INSTRUCTION BEAM DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING INSTRUCTION BEAM
First Claim
1. An instruction beam detection apparatus, comprising:
- an image capturing unit for capturing an image of an instruction beam irradiated from a light source of a remote control device within a detection range thereof;
a storage unit for storing a first image captured with the image capturing unit; and
a detection unit for detecting a position of the instruction beam on a second image according to a differential image between the first image and the second image when the image capturing unit newly captures the second image.
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Abstract
A remote control device includes a light source for irradiating an instruction beam in a non-visible wave length range, and an operation unit for controlling the light source to irradiate the instruction beam when the operation unit is operated. An instruction beam detection apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the instruction beam irradiated from the light source of the remote control device within a detection range thereof; a storage unit for storing a first image captured with the image capturing unit; and a detection unit for detecting a position of the instruction beam on a second image according to a differential image between the first image stored in the storage unit and the second image newly captured with the image capturing unit.
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13 Claims
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1. An instruction beam detection apparatus, comprising:
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an image capturing unit for capturing an image of an instruction beam irradiated from a light source of a remote control device within a detection range thereof; a storage unit for storing a first image captured with the image capturing unit; and a detection unit for detecting a position of the instruction beam on a second image according to a differential image between the first image and the second image when the image capturing unit newly captures the second image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An instruction beam detection apparatus, comprising:
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an image capturing unit having a global shutter for capturing an image of an instruction beam intermittently irradiated from a light source of a remote control device within a detection range thereof at a timing instructed externally with the global shutter; a filter unit for attenuating light irradiated on the image capturing unit in at least one of a short wave length range and a long wave length range relative to a wave length range of the instruction beam; a control unit for detecting an illumination cycle of the instruction beam according to the image captured with the image capturing unit so that the image capturing unit is controlled to capture the image at a timing synchronized with an irradiation timing of the instruction beam irradiated from the light source; and a detection unit for detecting a position of the instruction beam on a third image according to the third image captured with the image capturing unit in a state that the control unit controls the image capturing unit to capture the third image at a controlled image capturing timing. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of detecting an instruction beam, comprising the steps of:
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capturing an image of an instruction beam irradiated from a light source of a remote control device within a detection range thereof with an image capturing unit when an operation unit of the remote control device is operated; storing a first image captured with the image capturing unit in a storage unit; and detecting a position of the instruction beam on a second image with a detection unit according to a differential image between the first image stored in the storage unit and the second image when the image capturing unit newly captures the second image.
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13. A method of detecting an instruction beam, comprising the steps of:
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capturing an image of an instruction beam intermittently irradiated from a light source of a remote control device within a detection range thereof at a timing instructed externally with an image capturing unit having a global shutter; attenuating light irradiated on the image capturing unit with a filter unit in at least one of a short wave length range and a long wave length range relative to a wave length range of the instruction beam; detecting an illumination cycle of the instruction beam with a control unit according to the image captured with the image capturing unit so that the image capturing unit is controlled to capture the image at a timing synchronized with an irradiation timing of the instruction beam irradiated from the light source; and detecting a position of the instruction beam on a third image with a detection unit according to the third image captured with the image capturing unit in a state that the control unit controls the image capturing unit to capture the third image at a controlled image capturing timing.
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Specification