IP Library Granted Patent US 11,303,866
Granted Patent B2
US 11,303,866 · App. 17/200,197 · Granted Apr 12, 2022

Image adjustment system and image adjustment device

Inventor: Yoshinao Sugiura (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04N9/3194G03B21/14H04N9/3147H04N9/3185
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Patent No.
US 11,303,866
App. No.
17/200,197
Granted
Apr 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image adjustment system includes: a plurality of image projection devices that respectively project a plurality of images in a plurality of projection ranges; an imaging device that captures a region containing the plurality of projection ranges to obtain a captured image; and a controller that controls the plurality of image projection devices and the imaging device. The controller calculates first rotation information representing an orientation of each of the plurality of images with respect to a first reference orientation of the captured image and adjusts display of each of the plurality of images based on the first rotation information to cause the orientation and the first reference orientation to be in a predetermined relation with each other.

Claims (31)

1. An image adjustment system comprising:

a plurality of image projection devices configured to respectively project a plurality of images in a plurality of projection ranges;

an imaging device configured to capture a region containing the plurality of projection ranges to obtain a captured image; and

a controller configured to control the plurality of image projection devices and the imaging device, the controller being configured to:

calculate first rotation information representing an orientation of each of the plurality of images with respect to a first reference orientation of the captured image, and

adjust display of each of the plurality of images based on the first rotation information to cause the orientation and the first reference orientation to be in a predetermined relation with each other.

2. The image adjustment system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is further configured to:

generate, based on the first rotation information, mapping information of a projector coordinate of each of the plurality of image projection devices, and a camera coordinate of the imaging device, and

generate, based on the mapping information, conversion information for converting the projector coordinate into the camera coordinate.

3. The image adjustment system according to claim 2 , further comprising an input device configured to receive input for instructing a direction,

wherein the controller changes, based on the input and the conversion information, the direction instructed by the input.

4. The image adjustment system according to claim 3 , wherein

the plurality of image projection devices include a first image projection device and a second image projection device,

the plurality of projection ranges include a first projection range of the first image projection device and a second projection range of the second image projection device, and

the controller is configured to:

calculate, when a partial image in the first projection range is moved outside the first projection range as a result of the input, a camera coordinate of the partial image in the imaging device based on the conversion information,

search for, based on the conversion information, one image projection device of the plurality of image projection devices, the one image projection device containing the camera coordinate of the partial image in a corresponding projection range of the plurality of projection ranges, and

switch over, when the camera coordinate of the partial image is within the second projection range, display of the partial image from the first image projection device to the second image projection device.

5. The image adjustment system according to claim 2 , wherein

the imaging device includes a sensor configured to detect a tilt of the imaging device with respect to a second reference orientation different from the first reference orientation, and

the controller is configured to:

calculate second rotation information based on the second reference orientation and the tilt, and

generate the conversion information based on the first rotation information and the second rotation information.

6. The image adjustment system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller adjusts the display of each of the plurality of images to cause the orientation and the first reference orientation agree with each other.

7. An image adjustment device for adjusting display of each of a plurality of images respectively projected in a plurality of projection ranges by a plurality of image projection devices, the image adjustment device comprising:

a calculation unit configured to calculate first rotation information representing an orientation of each of the plurality of image with respect to a first reference orientation in a captured image, the captured image being obtained by an imaging device when the imaging device captures a region containing the plurality of projection ranges; and

an image adjustment unit configured to adjust, based on the first rotation information, display of each of the plurality of images to cause the orientation and the first reference orientation to be in a predetermined relation with each other.

8. The image adjustment device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a mapping unit configured to generate, based on the first rotation information, mapping information of a projector coordinate of each of the plurality of image projection devices and a camera coordinate of the imaging device; and

a coordinate-conversion unit configured to generate, based on the mapping information, conversion information for converting the projector coordinate into the camera coordinate.

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 Jun 29, 2021
From: SUGIURA, YOSHINAO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056710/0749 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-066089 · Apr 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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