Device-adjacent ambiently displayed image
View Patent ↗Telecommunication devices each having projection apparatuses capable of projecting ambiently displayed images at locations proximate to the telecommunication devices on surfaces that are substantially parallel to planes formed by the telecommunication devices are described herein. The telecommunication devices also have logic configured to provide predistorted images to the projection apparatuses, the predistorted images appearing without distortion when projected by the projection apparatuses on the surfaces in the ambiently displayed images.
1. A telecommunication device comprising:
a processor;
a projection apparatus communicatively coupled to the processor and including a display component and an optical component, the display component and optical component capable of projecting an ambiently displayed image on a surface that is substantially immediately adjacent to the projection apparatus of the telecommunication device and substantially parallel to a plane formed by the telecommunication device and the surface; and
logic configured to be operated by the processor to provide a predistorted image to the projection apparatus, the predistorted image appearing without distortion when projected by the projection apparatus on the surface in the ambiently displayed image.
2. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , further comprising an interaction component configured to detect interaction with the ambiently displayed image.
3. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the optical component comprises a lens, the lens including a total internal reflection prism and one or more optically powered surfaces.
4. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the display component comprises a liquid crystal display and a light source.
5. The telecommunication device of claim 4 , wherein the display component further comprises a film located between the light source and the liquid crystal display, the film being capable of recycling light.
6. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the projection apparatus is an internal component of the telecommunication device located proximate to an edge of the telecommunication device.
7. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the logic is further configured to generate the predistorted image from a starting image without distortion based on parameters that account for distortion of the starting image when projected by the projection apparatus on the surface in the ambiently displayed image.
8. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the predistorted image has a substantially trapezoidal shape, a substantially hyperbolic shape, a substantially pin cushion shape, a substantially elliptical shape, or any combination of shapes.
9. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the display component comprises a plurality of display components and the optical component comprises a corresponding plurality of lenses.
10. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the optical component projects the ambiently displayed image at an angle that is oblique to an angle at which light is received from the display component.
11. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , wherein the ambiently displayed image depicts pictures, video, user interface elements, buttons, controls, visual indicators, or scrolling text.
12. The telecommunication device of claim 1 , further comprising a second projection apparatus coupled to the processor and including a second display component and a second optical component, the second display component and second optical component capable of projecting a second ambiently displayed image at a second location proximate to the telecommunication device on the surface.
13. A telecommunication device comprising:
a processor;
a projection apparatus communicatively coupled to the processor and including a display component and an optical component, the display component and optical component capable of projecting an ambiently displayed image on a surface that is substantially immediately adjacent to the projection apparatus of the telecommunication device and substantially parallel to a plane formed by the telecommunication device and the surface;
an interaction component communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to detect interaction with the ambiently displayed image; and
logic configured to be operated by the processor to provide a predistorted image to the projection apparatus, the predistorted image appearing without distortion when projected by the projection apparatus on the surface in the ambiently displayed image, receive an indication that interaction with the ambiently displayed image has been detected, and perform an action based on the detected interaction.
14. The telecommunication device of claim 13 , wherein the interaction component includes one or more of a sensor a camera, or an emitter and detector.
15. The telecommunication device of claim 13 , wherein the interaction component comprises a plurality of interaction components mounted to baffles of the projection apparatus.
16. The telecommunication device of claim 15 , wherein each interaction component corresponds to an interaction zone associated with a part of the ambiently displayed image.
17. The telecommunication device of claim 13 , wherein the projection apparatus is an internal component of the telecommunication device located proximate to an edge of the telecommunication device.
18. The telecommunication device of claim 13 , wherein the ambiently displayed image depicts pictures, video, user interface elements, buttons, controls, visual indicators, or scrolling text.
19. A telecommunication device comprising:
a processor;
a projection apparatus communicatively coupled to the processor and including a plurality of display components and a corresponding plurality of optical components, the display components and optical components capable of projecting an ambiently displayed image on a surface that is substantially immediately adjacent proximate to the projection apparatus of the telecommunication device on a surface that and substantially parallel to a plane formed by the telecommunication device and the surface; and
logic configured to be operated by the processor to provide a plurality of predistorted parts of an image to the projection apparatus, the predistorted parts of the image appearing without distortion as a single ambiently displayed image when projected by the projection apparatus on the surface in the ambiently displayed image.
20. The telecommunication device of claim 19 , wherein the display components are coupled to baffles separating the light emitted from each display component from light emitted from other display components.