Display device

• US 10,642,144 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ono, Masafumi, Matsuyuki, Tomotaka, Hirose, Sayaka, Takeuchi, Yuri
• Primary Examiner(s): Sharifi-Tafreshi, Koosha
• Application Number:
  US15/903,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20180275503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/54 with projector
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/10 Projectors with built-in or built-on screen
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/62 Translucent screens

Abstract

A display device includes a screen, first and second projectors, and a controller. The screen has first and second surfaces. The first projector projects a first horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the first surface. The second projector projects a second horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the second surface. The controller controls switching of an operation between the first and second projectors.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a screen having first and second surfaces;

a first projector that projects a first horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the first surface;

a second projector that projects a second horizontally non-inverted image as viewed from the second surface; and

a controller that estimates a level of interest of a person based on a signal from a sensor, and controls switching of an operation between the first and second projectors based on the estimated level of interest of the person satisfying a criterion.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second projectors are rear projectors.

3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein, at one timing, the controller turns ON the first projector and turns OFF the second projector so as to project the first horizontally non-inverted image on the first surface, and at another timing, the controller turns OFF the first projector and turns ON the second projector so as to project the second horizontally non-inverted image on the second surface.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein:

the first and second projectors form a single projector including a front projecting function and a rear projecting function; and

the controller controls switching of an operation between the front projecting function and the rear projecting function.

5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein, at one timing, the controller turns ON the front projecting function and turns OFF the rear projecting function so as to project the first horizontally non-inverted image on the first surface, and at another timing, the controller turns OFF the front projecting function and turns ON the rear projecting function so as to project the second horizontally non-inverted image on the second surface.

6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second projectors project an identical image as the first and second horizontally non-inverted images.

7. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first and second projectors project different images as the first and second horizontally non-inverted images.

8. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the screen is a transparent screen which is seen through.

9. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the screen is switchable between a state in which the screen is seen through and a state in which the screen is not seen through.

10. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the level of interest is estimated based on a determination of a distance between the person and the sensor.

11. The display device according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the estimated level of interest comprises determining a zone in which the person is detected, among a plurality of zones.

12. The display device according to claim 11, wherein a duration of projection by the first projector and the second projector is determined based on the zone in which the person is detected.

13. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the level of interest is estimated based on a determination of a direction of the face of the person detected by the sensor.

14. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the level of interest is estimated based on a determination of a direction of the eyes of the person detected by the sensor.

15. The display device according to claim 11, wherein a duration of projection by the first projector and the second projector is determined based on a number of people detected by the sensor.

16. A display device comprising:

a projector configured to display a first image on a first surface a screen and a second image on a second surface of the screen;

a controller configured to estimate a level of interest of a person based on a signal from a sensor; and

control the projector to display the first image and the second image based on the estimated level of interest of the person satisfying a criterion.

17. The display device according to claim 16, wherein the level of interest is estimated based on a determination of a distance between the person and the sensor.

18. The display device according to claim 16, wherein obtaining the estimated the level of interest comprises determining a zone in which the person is detected, among a plurality of zones.

19. The display device according to claim 16, wherein the level of interest is estimated based on a determination of a direction of the face of the person detected by the sensor.

20. The display device according to claim 16, wherein the level of interest is estimated based on a determination of a direction of the eyes of the person detected by the sensor.