IP Library Granted Patent US 12689713
Granted Patent B2
US 12689713 · App. 18/343,804 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Display method and display system

Inventors: Soma Yamada (Matsumoto, JP); Kazuhiro Miyoshi (Matsumoto, JP); Kota Takeuchi (Azumino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H04N9/3105G03B37/00G06V10/96G10L17/26H04N9/3194H04R1/326G06V2201/07
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12689713
App. No.
18/343,804
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display method includes obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of a first sensor, obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of a second sensor, determining a first direction based on the second information, determining a type of an image based on a combination of the first information and the second information, and projecting image light representing the image of the type toward the first direction with a projector.

Claims (63)

1 . A display method comprising:

obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of a first sensor;

obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of a second sensor;

determining a first direction based on the second information;

determining an image genre based on a combination of the first information and the second information; and

projecting image light representing the image genre toward the first direction with a projector; wherein:

the second information includes information representing a second direction in which the user is located with respect to the second sensor;

the determining the first direction includes determining an opposite direction to the second direction as the first direction;

the second information further includes information representing a room type where the user is to be located, the room type being a kind of room;

the determining the image genre includes determining the image genre based on a combination of the first information and the room type;

the second sensor is a first camera configured to take an image in one direction; and

the obtaining the second information includes:

obtaining a first image including the user based on output of the first camera;

determining the second direction based on the first image;

obtaining a second image including an area located in the first direction based on the output of the first camera; and

determining the room type based on the second image.

2 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the determining the image genre includes determining the image genre based on a combination of the first information and the second direction.

3 . The display method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first sensor has at least one microphone, and

the obtaining the first information includes

obtaining voiceprint data of the user based on output of the at least one microphone, and

obtaining identification information representing the user as the first information based on the voiceprint data.

4 . A display system comprising:

a first sensor;

a second sensor;

an optical device which projects image light;

a drive device configured to turn a direction in which the image light is projected to a predetermined direction; and

a processor programmed to execute

obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of the first sensor,

obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of the second sensor,

determining a first direction based on the second information,

determining an image genre based on a combination of the first information and the second information, and

projecting the image light representing the image of the image genre toward the first direction by controlling the optical device and the drive device, wherein:

the second information includes information representing a second direction in which the user is located with respect to the second sensor;

the determining the first direction includes determining an opposite direction to the second direction as the first direction;

the second information further includes information representing a room type where the user is to be located, the room type being a kind of room;

the determining the image genre includes determining the image genre based on a combination of the first information and the room type;

the second sensor is a first camera configured to take an image in one direction; and

the obtaining the second information includes:

obtaining a first image including the user based on output of the first camera;

determining the second direction based on the first image;

obtaining a second image including an area located in the first direction based on the output of the first camera; and

determining the room type based on the second image.

5 . A display method comprising:

obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of a first sensor;

obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of a second sensor;

determining a first direction based on the second information;

determining an image genre based on a combination of the first information and the second information; and

projecting image light representing the image genre toward the first direction with a projector, wherein:

the second information includes information representing a room type where the user is to be located, the room type being a kind of room;

the determining the first direction includes determining the first direction based on a combination of the first information and the room type;

the second sensor is a second camera configured to take an image in a 360-degree direction; and

the obtaining the second information includes:

obtaining a third image including an area included in a 360-degree range centering on the second camera based on the output of the second camera, and

determining the room type based on the third image.

6 . The display method according to claim 5 , wherein

the determining the image genre includes determining the image genre based on a combination of the first information and the room type.

7 . The display method according to claim 5 , wherein

the first sensor has at least one microphone, and

the obtaining the first information includes

obtaining voiceprint data of the user based on output of the at least one microphone, and

obtaining identification information representing the user as the first information based on the voiceprint data.