Claim:
A projector comprising: an optical modulator that forms an optical image by modulating a light beam irradiated by a light source; a projection optical device that projects the optical image formed by the optical modulator in an enlarged manner; and a control device that makes the optical modulator form the optical image based on input image information, wherein the control device further comprises, a formation area size changer that inputs size information regarding the size of the optical image formed by the optical modulator and performs size change processing on the image information based on the size information to change the size of a formation area of the optical image within a valid area in which the optical image can be formed in the optical modulator; a formation area position changer that inputs position information regarding the position of the optical image formed by the optical modulator and performs, based on the position information, position change processing on the image information with the size change processing performed thereon to change the position of the formation area within the valid area; an optical modulator driver that makes the optical modulator form the optical image based on the image information on which the size change processing and the position change processing are performed; and a keystone distortion corrector that performs keystone distortion correction processing on the image information to correct a distortion of a projection image generated when the projector performs tilting projection, the keystone distortion corrector performing, based on the position information, the keystone distortion correction processing on the image information on which the size change processing is performed; and the formation area position changer performing the position change processing on the image information on which the size change processing and the keystone distortion correction processing are performed.