Image projection kit and method and system of distributing image content for use with the same

• US 10,084,998 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2017
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Damico Ventures LLC
• Original Assignee: Klip Collective, Inc.
• Inventors: Rivera, Ricardo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dowling, William C
• Application Number:
  US15/420,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/00 Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor devices for changing pictures G03B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/14 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/26 Projecting separately subsidiary matter simultaneously with main image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/00 Geometric image transformations in the plane of the image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/74 Projection arrangements for image reproduction, e.g. using eidophor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/7458 the modulator being an array of deformable mirrors, e.g. digital micromirror device [DMD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3185 Geometric adjustment, e.g. keystone or convergence optical or mechanical adjustment of convergence H04N9/317; using scanning means H04N3/22; optical or mechanical adjustments of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14

Abstract

A method of projecting imagery. In one embodiment, the method comprises projecting on a surface, from a projector device, a projected image of a matte displayed on a display device; adjusting the size, shape, position, orientation, or any combination thereof, of the projected image of the matte by adjusting the matte displayed on the display device; associating imagery content with the matte; and projecting the associated imagery in the projected image of the matte.

Claims

1. A method for projecting imagery, the method comprising:

projecting on a surface, from a projector device, a projected image of a matte displayed on a display device;

adjusting the size, shape, position, orientation, or any combination thereof, of the projected image of the matte by adjusting the matte displayed on the display device;

associating imagery content with the matte; and

projecting the associated imagery content in the projected image of the matte.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the adjusting step comprises adjusting the size and shape of the projected image of the matte.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the adjusting step comprises adjusting the size, shape, and position of the projected image of the matte.

5. The method according to claim 1 wherein the adjusting step comprises adjusting the size and position of the projected image of the matte.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the imagery content is selected from the group consisting of still photographs, still shapes, video clips, still digital images, streaming digital video, and movies.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the projection of the associated imagery content is limited to a space on the surface on which the projected image of the matte is located.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the associated imagery content is taken from a content server that stores content files.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein the content files stored on the content server are searchable via an electronic access point.

2. A method for projecting imagery, the method comprising:

displaying on a display device a plurality of mattes;

associating imagery content to each of the plurality of mattes; and

projecting on a surface, from a projector device, projected images of the plurality of mattes with the associated imagery content displayed therein.

10. The method according to claim 2 further comprising adjusting the size, shape, position, orientation, or any combination thereof, of at least one of the plurality of mattes displayed on the display device.

11. The method according to claim 10 wherein the adjusting step comprises adjusting the size and shape of the at least one of the mattes displayed on the display device.

12. The method according to claim 10 wherein the adjusting step comprises adjusting the size, shape, and position of the at least one of the mattes displayed on the display device.

13. The method according to claim 10 wherein the adjusting step comprises adjusting the size and position of the at least one of the mattes displayed on the display device.

14. The method according to claim 2 wherein the imagery content is selected from the group consisting of still photographs, still shapes, video clips, still digital images, streaming digital video, and movies.

15. The method according to claim 2 wherein the associated imagery content is only displayed within the projected images of the plurality of mattes.

16. The method according to claim 2 wherein the associated imagery content is taken from a content server that stores content files.

17. The method according to claim 16 wherein the content files stored on the content server are searchable via an electronic access point.