Patent classifications
H04N9/3194
LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL APPARATUS AND LAMP
Disclosed is a light source control apparatus, which includes an image acquirer that obtains information about an image to be displayed from a light source matrix, and a controller that changes a resolution of the image based on the information about the image and controls an operation of the light source matrix such that the image having the changed resolution is displayed.
IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD
An image projection device which is mounted on a vehicle or worn by a driver of the vehicle includes a control unit and a projection unit. The control unit accepts a selection for specifying a particular user, detects a current location, acquires an image showing at least a part of an appearance of the particular user, which is captured when the particular user has previously driven a particular user's vehicle at a location which is the same as or near to the current location, and projects the image onto a driver's seat of the vehicle by the projection unit.
Dynamic Optical Projection With Wearable Multimedia Devices
Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for a wearable multimedia device and cloud computing platform with an application ecosystem for processing multimedia data captured by the wearable multimedia device. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method using the wearable multimedia device includes: determining a three-dimensional (3D) map of a projection surface based on sensor data of at least one sensor of the wearable multimedia device; in response to determining the 3D map of the projection surface, determining a distortion associated with a virtual object to be projected by an optical projection system on the projection surface; adjusting, based on the determined distortion, at least one of (i) one or more characteristics of the virtual object to be projected, or (ii) the optical projection system; and projecting, using the optical projection system and based on a result of the adjusting, the virtual object on the projection surface.
Information processing apparatus and method, and projection imaging apparatus and information processing method
There is provided an information processing apparatus and method, and a projection imaging apparatus and an information processing method capable of suppressing an increase in processing amount of processing related to update of correction information used for geometric correction and the like, the information processing apparatus detecting, in regard to projection imaging apparatuses each having a projection unit that projects an image on a projection surface and an imaging unit that images the projection surface, a corresponding point between a pixel of the projection unit and a pixel of the imaging unit for a relation between one of the projection imaging apparatuses whose posture has changed and one of the projection imaging apparatuses whose posture has not changed, and estimating a relative posture of the projection imaging apparatus whose posture has changed with respect to the projection imaging apparatus whose posture has not changed.
Projector controlling method, projector, and projection system
A projector controlling method includes projecting image light on a screen on which at least three markers are placed in one direction along a curved projector surface to form a projection image and adjusting the projection position based on a captured image of the projection image and the markers which is captured by a camera in such a way that positions on the outer edge of a projection area of the projection image substantially coincide with the positions of the markers.
Method for simulating setting of projector by augmented reality and terminal device therefor
A method for simulating setting of a projector by augmented reality (AR) includes: activating an AR application on a terminal device; performing, through an image capturing element of the terminal device, dimension measurement on a space where a projector is to be disposed to obtain a space dimension; selecting a placement reference point of the projector and a display reference point of a projection picture; generating, according to the space dimension, the placement reference point, and the display reference point, a simulation picture on the terminal device when the projector projects the projection picture in the space; adjusting the projection picture and/or the projector in the simulation picture to generate an adjusted simulation picture; and comparing the adjusted simulation picture with projector parameter data of projector models to recommend at least one projector model to a user for selection or inputting, by the user, a custom projector model.
STRUCTURED-LIGHT SCANNING SYSTEM WITH THERMAL COMPENSATION
A structured-light scanning system with thermal compensation includes a structured-light projector that generates a predetermined projected pattern of light, which is then projected onto and reflected from an object, thereby resulting in a reflected pattern of light; an image sensor that captures the reflected pattern of light; and a digital processing unit that generates a depth map according to the reflected pattern of light and a compensated projected pattern associated with a current temperature.
PROJECTOR AND PROJECTOR CONTROLLING METHOD
A projector controlling method includes acquiring first imaging information obtained by capturing a first image projected from a projector at a first timing, acquiring second imaging information obtained by capturing a second image projected from the projector at a second timing, evaluating whether or not a change in the posture of the projector satisfies a certain criterion based on the first imaging information and the second imaging information, and outputting information based on the result of the evaluating.
Project with image correction system
A projector system includes a connector attachable to a lighting wiring base mounted on a ceiling surface of a room, a housing hanging from the connector, a communicator accommodated in the housing to obtain content to be projected onto a wall surface of the room, a projection unit accommodated in the housing to emit emission light to project a picture including the content onto the wall surface, a brightness sensor to sense a brightness of the room, and a corrector to control the emission light to correct an effect of a state of the wall surface on the projected picture in accordance with the brightness of the room.
Four-sided projection for augmented reality
A computer simulation may include a tabletop game in which multiple players each wearing a head-mounted display (HMD) view a tabletop projector housing with a different aspect of the game for each side of the housing. A projector assembly may be inside the housing. The housing may be a screen that unfolds into cube, and the projector projects light in all four screens so that everyone gets different perspective. A player may be enabled to switch between perspectives for different player's angles.