IP Library Granted Patent US 7,559,656
Granted Patent B2
US 7,559,656 · App. 10/547,716 · Granted Jul 14, 2009

Projector system

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,559,656
App. No.
10/547,716
Granted
Jul 14, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector system includes a first projection section projecting inputted image information onto a projection target, a laser pointer pointing a predetermined part of an image projected onto a screen 1 , an image pick-up section picking up the image in a state pointed by the laser pointer, and a pointed position detecting section detecting the position of the part pointed by the laser pointer on the basis of the image information picked up by the image pick-up section. And a projection lens projects an image on the basis of the position of the part pointed by the laser pointer and detected by the pointed position detecting section and/or in correspondence to the image of the pointed part.

Claims (23)

1. A projector system comprising:

a projection section for projecting an image onto a projection target using an inputted image information;

a plurality of pointing devices for pointing to a part of the image projected onto the projection target;

a control section for approving usage priority to be set up in a specific pointing device of the pointing devices;

a pointed position detecting section for detecting a position of the part pointed to by the specific pointing device in which the approved usage priority is set up; and

an image information correction section for correcting the inputted image information on the basis of the detected position of the part,

wherein the projection section projects a corrected image onto the projection target using the corrected image information.

2. A projector system according to claim 1 , further comprising a recognition section for recognizing an image including the part of the image projected onto the projection target,

wherein the pointed position detecting section detects the position of the part pointed to by the specific pointing device using the recognized image.

3. A projector unit comprising:

a projection section for projecting an image onto a projection target using an inputted image information;

a control section for approving usage priority to be set up in a specific pointing device of a plurality of pointing devices for pointing to a part of the image projected onto the projection target;

a pointed position detecting section for detecting a position of the part pointed to by the specific pointing device in which the approved usage priority is set up; and

an image information correction section for correcting the inputted image information on the basis of the detected position of the part,

wherein the projection section projects a corrected image onto the projection target using the corrected image information.

4. An image projection method comprising:

an image projection step for projecting an image onto a projection target using an inputted image information;

a control step for approving usage priority to be set up in a specific pointing device of a plurality of pointing devices for pointing to a part of the image projected onto the projection target;

a pointed position detecting step for detecting a position of the part pointed to by the specific pointing device in which the approved usage priority is set up;

an image information correction step for correcting the inputted image information on the basis of the detected position of the part; and

a corrected image projection step for projecting a corrected image onto the projection target using the corrected image information.

5. A program on a computer-readable medium, which program causes a computer to act as the control step for approving usage priority to be set up in a specific pointing device of a plurality of pointing devices for pointing to a part of the image projected onto the projection target, and to act as the image information correction step for correcting the inputted image information on the basis of the detected position of the part, in the image projection method according to claim 4 .

6. A computer-readable recording medium of recording the program according to claim 5 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069631/0400 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 21, 2008
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021897/0588 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2006
From: YUMIKI, NAOTO; FUSHIMI, YOSHIMASA; KIMURA, SYUNSUKE; HAYASHI, TAKAYUKI; SUZUKI, SEIICHI; INOUE, TOMOYA
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017765/0783 →