PORTABLE AND INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION AND DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM

• US 20120229428A1
• Filed: 12/13/2011
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Boardshare, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Boardshare, Inc.
• Inventors: Tavakoli, Alex, Khoury, Ibrahim, Minumula, Praveen, Rajpal, Ashok K.
• Application Number:
  US13/324,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20120229428A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/179
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus

Abstract

A collaborative presentation and documentation system disclosed herein allows a user to capture information from a projection surface to a document. The system includes a camera and a stylus wherein the camera that captures information from the projection surface and signals generated by a stylus. For example, the information captured from the projection surface includes the changes made with presentation system tools and an image of a document stored on a computer and projected as background. Various co-ordinate points of the projection surface are calibrated to points on the camera view. This allows the information from the captured image to be related to information on the document. The system also performs functions such as saving the captured image to the document, modifying the document, opening a new document, etc., based on signals generated by the stylus.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

calibrating a plurality of points from a projection surface to a plurality of points on a camera view;

projecting content of a document on the projection surface;

receiving a light signal from a stylus, processing the light signal to map a position of the stylus on the projection surface; and

generating a first change in the document based on the position of the stylus on the projection surface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the light signal is generated by a light emitting diode (LED) on the stylus.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of points include a central point, four corner points, and four internal diagonal points.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein calibrating the plurality of points further comprises calibrating nine points from the projection surface to nine points on the camera view.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein calibrating one of the plurality of points further comprising:

projecting a laser to the one of the plurality of points;

receiving the light signal from the stylus; and

associating the location of the stylus with the one of the plurality of points.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the light signal from the stylus further comprises receiving the light signal in response to pressing a first switch of the stylus to the presentation surface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the light signal from the stylus further comprises receiving the light signal in response to moving the stylus within a predetermined proximity of the presentation surface.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

projecting a plurality of selection options on the presentation surface;

receiving a selection signal from the stylus selecting one of the plurality of selection options; and

performing a first action in response to the selection signal.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein one of the selection options is to save the document including the first change in the document.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the light signal is an IR signal generated by pressing a button on the stylus.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the light signal comprises receiving the light signal by a CMOS sensor.

12. A stylus device comprising:

a first surface having a light signal emitting device thereon, the light signal emitting device configured to generate a light signal;

a second surface having an activation switch, wherein the activation switch is configured to activate the light signal emitting device upon at least one of (1) pressing the activation switch on a projection surface; and

(2) getting the activation switch in close proximity to a projection surface.

13. The stylus device of claim 12, wherein the first surface is substantially curved and at an angle from the second surface such that when the activation switch is pressed on the presentation surface, the light signal emitting device sends the light signal via a line of sight away from the presentation surface.

14. The stylus device of claim 13, wherein the light signal emitting device is configured to generate an infrared (IR) signal.

15. The stylus device of claim 13, wherein the light signal emitting device is configured to generate the light signal having a predetermined sequence and timing related to a specific code that, when processed by a capturing device, generates a first predetermined action on a computing device.

16. A system, comprising:

a projector device for projecting an image on a presentation surface;

a stylus device configured to generate a light signal;

a capturing device configured to receive the light signal from the stylus device; and

a processing device configured to process the light signal to determine the position of the stylus device on a presentation surface.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the stylus device is further configured to generate an infrared light signal using a light emitting diode (LED).

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising a laser generation device configured to project a laser signal at a predetermined location on the presentation surface and the processing device is further configured to associate the position of the stylus device with the predetermined location on the presentation surface.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the stylus device is further configured to generate the light signal in response to the pressing of a first switch of the stylus to the presentation surface.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising generating a change in the image on a computing device based on the position of the stylus device on the presentation surface.