IP Library Granted Patent US 10,776,898
Granted Patent B2
US 10,776,898 · App. 16/373,998 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Projection system, image processing device and projection method

Inventors: Asuka Aoki (Osaka, JP); Ken Mashitani (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G06T3/005G06T7/70G09G3/001G06T2207/10048H04N9/3185H04N9/3194
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Patent No.
US 10,776,898
App. No.
16/373,998
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projection system includes a visible light projector, a camera and an image processor. The visible light projector projects an image with visible light onto the object. The camera captures an image of the object and has an optical axis not coinciding with an optical axis of the visible light projector. The image processor generates an image to be projected with visible light onto the object based on the image captured by the camera. The image processor includes a corrector and an image generator. The corrector corrects a deviation between a projection image and the object. The corrector is configured to calculate a projection region on the object onto which an image is projected by the visible light projector. The image generator is configured to generate image data to project the image to be projected onto the object onto the projection region.

Claims (32)

1. A projection system comprising:

a visible light projector for projecting an image with visible light onto the object;

a camera for capturing an image of the object, the camera having an optical axis not coinciding with an optical axis of the visible light projector;

an image processor for generating an image to be projected with visible light onto the object based on the image captured by the camera; and

an operation unit,

wherein:

the image processor includes:

a corrector for correcting a deviation between a projection image and the object caused by a difference between the optical axis of the visible light projector and the optical axis of the camera according to a position of the object, the corrector configured to calculate a projection region on the object onto which an image is projected by the visible light projector, and

an image generator configured to generate image data to project the image to be projected onto the object onto the projection region; and

the corrector corrects the position of the object based on a measurement value, input by the operation unit, of a deviation amount between a position of an image projected by the visible light projector and the position of the object.

2. A projection system comprising:

a visible light projector for projecting an image with visible light onto the object;

a camera for capturing an image of the object, the camera having an optical axis not coinciding with an optical axis of the visible light projector; and

an image processor for generating an image to be projected with visible light onto the object based on the image captured by the camera;

wherein:

the image processor includes:

a corrector for correcting a deviation between a projection image and the object caused by a difference between the optical axis of the visible light projector and the optical axis of the camera according to a position of the object, the corrector configured to calculate a projection region on the object onto which an image is projected by the visible light projector, and

an image generator configured to generate image data to project the image to be projected onto the object onto the projection region; and

the corrector corrects the position of the object according to the position of the object in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the optical axis of the camera.

3. The projection system according to claim 2 , further comprising an operation unit, wherein

the corrector corrects the position of the object based on a measurement value, input by the operation unit, of a deviation amount between a position of an image projected by the visible light projector and the position of the object.

4. A projection system comprising:

a visible light projector for projecting an image with visible light onto the object;

a camera for capturing an image of the object, the camera having an optical axis not coinciding with an optical axis of the visible light projector;

an image processor for generating an image to be projected with visible light onto the object based on the image captured by the camera; and

an operation unit,

wherein:

the image processor includes:

a corrector for correcting a deviation between a projection image and the object caused by a difference between the optical axis of the visible light projector and the optical axis of the camera according to a position of the object, the corrector configured to calculate a projection region on the object onto which an image is projected by the visible light projector, and

an image generator configured to generate image data to project the image to be projected onto the object onto the projection region;

the corrector corrects the position of the object according to a distance in a direction of the optical axis of the camera between the camera and the object; and

the corrector corrects the position of the object based on a measurement value, input by the operation unit, of a deviation amount between a position of an image projected by the visible light projector and the position of the object.

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 Oct 7, 2019
From: AOKI, ASUKA; MASHITANI, KEN
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050634/0109 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-113782 · Jun 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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