H04N9/3147

System for displaying wheel styles and artwork on vehicles
11715142 · 2023-08-01 ·

The embodiments disclose an apparatus including a system and method for displaying wheel styles and artwork on vehicles to allow customers to make an informed purchasing decision at the dealer location regarding different wheel styles or paint colors and paint pattern artwork choices to purchase for their vehicle. This system and method enables a sales person to show a customer a variety of wheel styles, tires, paint colors, paint patterns and various decorations, such as pinstriping, will look on the customers actual vehicle by holograph or conventional projection of the products displayed on the vehicle. Purchasers can also use a smartphone mobile application to superimpose products onto a photo of their vehicle on a smartphone display screen or view images in combination with a smartphone projector or virtual reality headset 3D viewer and their smartphone to get a complete 3D view of the product choices that the user can make for their vehicle.

CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
20230028087 · 2023-01-26 ·

A control apparatus includes a control unit that adjusts at least one of a color and luminance of a projection image for each group of the plurality of projection apparatuses based on information on the group and a captured image obtained by imaging projection images of the plurality of projection apparatuses using the pickup apparatus. The control unit acquires each of positions of a plurality of projection areas of the plurality of projection apparatuses based on the captured image, and generates, as the information on the group, information indicating that two projection apparatuses corresponding to a first projection area and a second projection area belong to the same group in a case where a distance between the first projection area and the second projection area among the plurality of projection areas is smaller than a predetermined threshold.

ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
20230026947 · 2023-01-26 · ·

An electronic device and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of an electronic device includes: projecting, by the electronic device, a first test projection image including at least one marker of a first color while an external device projects a second test projection image including at least one marker of a second color that is different from the first color; obtaining a captured image of projection regions on which the first test projection image and the second test projection image are projected while the projection region on which at least one of the first test projection image or the second test projection image is projected is changed; and identifying an overlapping region between the first test projection image and the second test projection image based on at least one of (1) a third marker of a third color or (ii) the marker of the first color and the marker of the second color, in the captured image, the marker of the third color being the marker of the first color and the marker of the second color overlapping each other, and the third color being different from the first color and the second color.

OPTIMIZING DRIVE SCHEMES FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTOR SYSTEMS

Light projection systems and methods may comprise combining light from two or more projectors. Each projector may be controlled so that the combined light output of the projectors matches a target for the projected light. In some embodiments optimization is performed to generate image data and control signals for each of the projectors. Embodiments may be applied in image projecting applications, lighting applications, and 3D stereoscopic imaging.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
11562717 · 2023-01-24 · ·

An image processing apparatus is described comprising a first acquisition unit configured to acquire image data from an image capturing apparatus and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire display installation information indicating a configuration of one or more display screens in a display installation to be simulated. A generation unit is provided to generate, based on the display installation information and the acquired image data, a simulation image that simulates display of the image on the display installation. A display control unit is provided to display the simulation image on a display device.

PROJECTOR CONTROLLING METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM
20230231978 · 2023-07-20 · ·

A projector controlling method includes causing at least one of a first projector and a second projector to accept an instruction of movement of a region where a first image is projected from a first region to a third region and movement of a region where a second image is projected from a second region to a fourth region, upon reception of the instruction, causing the first projector to move the first image from the first region to the third region at a first movement speed, and causing the second projector to move the second image from the second region to the fourth region at a second movement speed.

Systems for a digital showroom with virtual reality and augmented reality

A system allows a user to select designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. The previews provide photorealistic visualizations in two or three dimensions, and can be presented on a computer display, projected on a screen, or presented in virtual reality (e.g., via headset), or augmented reality. The system can also include a projection system that projects the new designs onto garments on mannequins in a showroom. The garments and the new designs projected onto the garments have a three-dimensional appearance as if the garments having the new designs are worn by people. Software and lasers are used in finishing the garments to produce garments with the new designs and the finished garments have an appearance of the three-dimensional appearance of the garments and new designs on the mannequins with the new designs projected onto the garments by the projection system.

Projection system for translucent displays and methods of operating thereof
11563924 · 2023-01-24 · ·

A system is provided. The system includes a translucent display positioned such that a first face is a display face and that a second face is a projection face and at least one projector configured to project an image on the second face of the translucent display. The image is displayed on the first face. The system also includes at least one sensor configured to transmit a signal when triggered and a projector controller in communication with the at least one projector and the at least one sensor. The projector controller is programmed to receive a signal from the at least one sensor and instruct the at least one projector to project at least one image on the translucent display in response to the signal from the at least one sensor.

DIRECT PROJECTION MULTIPLEXED LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY
20230231977 · 2023-07-20 ·

A multiplexed light field projector device and a multiplexed light field display to output a light field image is described. The projector has a projector base with a projection optical system configured to output light rays to form a projected image, a collimating optical system configured for collimation of the projected image light rays to form a second projected image, which is directed to a display optical system to produce a light field image. Light field projector devices or alternative projector devices may be used individually or in combination with one or more other projectors which can be arranged to form a multiplexed direct projection light field display. The arrangement of projector devices may have an individual or shared display optical system.

METHODS FOR PRODUCING VISUAL IMMERSION EFFECTS FOR AUDIOVISUAL CONTENT
20230224442 · 2023-07-13 · ·

A method for producing visual immersion effects for audiovisual content and sound content associated with the video image, the method including the steps of extracting a background of a video image from the audiovisual content; selecting an end zone located at one end of the extracted background; determining a semantic state from the sound content associated with the video image, and processing a predefined image in the selected end zone to generate at least one visual frame intended to be displayed in the peripheral field of vision of a viewer while the video image is being projected in the central field of vision of the viewer, the processing of the predefined image being linked to the semantic state determined from the sound content.