IP Library Granted Patent US 9,841,847
Granted Patent B2
US 9,841,847 · App. 14/966,219 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

Projection device and projection method, for projecting a first image based on a position of a moving object and a second image without depending on the position

Inventor: Keigo Ono (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G06F3/0425G06F3/0416H04N9/3114H04N9/3158H04N9/3179H04N9/3194
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Patent No.
US 9,841,847
App. No.
14/966,219
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection device according to the present disclosure includes a sensor unit (for example, a camera), a detection unit, a controller and a projection unit. The sensor unit detects an object. The detection unit detects a moving object (for example, a person), a first object, and a second object based on a signal output from the sensor unit. The controller generates a projection image such that a first image corresponding to the first object is projected on a first projection region and a second image corresponding to the second object is projected on a second projection region. In this case, the first image is determined based on a position of the moving object, and the second image is determined without depending on a position of the moving object. The projection unit projects the projection image.

Claims (17)

1. A projection device comprising:

a sensor unit that detects an object;

a detection unit configured to detect a moving object, a first object, and a second object based on a signal output from the sensor unit;

a controller configured to generate a projection image such that a first image corresponding to the first object is projected on a first projection region and a second image corresponding to the second object is projected on a second projection region; and

a projection unit projecting the projection image,

wherein the controller determines the first image based on a position of the moving object, and determines the second image without depending on a position of the moving object.

2. The projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines at least one of the first projection region and a direction of the first image based on a position of the moving object.

3. The projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects a person as the moving object.

4. The projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit is a distance image sensor of a Time-of-Flight system.

5. The projection device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit is a camera.

6. A projection method for projecting an image, the method comprising:

detecting an object by a sensor unit;

detecting a moving object, a first object, and a second object by a detection unit based on a signal output from the sensor unit;

generating a projection image by a controller such that a first image corresponding to the first object is projected on a first projection region and a second image corresponding to the second object is projected on a second projection region; and

projecting the projection image by a projection unit,

wherein the controller determines the first image based on a position of the moving object, and determines the second image without depending on a position of the moving object, in the step of generating the projection image.

7. The projection method according to claim 6 , wherein the controller determines at least one of the first projection region and a direction of the first image based on a position of the moving object in the step of generating the projection image.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074988/0945 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 24, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074984/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2016
From: ONO, KEIGO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037414/0630 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-263589 · Dec 25, 2014 · national
JP 2015-232658 · Nov 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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