IP Library Granted Patent US 9,727,173
Granted Patent B2
US 9,727,173 · App. 14/940,254 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Projection device, projection method, and projection program

Inventors: Hiroyuki Mizunuma (Tokyo, JP); Ikuo Yamano (Tokyo, JP); Shunichi Kasahara (Kanagawa, JP); Ken Miyashita (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Yamamoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 9,727,173
App. No.
14/940,254
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus is used for processing a first image projected toward a target. The apparatus includes a processing unit for detecting that an object exists between a projector unit and the target, wherein when an object exists between the projector unit and the target, the apparatus determines an area of the object and generates a modified first image, based on the area of the object, for projection toward the target.

Claims (25)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

control a projector unit to project a first image toward a target;

acquire a result of detection of an object designating a portion of the first image; and

generate, in accordance with the result of detection, a second image associated with the first image for projection toward the object,

wherein the object is a hand, and

wherein the second image is projected towards and on a surface of the hand, simultaneously with the first image being projected toward the target.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second image includes a second portion of the first image, and wherein the second portion of the first image includes other than the portion of the first image.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second image includes a link-destination image.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second image includes information external to the first image.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second image includes at least one icon in a list corresponding to the portion of the first image.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the portion of the first image corresponds to a folder or an application.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the at least one icon is selectable to cause execution of an operation corresponding to the at least one icon.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second image indicates a current status corresponding to the portion of the first image.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the status indicates at least one of form, color or pattern.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the second image includes a color box included in the portion of the first image, wherein the first image is displayed on a projection surface as the target and the object is at least partially overlying or on the projection surface.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the projection surface is a surface of a table.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the color box corresponds to a painting application and the status indicates at least one of form, color or pattern corresponding to the painting application.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the surface of the hand to which the second image is projected is substantially flat.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

acquire a second result of detection of another object designating a portion of the second image; and

execute, in accordance with the second result of detection, a processing operation.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the processing operation includes reproducing information indicated in the portion of the second image to be displayed at the portion of the first image.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the designating the portion of the second image includes at least one of pointing, touching or dragging by the another object.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the another object is a finger of another hand and a surface of a table is the target.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2023
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063817/0300 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2015
From: MIZUNUMA, HIROYUKI; YAMANO, IKUO; KASAHARA, SHUNICHI; MIYASHITA, KEN; YAMAMOTO, KAZUYUKI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037060/0892 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-075998 · Mar 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13428414 · Mar 23, 2012
Related Publication 20160070420A1 · Mar 10, 2016