IP Library Granted Patent US 11,785,192
Granted Patent B2
US 11,785,192 · App. 17/543,154 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Video display system and video display method

Inventor: Norimitsu Sugiyama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04N9/3185H04N5/272H04N9/3147
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Patent No.
US 11,785,192
App. No.
17/543,154
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A video display system of the present disclosure includes a first display device configured to project a background image onto a region of an entire image including a predetermined important image, the background image including a masked region of the important image clipped from the entire image, a second display device configured to project the important image clipped from the entire image onto the region of the important image in the background image that has been projected, and a controller configured to control a rotation angle around an optical axis the second display device with respect to the important image to be projected, in accordance with an aspect ratio of the important image to project the important image clipped from the entire image onto the region of the important image.

Claims (21)

1. A video display system comprising:

a first display device configured to project a background image onto a region of an entire image including a predetermined important image, the background image including a masked region of the important image clipped from the entire image;

a second display device configured to project the important image clipped from the entire image onto the region of the important image in the background image that has been projected; and

a controller configured to control a rotation angle around an optical axis of the second display device with respect to the important image to be projected, in accordance with an aspect ratio of the important image to project the important image clipped from the entire image onto the region of the important image.

2. The video display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the important image is clipped in a form of a polygon closed by a plurality of envelopes so as to be inscribed in the polygon,

wherein the aspect ratio of the important image is an aspect ratio based on a minimum circumscribed rectangle calculated to have an area of a rectangle circumscribing the polygon being minimum, and

wherein the controller controls the rotation angle around the optical axis of the second display device with respect to the important image to be projected, in accordance with the aspect ratio based on the minimum circumscribed rectangle.

3. The video display system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller controls a position of the optical axis of the second display device based on a change in a position of the important image in the entire image to project the important image clipped from the entire image onto the region of the important image.

4. The video display system according to claim 3 , wherein the controller calculates a projective transformation matrix for projecting an important image obtained from the important image before movement when the optical axis of the second display device is moved onto an important image of a minimum circumscribed rectangle after the movement, based on a movement amount of the position of the important image clipped in the entire image to transform the important image before the movement into the important image after the movement using the projective transformation matrix, and projects a clipped important image onto the region of the important image.

5. The video display system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is disposed in the first display device and the second display device.

6. The video display system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is disposed in a control device other than the first display device and the second display device.

7. A video display method of a video display system, the video display system including

a first display device configured to project a background image onto a region of an entire image including a predetermined important image,

the background image including a masked region of the important image clipped from the entire image; and

a second display device configured to project the important image clipped from the entire image onto the region of the important image in the background image that has been projected,

the video display method comprising controlling a rotation angle around an optical axis of the second display device with respect to the important image to be projected, in accordance with an aspect ratio of the important image to project the important image clipped from the entire image onto the region of the important image.

8. The video display method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

clipping the important image in a form of a polygon closed by a plurality of envelopes so as to be inscribed in the polygon; and

calculating a minimum circumscribed rectangle to have an area of a rectangle circumscribing the polygon being minimum to

control the rotation angle around the optical axis of the second display device with respect to the important image to be projected, in accordance with an aspect based on the calculated minimum circumscribed rectangle.

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 May 11, 2022
From: SUGIYAMA, NORIMITSU
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059952/0527 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-163768 · Sep 9, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020033867 · Sep 8, 2020
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