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US 12,563,165 · App. 18/960,835 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Installation information acquisition method, correction method, program, and installation information acquisition system

Inventors: Ken Mashitani (Osaka, JP); Takaaki Abe (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
H04N9/3185H04N9/312G03B21/147G06V10/247G06V30/1607H04N9/3188
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Patent No.
US 12,563,165
App. No.
18/960,835
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A projector in an installation information acquisition method is installed in a real space, has a changeable projection direction, and projects a projection image based on a virtual image. The virtual image is an image in a case where an image arranged at a display position in a virtual space is viewed from a virtual installation position. The method includes first acquisition processing for acquiring positional information of three or more first adjustment points in the virtual space, projection processing for projecting, by the projector, an index image onto the real space, second acquisition processing for acquiring angle information of the projection direction with respect to a reference direction in a state where the index image matches three or more second adjustment points respectively corresponding to the three or more first adjustment points, and third acquisition processing for acquiring installation information based on the positional information and the angle information.

Claims (30)

1 . A projection method of a projector that is installed at an installation position in a real space, has a projection direction changeable, and projects a second image including a second object, the second image being formed based on a first image including a first object corresponding to the second object, the method comprising:

first image generation processing for generating the first image where the first object is located on a second position in a virtual space, the second position being corresponding to a first position in a real space,

first adjustment image generation processing for generating a first adjustment image including the first object which is located on a first side of the first adjustment image with respect to a center of the first adjustment image,

first projection processing for projecting by the projector the second object onto the first projection position in the real space based on the first adjustment image,

second adjustment image generation processing for generating a second adjustment image including the first object which is located on a second side of the second adjustment image with respect to a center of the second adjustment image, the second side being opposite side to the first side,

second projection processing for projecting by the projector the second object onto the second projection position in the real space based on the second adjustment image, and

adjustment processing for adjusting size of the second object in the real space so as to reduce a gap between the first projection position and the second projection position.

2 . The projection method according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjustment processing includes at least one of zooming by projector or changing a rendering size of the first image in the virtual space to adjust size of the second object in the real space.

3 . The projection method according to claim 2 , wherein

in a case where the second projection position is shift to the second side with respect to the first projection position, the adjustment processing includes at least one of zooming by projector to make the second object size small or changing the rendering size of the first image large in the virtual space, or

in a case where the second projection position is shift to the first side with respect to the first projection position, the adjustment processing includes at least one of zooming by projector to make the second object size large or changing the rendering size of the first image small in the virtual space.

4 . The projection method according to claim 1 , further comprising,

first coordination acquiring process for acquiring by a camera a first coordination to capture the second object being projected the first projection position; and

second coordination acquiring process for acquiring by the camera the second coordination to capture the second object being projected the second projection position, wherein

the adjustment processing includes changing the second object size being projected so as to reduce a gap between the first coordination and the second coordination.

5 . The projection method according to claim 1 , wherein

the projector includes a drive unit to change projection direction, and

projection position is changeable by the drive unit.

6 . A non-transitory recording medium recording a program causing one or more processors to execute the projection method according to claim 1 .

7 . A projection system comprising:

a controller; and

a projector that is installed at an installation position in a real space, has a projection direction changeable, and projects a second image including a second object, the second image being formed based on a first image including a first object corresponding to the second object, wherein

the controller is configured to:

generate the first image where the first object is located on a second position in a virtual space, the second position being corresponding to a first position in a real space,

generate a first adjustment image including the first object which is located on a first side of the first adjustment image with respect to a center of the first adjustment image,

cause the projector to project the second object onto the first projection position in the real space based on the first adjustment image,

generate a second adjustment image including the first object which is located on a second side of the second adjustment image with respect to a center of the second adjustment image, the second side being opposite side to the first side,

cause the projector to project the second object onto the second projection position in the real space based on the second adjustment image, and

adjust size of the second object in the real space so as to reduce a gap between the first projection position and the second projection position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2025
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC PROJECTOR & DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072510/0667 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2020-172853 · Oct 13, 2020 · national
JP 2021-076773 · Apr 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18132559 · Apr 10, 2023
Continuation PCTJP2021037377 · Oct 8, 2021
Related Publication 20250088614A1 · Mar 13, 2025
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