IP Library Granted Patent US 12667766
Granted Patent B2
US 12667766 · App. 18/654,452 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Projection system

Inventors: Chung-Wei Chang (Taipei City, TW); Yi-Ling Lee (Taichung City, TW); Peng-Yu Chen (Toufen City, TW); Fang-Ming Lee (Taoyuan City, TW)
Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
A63B69/40A63B69/0002A63B2069/0008A63B2102/18A63B2225/02A63B2225/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12667766
App. No.
18/654,452
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection system includes a control module, a projection tube, an aiming driver, an observation device and an observation driver. The control module is configured to issue a first control command and a second control command. The aiming driver is electrically connected to the projection tube and configured to control, in response to the first control command, a projection viewing-line of the projection tube to be aligned with a calibration point. The observation driver is electrically connected to the observation device and configured to control, in response to the second control command, an observation viewing-line of the observation device to be aligned with the calibration point. The projection tube and the observation device are controlled asynchronously.

Claims (109)

1 . A projection system, comprises:

a control module configured to issue a first control command and a second control command;

a projection tube;

an aiming driver, electrically connected to the projection tube, and configured to:

in response to the first control command, control a projection viewing-line of the projection tube to be aligned with a calibration point;

an observation device; and

an observation driver, electrically connected to the observation device, and configured to:

in response to the second control command, control an observation viewing-line of the observation device to be aligned with the calibration point;

wherein the projection tube and the observation device are controlled asynchronously;

wherein the observation device is further configured to obtain a calibration distance between the projection tube and the calibration point along the observation viewing-line; the control module further configured to obtain a deviation angle between the projection tube and a target point according to a target distance between the target point and the projection tube along the observation viewing-line, the calibration distance and a separation distance between the projection tube and the observation device along a separation direction.

2 . The projection system according to claim 1 , wherein the aiming driver and the observation driver communicate through an Ethernet network.

3 . The projection system according to claim 1 , wherein the first control command and the second control command are packets.

4 . The projection system according to claim 1 , wherein the control module further configured to obtain the deviation angle according to the following formulas (1) and (2):

x

2

=

(

D

2

-

D

1

)

D

1

×

x

1

;

and

(

1

)

A

1

=

tan

-

1

(

x

2

D

1

+

(

D

2

-

D

1

)

)

(

2

)

wherein x 1 represents the separation distance, x 2 represents a deviation distance between the target point and the projection viewing-line, D 1 represents the calibration distance, D 2 represents the target distance, and A 1 represents the deviation angle.

5 . The projection system according to claim 1 , wherein the aiming driver further is configured to control, in response to a third control command, the projection tube to rotate by the deviation angle.

6 . The projection system according to claim 1 , wherein the control module is further configured to:

in response to a third control command, control the projection tube so that the observation viewing-line of the observation device and the projection viewing-line of the projection tube intersect at an aiming point;

control the projection tube to project at least one projected object; and

control the projection tube to move according to a deviation vector between a center point of the at least one projected object and the aiming point.

7 . The projection system according to claim 6 , wherein a direction of the deviation vector is toward the aiming point from the center point.

8 . The projection system according to claim 6 , wherein the control module is further configured to:

control the projection tube to rotate by a gyrating rotation angle Ø x and/or a pitching rotation angle Ø y ;

wherein the gyrating rotation angle Ø x and the pitching rotation angle Ø y are obtained according to the following formulas (3) and (4);

x

=

FOV

x

×

E

1

x

W

x

;

(

3

)

y

=

FOV

y

×

E

1

y

W

y

;

(

4

)

wherein FOV x represents a horizontal observation angle of the observation device, FOV y represents a vertical observation angle of the observation device, W x represents a horizontal observation pixel amount of an observation frame captured by the observation device, and W y represents an vertical observation pixel amount of the observation frame captured by the observation device, E 1 x represents a horizontal deviation pixel amount of the deviation vector in a horizontal direction, and E 1 y represents a vertical deviation pixel amount of the deviation vector in an vertical direction.