IP Library Granted Patent US 9,838,657
Granted Patent B2
US 9,838,657 · App. 14/990,151 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Projection enhancement system

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Patent No.
US 9,838,657
App. No.
14/990,151
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system, method and program product that provides projection enhancement. A system is described that includes: a digital projector for generating an image projection onto a surface; a spatial sensor configured to sense and locate a blocking object in a light field associated with the digital projector; a masking system that masks a portion of the image projection corresponding to the blocking object; and an enhancement system that generates an enhancement projection onto the blocking object.

Claims (25)

1. A projection enhancement infrastructure, comprising:

a digital projector for generating an image projection onto a surface;

a spatial sensor configured to sense and locate a blocking object in a light field associated with the digital projector;

a masking system that masks a portion of the image projection corresponding to the blocking object;

an enhancement system that generates an enhancement projection onto the blocking object, the enhancement system including an image recognition system for identifying feature data of the blocking object and for identifying the blocking object based on the feature data, and wherein the enhancement projection includes a predetermined lighting scheme, distinct from the image projection, projected onto the blocking object based on the identity of the blocking object; and

a back-fill projector that generates a back-fill projection at a blanked-out region of the surface caused by a masked portion of the image projection,

wherein the image recognition system, based on the feature data, identifies that the blocking object is a person and determines an identify of the person, and wherein the lighting scheme includes a first type of illumination projected onto a first portion of the person based on the identify of the person and a second, different type of illumination projected onto a second portion of the person based on the identity of the person.

2. The projection enhancement infrastructure of claim 1 , wherein the first type of illumination is projected onto a face of the person and the second, different type of illumination is projected onto a body of the person.

3. The projection enhancement infrastructure of claim 1 , wherein the enhancement projection comprises secondary image data.

4. A computer program product stored on non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which when executed by a computer system, provides projection enhancement, comprising:

programming instructions configured to analyze input from a spatial sensor to locate a blocking object in a light field associated with an image projection of a digital projector;

programming instructions that mask a portion of the image projection corresponding to the blocking object;

programming instructions that determine an enhancement projection for generation onto the blocking object, including program instructions for identifying feature data of the blocking object and for identifying the blocking object based on the feature data, and wherein the enhancement projection includes a predetermined lighting scheme, distinct from the image projection, projected onto the blocking object based on the identity of the blocking object; and

programming instructions to cause a back-fill projector to generate a back-fill projection at a blanked-out region of a surface caused by a masked portion of the image projection,

wherein the program instructions for identifying the feature data of the blocking object and for identifying the blocking object based on the feature data, identifies that the blocking object is a person and determines an identify of the person, and wherein the lighting scheme includes a first type of illumination projected onto a first portion of the person based on the identify of the person and a second, different type of illumination projected onto a second portion of the person based on the identify of the person.

5. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the first type of illumination is projected onto a face of the person and the second, different type of illumination is projected onto a body of the person.

6. The computer program product of claim 4 , wherein the enhancement projection comprises secondary image data.

7. A method of implementing projection enhancement, comprising:

providing a digital projector for generating an image projection onto a surface from;

utilizing a spatial sensor to sense and locate a blocking object in a light field associated with the digital projector;

masking a portion of the image projection corresponding to the blocking object; and generating an enhancement projection onto the blocking object, the generating an enhancement projection includes identifying feature data of the blocking object and identifying the blocking object based on the feature data, and wherein the enhancement projection includes a predetermined lighting scheme, distinct from the image projection, projected onto the blocking object based on the identity of the blocking object; and

providing a back-fill projector to generate a back-fill projection at a blanked-out region of the surface caused by a masked portion of the image projection,

wherein the identifying the feature data of the blocking object and identifying the blocking object based on the feature data includes identifying that the blocking object is a person and determining an identify of the person, and wherein the lighting scheme includes a first type of illumination projected onto a first portion of the person based on the identify of the person and a second, different type of illumination projected onto a second portion of the person based on the identify of the person.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first type of illumination is projected onto a face of the person and the second, different type of illumination is projected onto a body of the person.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the enhancement projection comprises secondary image data.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: KYNDRYL, INC.
Reel/Frame 057885/0644 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE DATES OF INVENTORS SIGNATURES & EXECUTION DATES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037435 FRAME 0488. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST. Recorded Jan 26, 2016
From: BROWN, MICHAEL SEAN; HARRER, STEFAN; PAVLOVSKI, CHRISTOPHER J.; PLANT, LAURENCE J.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037593/0962 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2016
From: BROWN, MICHAEL SEAN; HARRER, STEFAN; PAVLOVSKI, CHRISTOPHER J.; PLANT, LAURENCE J.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037435/0488 →