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Granted Patent B2
US 9,406,280 · App. 14/180,715 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Image display device, image display system, and method of controlling image display device

Inventor: Koichiro Ota (Oomachi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,406,280
App. No.
14/180,715
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector capable of outputting an image to an electronic apparatus is provided, wherein the image is obtained by drawing a picture corresponding to a coordinate input from an electronic apparatus having a touch panel, or a coordinate input from an indicating body on an input image. The projector includes a video signal acquisition section adapted to obtain a first image, a first coordinate data acquisition section adapted to obtain first coordinate data from a tablet terminal having a touch panel, an image data acquisition section adapted to obtain image data representing a second image obtained by drawing a picture, which corresponds to the first coordinate data, on the first image, and an image data output section adapted to output the image data, which is obtained by the image data acquisition section, to the tablet terminal.

Claims (69)

1. An image display device comprising:

an interface configured to obtain a video signal representing an input image;

a processor configured to resize the input image to generate a first image; and

a projector configured to project the first image, wherein

the interface is further configured to:

obtain touch panel data representing a coordinate of a point on the first image from an electronic apparatus having a touch panel, and

obtain pointing body data representing a coordinate of a point pointed by a user with a pointing body on a projection surface projected on by the projector,

the processor is further configured to:

generate first coordinate data by converting the touch panel data into a coordinate system of the input image,

generate second coordinate data by converting the pointing body data into the coordinate system of the input image,

generate third coordinate data obtained by converting the first coordinate data and second coordinate data into a single format, and

obtain image data representing a third image, which is obtained by drawing a picture corresponding to the third coordinate data on the first input image,

the interface is further configured to output the image data obtained by the processor to the electronic apparatus, and

the projector is further configured to project the third image.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third coordinate data represents selected one of a coordinate represented by the first coordinate data and a coordinate represented by the second coordinate data.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third coordinate data includes both of a coordinate represented by the first coordinate data and a coordinate represented by the second coordinate data distinguished with identifiers different from each other.

4. The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the identifier of the coordinate represented by the first coordinate data and the identifier of the coordinate represented by the second coordinate data correspond to respective input devices different from each other.

5. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the interface is further configured to output the third coordinate data generated by the processor to an external device, which is an input source of the video signal, and

the processor is further configured to obtain the image data from the external device.

6. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

draw the picture corresponding to the third coordinate data; and

combine the input image and the picture with each other to generate the image data.

7. An image display system comprising:

an image display device; and

an electronic apparatus,

wherein the image display device includes:

an interface configured to obtain a video signal representing an input image,

a processor configured to resize the input image to generate a first image, and

a projector configured to project the first image,

the interface is further configured to obtain touch panel data representing a coordinate of a point on the first image from the electronic apparatus,

the processor is further configured to:

generate first coordinate data by converting the touch panel data into a coordinate system of the input image, and

obtain image data representing a second image obtained by drawing a picture, which corresponds to the first coordinate data, on the first image,

the interface is further configured to:

output the image data representing the second image, which is obtained by the processor, to the electronic apparatus, and

obtain pointing body data representing a coordinate of a point pointed by the user with a pointing body on a projection surface on which the first image is projected by the projector, and

the processor is further configured to:

generate second coordinate data by converting the pointing body data into the coordinate system of the input image,

generate a third coordinate data obtained by converting the first coordinate data and second coordinate data into a single format, and

obtain image data representing a third image obtained by drawing the picture, which corresponds to the third coordinate data, on the input image, and

the projector is further configured to project the third image,

the electronic apparatus includes:

a touch panel,

a display, and

an apparatus processor configured to:

convert a coordinate of a point designated by a user on the touch panel into a coordinate of a point on the first image to generate the touch panel data,

an apparatus interface configured to:

output the touch panel data generated by the apparatus processor to the image display device,

the apparatus processor is further configured to:

make the display the second image represented by the image data output by the image display device.

8. The image display system according to claim 7 , wherein

the interface of the image display device is further configured to output the image data representing the third image to the electronic apparatus, and

the apparatus processor is further configured to make the display the third image represented by the image data output by the interface of the image display device.

9. A method of controlling an image display device, comprising:

obtaining a video signal representing an input image;

resizing the input image to generate a first image;

obtaining touch panel data representing a coordinate of a point on the first image from an electronic apparatus having a touch panel;

projecting, by a projector, the first image;

obtaining pointing body data representing a coordinate of a point pointed by a user with a pointing body on a projection surface projected on by the projector;

generating first coordinate data by converting the touch panel data into a coordinate system of the input image;

generating second coordinate data by converting the pointing body data into the coordinate system of the input image,

generating third coordinate data obtained by converting the first coordinate data and second coordinate data into a single format; and

obtaining image data representing a third image obtained by drawing a picture corresponding to the third coordinate data on the input image;

projecting, by the projector, the third image; and

outputting the image data to the electronic apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2014
From: OTA, KOICHIRO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032219/0897 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-055163 · Mar 18, 2013 · national
JP 2013-055164 · Mar 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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