IP Library Granted Patent US 10,194,144
Granted Patent B2
US 10,194,144 · App. 15/614,616 · Granted Jan 29, 2019

Projection image adjusting system and projection image adjusting method

Inventor: Yoshinao Sugiura (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,194,144
App. No.
15/614,616
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The projection image adjusting system has a storage, a receiving section, and a controller. The storage stores virtual-environment setting information on a set-up situation of a projection display apparatus set so as to have a desired image-projection state on an object on which an image is projected in a virtual space created by a computer and also stores a control set-up value for the projection display apparatus in the desired image-projection state. The receiving section receives real-environment setting information on a set-up situation of the projection display apparatus in a real space. The controller controls the projection display apparatus in the real space. Based on the virtual-environment setting information and the real-environment setting information, the controller corrects the control set-up value so as to decrease a difference between an image-projection state in the real space and the desired image-projection state.

Claims (40)

1. A projection image adjusting system comprising:

a storage for storing virtual-environment setting information which indicates in a virtual space created by a computer, a set-up situation of a projection display apparatus set so as to have a desired image state on an object on which an image is projected, and also storing a control set-up value for the projection display apparatus in the desired image state;

a receiving section for receiving real-environment setting information on a set-up situation of the projection display apparatus in a real space; and

a controller for controlling the projection display apparatus in the real space,

wherein, based on the virtual-environment setting information and the real-environment setting information, the controller corrects the control set-up value so as to decrease a difference between an image-projection state in the real space and the desired image state, and based on the corrected control set-up value, the controller controls the projection display apparatus in the real space.

2. The projection image adjusting system of claim 1 , wherein the control set-up value is at least any one of a shift amount, a zoom amount, and a focus amount of a lens of the projection display apparatus, and based on the corrected control set-up value, the projection display apparatus controls the lens.

3. The projection image adjusting system of claim 1 , wherein the projection display apparatus has a movable base, the control set-up value represents a moving amount of the projection display apparatus, and based on the corrected control set-up value, the projection display apparatus moves the base.

4. The projection image adjusting system of claim 1 , wherein the projection display apparatus is disposed on a movable base, the control set-up value represents a moving amount of the projection display apparatus, and based on the corrected control set-up value, the controller moves the base.

5. The projection image adjusting system of claim 1 , wherein the projection display apparatus is disposed on a base so as to be movable, the control set-up value represents a moving amount of the projection display apparatus, and based on the corrected control set-up value, the controller moves the projection display apparatus.

6. The projection image adjusting system of claim 1 , further comprising

a display device,

wherein the controller controls the display device to display a state which the projection display apparatus projects in the real space.

7. The projection image adjusting system of claim 6 ,

wherein the state which the projection display apparatus projects in the real space is depicted by a figure.

8. The projection image adjusting system of clam 1 ,

wherein the controller determines the reference position based on information received from a detecting module placed at the real space.

9. The projection image adjusting system of claim 8 ,

wherein the controller calculates a coordinate and a direction of the detecting module based on the information received from the detecting module placed at the real space, and determines the identified position in the virtual space based on the calculated coordinate and direction.

10. The projection image adjusting system of claim 1 ,

wherein the receiving section receives a position information of the projection display apparatus in the real space, and

the controller sets a position of a projection apparatus in the virtual space based on the position information of the projection apparatus in the real space.

11. The projection image adjusting system of claim 1 , wherein the computer acquires a reference position in the real space corresponding to an identified position in the virtual space.

12. A projection image adjusting method comprising:

a storing step for storing virtual-environment setting information which indicates in a virtual space created by a computer, a set-up situation of a projection display apparatus set so as to have a desired image state on an object on which an image is projected, and a control set-up value for the projection display apparatus in the desired image state into a storage;

a receiving step for receiving real-environment setting information on a set-up situation of the projection display apparatus in a real space; and

a controlling step for controlling the projection display apparatus in the real space,

wherein, in the controlling step, based on the virtual-environment setting information and the real-environment setting information, the control set-up value is corrected so as to decrease a difference between an image-projection state in the real space and the desired image state, and the projection display apparatus in the real space is controlled, based on the corrected control set-up value.

13. The projection image adjusting method of claim 12 , further comprising an acquiring step for acquiring a reference position in the real space corresponding to an identified position in the virtual space.

14. A projection image adjusting system comprising:

a storage for storing virtual-environment setting information which indicates in a virtual space created by a computer, a set-up situation of a projection display apparatus set so as to have a desired image state on an object on which an image is projected, and also storing a shape and a size of a projection image in the desired image state;

a receiving section for receiving real-environment setting information on a set-up situation of the projection display apparatus in a real space; and

a controller for creating a projection image and causing the projection display apparatus in the real space to project the projection image,

wherein, based on the virtual-environment setting information and the real-environment setting information, the controller corrects the shape and the size of the projection image stored in the storage so as to decrease a difference between an image-projection state in the real space and the desired image state, and causes the projection display apparatus inthe real space to project the corrected projection image.

15. The projection image adjusting system of claim 14 , wherein the computer acquires a reference position in the real space corresponding to an identified position in the virtual space.

16. A projection image adjusting method comprising:

a storing step for storing virtual-environment setting information which indicates in a virtual space created by a computer, a set-up situation of a projection display apparatus set so as to have a desired image state on an object on which an image is projected, and a shape and a size of a projection image in the desired image state;

a receiving step for receiving real-environment setting information on a set-up situation of the projection display apparatus in a real space; and

a projection step for creating the projection image and then causing the projection display apparatus in the real space to project the projection image,

wherein, in the projection step, based on the virtual-environment setting information and the real-environment setting information, the shape and the size of the stored projection image is corrected so as to decrease a difference between an image-projection state in the real space and the desired image state, and the corrected projection image is projected by the projection display apparatus in the real space.

17. The projection image adjusting method of claim 16 , further comprising an acquiring step for acquiring a reference position in the real space corresponding to an identified position in the virtual space.

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 20, 2017
From: SUGIURA, YOSHINAO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043049/0867 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-135229 · Jul 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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