IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD IN IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS

• US 20090096939A1
• Filed: 10/06/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Nomizo, Tomohiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,171,400 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/744
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3147 Multi-projection systems displays in general H04N9/12; video walls G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026

Abstract

An image transmission apparatus includes a display device, a display image data generator, a storage device, a storage controller, a transmitter, and a display controller. The image transmission apparatus is connectable to a plurality of image projection apparatuses and is configured to individually generate, store, and transmit display image data for display on each image transmission apparatus connected to the image transmission apparatus according to an overall layout display for the combination of potentially connected image transmission apparatuses.

Claims

1. An image transmission apparatus to which a plurality of image projection apparatuses are connectable, comprising:

a display device configured to display a plurality of content;

a display image data generator configured to generate display image data of each content at least a part of which is displayed on the display device;

a storage device configured to store the display image data in a storage location corresponding to a projection position of an image projected by each of the connected image projection apparatuses;

a storage controller configured to store the correspondence relationship between each of the connected image projection apparatuses and each of the generated display image data in the storage device;

a transmitter configured to transmit each of the corresponding display image data to each of the image projection apparatuses; and

a display controller configured to display an image on the display device using the display image data and to display a plurality of layout display images corresponding to the display image data transmitted to the image projection apparatuses in a layout display region on the display device.

2. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image processor configured to execute image processing, when an operation is performed on the layout display image, reflecting the performed operation on the display image data corresponding to the layout display image on which the operation has been performed.

3. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the performed operation is an operation of changing the size of the layout display image, the image processor converts the resolution of the display image data according to the change of the size, and the transmitter transmits the display image data, on which the image processing has been performed, to the corresponding image projection apparatus.

4. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display controller displays an image, the size of which has been changed, on the display device using the display image data on which the image processing has been performed.

5. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the performed operation is an operation of changing the display position of the layout display image, the image processor changes the storage location of the display image data in the storage device according to the change of the display position, and the transmitter transmits the display image data, on which the image processing has been performed, to the corresponding image projection apparatus.

6. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a selector configured to select one content portion from a plurality of content portions for display on the display device; and

a designator configured to designate the image projection apparatus to project the selected content, wherein the storage controller stores the correspondence relationship between the selected display image data and the designated image projection apparatus in the storage device.

7. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage controller secures a content storage region for storing the display image data in the storage device corresponding to the number of content displayed on the display device, and

the display image data is stored in a storage location corresponding to the projection position of an image in each content storage region projected by the image projection apparatus.

8. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image processor executes image processing on the image data in the content storage region.

9. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage controller secures a transmission storage region for storing the display image data, which is to be transmitted to the image projection apparatus, in the storage device corresponding to the number of image projection apparatuses connected, and the display image data is stored in a storage location corresponding to the projection position of an image in each transmission storage region projected by the image projection apparatus.

10. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the image processor executes image processing on the image data in the transmission storage region.

11. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the content storage region is secured corresponding to the arrangement of the image projection apparatuses connected, the storage controller stores the display image data in a plurality of content storage regions corresponding to the adjacent image projection apparatuses in the case where the capacity of the display image data exceeds the capacity of the content storage region, and the display controller displays a layout display image corresponding to the display image data in the plurality of adjacent layout display regions.

12. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an aspect ratio of the layout display region is the same as that of a display screen of the display device.

13. The image transmission apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display controller changes the overlapping order of the plurality of layout display images in the layout display region in response to an operation of changing the overlapping order of the plurality of layout display images.

14. An image display control method in image transmission, comprising:

generating display image data of content, at least a part of which is to be displayed on a display device;

storing in a storage device a correspondence relationship between each connected image projection apparatus and each set of the generated display image data;

transmitting each set of the corresponding display image data to each connected image projection apparatus; and

displaying a plurality of layout display images, which correspond to the transmitted display image data sent to each of the connected image projection apparatus, in a layout display region on the display device.