PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20110019156A1
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Young Optics, Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Young Optics, Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Inventors: Chang, Chih-Chung, Lin, Chia-Pin, Lin, Yung-Chu, Chung, Hsin-Mao
• Application Number:
  US12/789,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20110019156A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 353/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3173 wherein the projection device is specially adapted for enhanced portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3179 Video signal processing therefor

Abstract

A projection system and a method thereof are provided. The projection method includes the following steps. First, a processing module of an electronic device acquires a process ID of an application program via an operating system of the electronic device. Next, the processing module extracts display data corresponding to a window of the application program from a frame buffer of the electronic device stepwise with a predetermined frequency. Next, the processing module produces a plurality of pictures based on the extracted display data with the predetermined frequency. Next, the processing module transmits the pictures to a projector according to a predetermined transmission protocol. Finally, the projector projects the pictures sequentially.

Claims

1. A projection method, adapted to project a window of an application program executed by an electronic device, the projection method comprising the following steps:

obtaining a process ID of the application program through an operating system of the electronic device;

extracting display data corresponding to the window from a frame buffer of the electronic device stepwise with a predetermined frequency according to the process ID;

producing a plurality of pictures with the predetermined frequency according to the extracted display data of the window;

transmitting the pictures to a projector according to a predetermined transmission protocol; and

sequentially projecting the pictures by the projector.

2. The projection method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting a size of the window according to a predetermined resolution before the display data of the window is extracted.

3. The projection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of extracting the display data corresponding to the window from the frame buffer stepwise with the predetermined frequency comprises:

obtaining coordinates and a size of the window displayed on a display of the electronic device according to the process ID, and obtaining a memory address of the display data of the window in the frame buffer; and

extracting the display data corresponding to the window from the frame buffer stepwise with the predetermined frequency according to the obtained coordinates, the size, and the memory address.

4. The projection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a graphics acceleration chip, and the display data of the window is extracted through the graphics acceleration chip.

5. The projection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electronic device has a first universal serial bus, port, and the projector has a second universal serial bus port, the second universal serial bus port is coupled to the first universal serial bus port, and the pictures are transmitted to the projector through the first universal serial bus port and the second universal serial bus port.

6. The projection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pictures are compressed.

7. The projection method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

decompressing the pictures through the projector.

8. The projection method as claimed in claim 6, wherein a format of the pictures is JPEG, PNG, PCX, GIF, ASF, AVI, or MPEG4.

9. The projection method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pictures are not compressed.

10. The projection method as claimed in claim 9, wherein a format of the pictures is bitmap, RGB or YUV.

11. A projection system, comprising:

a projector having a first connection port; and

an electronic device, coupled to the projector, the electronic device comprising;

a second connection port coupled to the first connection port of the projector;

a processing module capable of executing an operating system, a first application program, and a second application program, wherein the second application program is capable of obtaining a process ID of the first application program through the operating system;

a display capable of displaying an image; and

a frame buffer coupled to the processing module, and capable of saving display data of the image,

wherein when the processing module executes the second application program, the processing module extracts display data corresponding to a window of the first application program from the frame buffer stepwise with a predetermined frequency according to the process ID, and the processing module produces a plurality of pictures with the predetermined frequency according to the extracted display data of the window and transmits the pictures to the projector through the first connection port and the second connection port according to a predetermined transmission protocol, such that the projector projects the pictures sequentially.

12. The projection system as claimed in claim 11, wherein before the processing module extracts the display data of the window, the processing module adjusts a size of the window according to a predetermined resolution.

13. The projection system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the processing module obtains coordinates and a size of the window on the image according to the process ID and obtains a memory address of the display data of the window in the frame buffer, and the processing module extracts the display data corresponding to the window from the frame buffer stepwise with the predetermined frequency according to the obtained coordinates, the size, and the memory address.

14. The projection system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the processing module comprises a processor and a graphics acceleration chip, and the processor extracts the display data of the window through the graphics acceleration chip and generates the pictures.

15. The projection system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first connection port and the second connection port are respectively a universal serial bus port.

16. The projection system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the pictures are compressed.

17. The projection system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the projector decompresses the pictures.

18. The projection system as claimed in claim 16, wherein a format of the pictures is JPEG, PNG, PCX, GIF, ASF, AVI or MPEG4.

19. The projection system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the pictures are not compressed.

20. The projection system as claimed in claim 19, wherein a format of the pictures is bitmap, RGB or YUV.