IP Library Granted Patent US 11,431,948
Granted Patent B2
US 11,431,948 · App. 17/149,316 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Position and size adjustment support method and position and size adjustment support device for display appratus and imaging appratus

Inventor: Asuka Aoki (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04N9/3191H04N9/3185H04N9/3188
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Patent No.
US 11,431,948
App. No.
17/149,316
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A position and size adjustment support method supports an adjustment work to achieve a predetermined position and size relation between a display range of a display apparatus and a shooting range of an imaging apparatus. An image of at least a part of the display range is shot by the imaging apparatus. A position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range is calculated based on the image. At least one of a moving direction and a size change direction of at least one of the display range and the shooting range is calculated, based on the position and size relation calculated, the moving direction and the size change direction being used to change the position and size relation to the predetermined position and size relation. Adjustment guide information providing with the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction calculated is output.

Claims (59)

1. A position and size adjustment support method of supporting an adjustment work by an operator to achieve a predetermined position and size relation between a display range of a display apparatus and a shooting range of an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

shooting an image of at least a part of the display range by the imaging apparatus;

calculating a position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range based on the image shot by the imaging apparatus, the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range being (i) a relationship between a position of the display range and a position of the shooting range, and (ii) a relationship between a size of the display range and a size of the shooting range;

calculating at least one of a moving direction and a size change direction of at least one of the display range and the shooting range, based on the position and size relation calculated, the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction being used to change the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range to the predetermined position and size relation;

creating and outputting adjustment guide information providing the operator with the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction calculated; and

displaying a pattern image in the display range,

wherein

the adjustment guide information is an adjustment guide image,

the adjustment guide image is displayed by the display apparatus, and

when a part of the pattern image is present outside the shooting range, the part present outside the shooting range and a remaining part of the pattern image present inside the shooting range are displayed in a visually distinguishable manner.

2. The position and size adjustment support method of claim 1 , further comprising:

calculating at least one of a moving amount and a size change amount of at least one of the display range and the shooting range, based on the position and size relation calculated, the at least one of the moving amount and the size change amount being used to change the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range to the predetermined position and size relation,

wherein

the adjustment guide image is created to provide the operator with the at least one of the moving amount and the size change amount calculated.

3. The position and size adjustment support method of claim 1 , further comprising:

updating the adjustment guide image when the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range changes by the adjustment work, the updating being executed based on the position and size relation changed.

4. The position and size adjustment support method of claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying an adjustment completion image by the display apparatus, the adjustment completion image informing completion of adjustment when the display range and the shooting range satisfy the predetermined position and size relation by the adjustment work.

5. The position and size adjustment support method of claim 1 ,

wherein

when the display range and the shooting range satisfy the predetermined position and size relation, a whole of the display range is included in the shooting range.

6. The position and size adjustment support method of claim 1 ,

wherein

the display apparatus is a projection display apparatus that projects an image, and

the display range is a projection range for projecting the image.

7. A position and size adjustment support method of supporting an adjustment work by an operator to achieve a predetermined position and size relation between a display range of a display apparatus and a shooting range of an imaging apparatus, the method comprising:

shooting an image of at least a part of the display range by the imaging apparatus;

calculating a position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range based on the image shot by the imaging apparatus, the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range being (i) a relationship between a position of the display range and a position of the shooting range, and (ii) a relationship between a size of the display range and a size of the shooting range;

calculating at least one of a moving direction and a size change direction of at least one of the display range and the shooting range, based on the position and size relation calculated, the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction being used to change the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range to the predetermined position and size relation; and

creating and outputting adjustment guide information providing the operator with the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction calculated,

wherein

when the display range and the shooting range satisfy the predetermined position and size relation, a whole of the display range is included in the shooting range, and

when the display range and the shooting range satisfy the predetermined position and size relation, a center of the shooting range and a center of the display range match and an area of the display range is a predetermined percentage of an area of the shooting range.

8. A position and size adjustment support device that supports an adjustment work by an operator to achieve a predetermined position and size relation between a display range of a display apparatus and a shooting range of an imaging apparatus, the device comprising:

a storage that stores a program; and

a controller that controls the position and size adjustment support device by executing the program,

wherein

the controller:

obtains an image shot by the imaging apparatus, the image including at least a part of the display range of the display apparatus,

calculates a position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range based on the image shot by the imaging apparatus, the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range being (i) a relationship between a position of the display range and a position of the shooting range, and (ii) a relationship between a size of the display range and a size of the shooting range,

calculates at least one of a moving direction and a size change direction of at least one of the display range and the shooting range, based on the position and size relation calculated, the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction being used to change the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range to the predetermined position and size relation,

creates and outputs adjustment guide information providing the operator with the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction calculated, and

causes a pattern image to be displayed in the display range,

wherein

the adjustment guide information is an adjustment guide image,

the adjustment guide image is displayed by the display apparatus, and

when a part of the pattern image is present outside the shooting range, the part present outside the shooting range and a remaining part of the pattern image present inside the shooting range are displayed in a visually distinguishable manner.

9. A position and size adjustment support device that supports an adjustment work by an operator to achieve a predetermined position and size relation between a display range of a display apparatus and a shooting range of an imaging apparatus, the device comprising:

a storage that stores a program; and

a controller that controls the position and size adjustment support device by executing the program,

wherein

the controller:

obtains an image shot by the imaging apparatus, the image including at least a part of the display range of the display apparatus,

calculates a position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range based on the image shot by the imaging apparatus, the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range being (i) a relationship between a position of the display range and a position of the shooting range, and (ii) a relationship between a size of the display range and a size of the shooting range,

calculates at least one of a moving direction and a size change direction of at least one of the display range and the shooting range, based on the position and size relation calculated, the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction being used to change the position and size relation between the display range and the shooting range to the predetermined position and size relation, and

creates and outputs adjustment guide information providing the operator with the at least one of the moving direction and the size change direction calculated,

wherein

when the display range and the shooting range satisfy the predetermined position and size relation, a whole of the display range is included in the shooting range, and

when the display range and the shooting range satisfy the predetermined position and size relation, a center of the shooting range and a center of the display range match and an area of the display range is a predetermined percentage of an area of the shooting range.

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 Aug 18, 2021
From: AOKI, ASUKA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057220/0757 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-006862 · Jan 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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