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US 12,598,277 · App. 18/475,260 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Method for adjusting projection system and projection system

Inventors: Zhiqing Qi (Jiangsu, CN); Gang Li (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: Coretronic Projection (Kunshan) Corporation
H04N9/3155G06T7/13G06T7/80H04N9/3179
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Patent No.
US 12,598,277
App. No.
18/475,260
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for adjusting a projection device and a projection system are provided. A projection device is driven to project an image on a projection target. An image-capturing device is driven to perform image capturing toward the projection target to obtain a captured image. The captured image includes a target object corresponding to the image. A projection position of the target object in the captured image is calculated based on the target object and the captured image. An output power of an illumination light source module of the projection device is adjusted based on the projection position and an ambient luminance.

Claims (45)

1 . A method for adjusting a projection system comprising:

driving a projection device to project an image on a projection target;

driving an image-capturing device to perform image capturing toward the projection target to obtain a captured image, wherein the captured image comprises a target object corresponding to the image;

calculating a projection position of the target object in the captured image based on the target object and the captured image; and

adjusting an output power of an illumination light source module of the projection device based on the projection position and an ambient luminance.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein adjusting the output power of the illumination light source module of the projection device based on the projection position and the ambient luminance comprises:

finding out the corresponding output power in a look-up table to adjust the output power of the illumination light source module based on the projection position and the ambient luminance.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein finding out the corresponding output power in the look-up table comprises:

finding out the corresponding output power according to the look-up table, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of projection position ranges and a plurality of ambient luminance ranges, the ambient luminance ranges correspond to the ambient luminance, and the plurality of projection position ranges correspond to the projection position.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein calculating the projection position of the target object in the captured image based on the target object and the captured image comprises:

finding out a bounding box of the target object to extract a first object boundary and a second object boundary of the bounding box in a first direction;

calculating a first edge distance between the first object boundary and a first image boundary of the captured image in the first direction;

calculating a second edge distance between the second object boundary and a second image boundary of the captured image in the first direction; and

calculating the projection position based on the first edge distance and the second edge distance.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first direction is parallel to a connecting line of the image-capturing device and a projection lens of the projection device.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the image is a startup image, and the captured image obtained by the image-capturing device comprises the target object corresponding to the startup image and a non-projected image region not corresponding to the startup image,

wherein, after obtaining the captured image, the method further comprises:

finding out the bounding box of the target object based on the target object and the non-projected image region.

7 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the image is a calibration image, the calibration image comprises a plurality of calibration points, and the captured image obtained by the image-capturing device comprises the target object corresponding to the calibration image and a plurality of point objects corresponding to the plurality of calibration points,

wherein, after obtaining the captured image, the method further comprises:

finding out the bounding box of the target object based on the target object and the point objects.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein a coordinate system transformation relationship between the projection device and the image-capturing device is pre-stored in the projection device.

9 . A projection system comprising:

a projection device, comprising an illumination light source module, and used for projection on a projection target;

an image-capturing device, used for performing image capturing toward the projection target; and

a processing unit, coupled to the projection device and the image-capturing device, and configured to:

drive the projection device to project an image on the projection target;

drive the image-capturing device to perform image capturing toward the projection target to obtain a captured image, wherein the captured image comprises a target object corresponding to the image;

calculate a projection position of the target object in the captured image based on the target object and the captured image; and

adjust an output power of the illumination light source module of the projection device based on the projection position and an ambient luminance.

10 . The projection system according to claim 9 , wherein the processing unit is configured to:

find out the corresponding output power in a look-up table to adjust the output power of the illumination light source module based on the projection position and the ambient luminance.

11 . The projection system according to claim 10 , wherein the processing unit is configured to:

find out the corresponding output power according to the look-up table, wherein the look-up table comprises a plurality of projection position ranges and a plurality of ambient luminance ranges, the ambient luminance ranges correspond to the ambient luminance, and the plurality of projection position ranges correspond to the projection position.

12 . The projection system according to claim 9 , wherein the processing unit is configured to:

find out a bounding box of the target object to extract a first object boundary and a second object boundary of the bounding box in a first direction;

calculate a first edge distance between the first object boundary and a first image boundary of the captured image in the first direction;

calculate a second edge distance between the second object boundary and a second image boundary of the captured image in the first direction; and

calculate the projection position based on the first edge distance and the second edge distance.

13 . The projection system according to claim 12 , wherein the first direction is parallel to a connecting line of the image-capturing device and a projection lens of the projection device.

14 . The projection system according to claim 12 , wherein the image is a startup image, the captured image obtained by the image-capturing device comprises the target object corresponding to the startup image and a non-projected image region not corresponding to the startup image, and the processing unit is configured to:

find out the bounding box of the target object based on the target object and the non-projected image region.

15 . The projection system according to claim 12 , wherein the image is a calibration image, the calibration image comprises a plurality of calibration points, the captured image obtained by the image-capturing device comprises the target object corresponding to the calibration image and a plurality of point objects corresponding to the plurality of calibration points, and the processing unit is configured to:

find out the bounding box of the target object based on the target object and the point objects.

16 . The projection system according to claim 9 , wherein a coordinate system transformation relationship between the projection device and the image-capturing device is pre-stored in the projection device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: QI, ZHIQING; LI, GANG
To: CORETRONIC PROJECTION (KUNSHAN) CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065056/0706 →
Priority Claims (1)
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