IP Library Granted Patent US 9,832,436
Granted Patent B1
US 9,832,436 · App. 15/581,735 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Image projection system and image projection method

Inventors: Ryuji Fuchikami (Fukuoka, JP); Kazuhiro Minami (Osaka, JP); Yuji Sugisawa (Fukuoka, JP); Hideyuki Nakamura (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04N9/3179G06T7/60H04N9/3164
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Patent No.
US 9,832,436
App. No.
15/581,735
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

An image projection system includes an infrared ray projection apparatus that projects a pattern image for shape measurement toward a projection target, an imaging device that captures the pattern image, a calculation device that acquires three-dimensional shape information of the projection target based on the captured pattern image and converts a content image into a projection content image corresponding to the projection target based on the three-dimensional shape information, and a visible light projection apparatus that is disposed in a different position from the infrared ray projection apparatus and projects the projection content image toward the projection target, in which the calculation device, based on images of a visible light image projected by the visible light projection apparatus and a non-visible light image projected by the infrared ray projection apparatus, executes processing of associating each pixel of the non-visible light image with each pixel of the visible light image.

Claims (30)

1. An image projection system for projecting a content image toward a projection target, the system comprising:

a non-visible light projection apparatus that projects a pattern image for shape measurement toward the projection target by using non-visible light;

an imaging device that captures the pattern image projected to the projection target;

a measurement control device that acquires three-dimensional shape information of the projection target based on the captured pattern image;

a projected image processing device that converts a previously prepared content image into a projection content image corresponding to the projection target based on the shape information;

a visible light projection apparatus that is disposed in a different position from the non-visible light projection apparatus and projects the projection content image toward the projection target at the same time as the non-visible light projection apparatus by using visible light; and

a calibration processing device that, based on images of a non-visible light image projected by the non-visible light projection apparatus and a visible light image projected by the visible light projection apparatus captured by the imaging device, executes processing of associating each pixel of the non-visible light image with each pixel of the visible light image.

2. The image projection system of claim 1 ,

wherein the visible light projection apparatus has individual display elements respectively corresponding to each color used.

3. The image projection system of claim 1 ,

wherein the visible light projection apparatus is disposed in adjacency to the imaging device.

4. The image projection system of claim 1 ,

wherein the visible light projection apparatus is disposed in adjacency to the non-visible light projection apparatus.

5. The image projection system of claim 1 ,

wherein a visible light cut filter is disposed in the imaging device in an attachably detachable manner.

6. An image projection method for projecting a content image toward a projection target, the method comprising:

projecting a pattern image for shape measurement toward the projection target by a non-visible light projection apparatus;

capturing the pattern image projected to the projection target by an imaging device;

acquiring three-dimensional shape information of the projection target based on the captured pattern image;

converting a previously prepared content image into a projection content image corresponding to the projection target based on the shape information;

projecting the projection content image toward the projection target by using visible light by a visible light projection apparatus that is disposed in a different position from the non-visible light projection apparatus; and

executing, based on images of a non-visible light image projected by the non-visible light projection apparatus and a visible light image projected by the visible light projection apparatus captured by the imaging device, calibration processing of associating each pixel of the non-visible light image with each pixel of the visible light image.

7. The image projection method of claim 6 ,

wherein a visible light cut filter is disposed in the imaging device, the visible light cut filter is used when light of the pattern image is received, and the visible light cut filter is released when light of the projection content image is received.

8. The image projection method of claim 6 ,

wherein the imaging device is capable of changing an amount of time of exposure and increases the amount of time of exposure more when light of the projection content image is received than when light of the pattern image is received.

9. The image projection method of claim 6 ,

wherein in the projecting by the non-visible light projection apparatus, an image pair that includes patterns having a mutually inverted relationship is projected in order as the pattern image,

in the capturing by the imaging device, the image pair projected in order and the projection content image projected at the same timing as the image pair are captured in order, and

in the acquiring the shape information of the projection target, the three-dimensional shape information of the projection target is acquired based on a difference image between the captured images of the image pair captured by the imaging device in order.

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 Jul 4, 2017
From: FUCHIKAMI, RYUJI; MINAMI, KAZUHIRO; SUGISAWA, YUJI; NAKAMURA, HIDEYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042884/0879 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-107542 · May 30, 2016 · national