INTERACTIVE PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An interactive image projecting device, comprising:
- an outer housing;
a control unit contained within the outer housing;
a projector mounted within the outer housing and coupled to the control unit, the projector being operable to project an image created by the control unit; and
a spatial position sensor mounted within the housing and operable to generate a movement signal based upon the movement of the housing, the movement signal being received by the control unit,wherein the control unit modifies the image projected by the projector based upon the movement signal such that the image projected by the projector adapts to the movement of the outer housing.
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Abstract
An interactive image projecting device that projects an image onto a display surface and controls the projected image based upon movement of the image projecting device or the detection of another image. The image projecting device includes a projector that generates an image from a control unit. The device includes a position indicating emitter that generates a position indicator and an image sensor that is operable to detect the position indicator from either the device including the image sensor or a position indicator from another device. Based upon the sensed position indicator from another device, the control unit operates to modify the image projected from the device such that the image from a first device can interact with an image from a second device. The first and second devices each have a wireless transceiver such that the devices can communicate with each other during operation.
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25 Claims
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1. An interactive image projecting device, comprising:
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an outer housing; a control unit contained within the outer housing; a projector mounted within the outer housing and coupled to the control unit, the projector being operable to project an image created by the control unit; and a spatial position sensor mounted within the housing and operable to generate a movement signal based upon the movement of the housing, the movement signal being received by the control unit, wherein the control unit modifies the image projected by the projector based upon the movement signal such that the image projected by the projector adapts to the movement of the outer housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A hand held interactive image projecting device, comprising:
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an outer housing sized to be held by a user; a control unit contained within the outer housing; a projector mounted within the housing and coupled to the control unit, the projector being operable to project an image created by the control unit from the housing; a position indicating emitter coupled to the control unit and operable to project a position indicator from the housing; and an image sensor coupled to the control unit and operable to detect the position indicator from another image projecting apparatus, wherein the control unit modifies the image projected by the projector based upon the detected position indicator from another image projecting device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of integrating the operation of a first image projecting device and a second image projecting device, comprising the steps of:
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generating a first image from a projector of the first image projecting device and a position indicator from a position indicating emitter of the first image projecting device; operating an image sensor of the second image projecting device to detect the location of the first image based upon the position of the position indicator; and modifying a second image from a projector of the second image projecting apparatus based upon the determined position of the first image. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A hand held interactive image projecting device, comprising:
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an outer housing sized to be held by a user; a control unit contained within the outer housing; a projector mounted within the housing and coupled to the control unit, the projector being operable to project an image created by the control unit from the housing; and an image sensor coupled to the control unit and operable to detect a forward spatial view, wherein the control unit modifies the image projected by the projector based upon the forward spatial view. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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