IP Library Granted Patent US 7,815,317
Granted Patent B2
US 7,815,317 · App. 11/687,397 · Granted Oct 19, 2010

Projector, display image adjusting method, program for executing display image adjusting method, and recording medium having recorded thereon program

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Patent No.
US 7,815,317
App. No.
11/687,397
Granted
Oct 19, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector includes an image acquiring unit that acquires an image including the projection image captured by the image-capturing device during image projection, an image region separating unit that separates a projection image region and a background image region from the acquired image, a background image time-lapse change storage unit that stores a time-lapse change of the background image acquired by a background time-lapse change acquiring unit, a projection image time-lapse change storage unit that stores a time-lapse change of the projection image acquired by a projection image time-lapse change acquiring unit, an tendency-of-use judging unit that judges a tendency of use of the projector on the basis of the stored time-lapse change of the background image and the stored time-lapse change of the projection image, and a light quantity adjusting unit that adjusts a light quantity of the light source on the basis of the judgment result.

Claims (32)

1. A projector comprising:

a light source;

a light modulation device that modulates a light flux emitted from the light source on the basis of an input image signal so as to form an optical image;

a projective optical device that projects the optical image formed by the light modulation device on magnified scale;

an image-capturing device that captures the projection image projected on magnified scale and automatically adjusts the projection image upon installment;

an image acquiring unit that acquires an image including the projection image captured by the image-capturing device during image projection;

an image region separating unit that separates a projection image region and a background image region from the acquired image;

a background image time-lapse change acquiring unit that acquires a time-lapse change of a background image in the separated background image region;

a background image time-lapse change storage unit that stores the acquired time-lapse change of the background image;

a projection image time-lapse change acquiring unit that acquires a time-lapse change of the projection image displayed on the projection image region;

a projection image time-lapse change storage unit that stores the acquired time-lapse change of the projection image;

an tendency-of-use judging unit that judges a tendency of use of the projector on the basis of the stored time-lapse change of the background image and the stored time-lapse change of the projection image; and

a light quantity adjusting unit that adjusts a light quantity of the light source on the basis of the judgment result.

2. The projector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the projection image time-lapse change acquiring unit acquires the time-lapse change of the projection image on the basis of the image of the projection image region separated by the image region separating unit.

3. The projector according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a frame buffer that stores and holds the input image signal as image data per frame,

wherein the projection image time-lapse change acquiring unit acquires the time-lapse change of the projection image on the basis of the image data per frame that is held in the frame buffer.

4. The projector according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of input systems to which image signals having different formats are input,

wherein the projection image time-lapse change storage unit secures a region for storing the time-lapse change of the projection image according to each input system.

5. The projector according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an image signal monitoring unit that monitors the input of the image signal,

wherein the light quantity adjusting unit adjusts the light quantity of the light source when the image signal monitoring unit judges that the input of the image signal stops.

6. A display image adjusting method of a projector that includes, in an apparatus main body, a light source, a light modulation device modulating a light flux emitted from the light source on the basis of an input image signal so as to form an optical image, and a projective optical device projecting the optical image formed by the light modulation device on magnified scale, an image-capturing device capturing the projection image projected on magnified scale and automatically adjusting the projection image upon installment, and a control unit controlling the apparatus main body on the basis of image-capturing data by the image-capturing device, the control unit adjusting an image to be displayed, the display image adjusting method causing the control unit to execute:

acquiring an image including the projection image captured by the image-capturing device during displaying a projection image;

separating a projection image region and a background image region from the acquired image;

acquiring and storing a time-lapse change of a background image in the separated background image region;

acquiring and storing a time-lapse change of the projection image displayed on the projection image region; and

judging the tendency of use of the projector on the basis of the stored time-lapse change of the background image and the stored time-lapse change of the projection image; and

adjusting a light quantity of the light source on the basis of the judgment result.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program to be executed on the control unit to perform the display image adjusting method according to claim 6 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORP.
To: COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 058952/0475 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2007
From: MIYASAKA, AKIRA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019032/0580 →