SYSTEM WITH PROJECTOR UNIT AND COMPUTER

• US 20160077670A1
• Filed: 07/31/2013
• Published: 03/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Short, David Bradley
• Application Number:
  US14/888,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20160077670A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1639 the display being based on projection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1631 Panel PC, e.g. single housing hosting PC and display panel
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04103 Manufacturing, i.e. details related to manufacturing processes specially suited for touch sensitive devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0425 using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback

Abstract

An example system, including a support structure further including a base, an upright member extending upward from the base, and a cantilevered top extending outward from the upright member. In addition, the system includes a projector unit attachable to the upright member. Further, the system includes an all-in-one computer attachable to the projector unit. Still further, the system includes a touch sensitive mat communicatively coupled to the ail-in-one computer. The cantilevered top includes a fold mirror, and a camera communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer, and the projector unit is to project an image upward to reflect off the mirror and on to the touch sensitive mat.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a support structure including a base, an upright member extending upward from the base, and a cantilevered top extending outward from the upright member;

a projector unit attachable to the upright member;

an all-in-one computer attachable to the projector unit; and

a touch sensitive mat communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer;

wherein the cantilevered top includes a fold mirror, and a camera communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer; and

wherein the projector unit is to project an image upward to reflect off the mirror and on to the touch sensitive mat.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the projector unit is coupled to the upright member and substantially hidden by the all-in-one computer when viewed from a viewing surface of the all-in-computer.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the projected image and the projector unit are substantially centered with respect to a center line of the all-in-one computer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein, dining a remote collaboration with another system, the all-in-computer is to cause the projector unit to project an image on to the touch sensitive mat, the projected image including an image of physical content received from the other system as well as digital content, the all-in-computer including a display on which a video image from the other system is to be displayed.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the cantilevered top includes a plurality of cameras, at least one camera of which is used for depth detection and at least two cameras of which are used for stereoscopic stylus tracking.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the all-in-computer is to cause the camera to scan a physical object on the touch sensitive mat to produce a scanned image and then to cause the projector unit to project the scanned image back on to the touch sensitive mat.

7. The system of claim further comprising an electrical connection between the touch sensitive mat and the all-in-computer through the base.

8. A system, comprising:

a support structure including a base, an upright member extending upward from the base, and a cantilevered top extending outward from the upright member and including a fold mirror and a camera;

a projector unit attachable to the upright member and to project an image upward to reflect off the mirror and on to a surface in front of the base; and

an all-in-one computer attachable to the projector unit;

wherein the all-in-computer is to cause the camera to scan a physical object placed on the surface in front of the base to thereby produce a scanned image, and then to cause the projector unit to project the scanned image back on to the surface in front of the base.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising a touch sensitive mat communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer through the base.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the projected scanned image and the projector unit are substantially centered with respect to the all-in-one computer.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein, during a remote collaboration with another system, the all-in-computer is to cause the projector unit to project a collaboration image on to the surface in front of the base, the projected collaboration image including digital content received from the other system as well as an image of physical content received from the other system the all-in-computer including a display on which a video image from the other system is to be displayed.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the cantilevered top includes a plurality of cameras, at least one camera of which is used for depth detection and at least two cameras of which are used for stereoscopic stylus tracking.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the touch sensitive mat is usable with a stylus that includes an infrared (IR) retro-reflector, and the cantilevered top includes an infrared sensor to detect a location of the stylus based on the stylus'"'"' IR retro-reflector.

14. A system, comprising:

a support structure including a base, an upright member extending upward from the base, and a cantilevered top extending outward from the upright member;

a projector unit attachable to the upright member;

an all-in-one computer attachable to the projector unit; and

a touch sensitive mat communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer;

wherein the cantilevered top includes a fold mirror, and a camera communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer;

wherein, during a remote collaboration with another system, the all-in-computer is to cause the projector unit to project a collaboration image on to the touch sensitive mat, the projected collaboration image including an image of physical content received from the other system as well as digital content, the all-in-computer including a display on which a video image from the other system is to be displayed; and

wherein the projected collaboration image and the projector unit are substantially centered with respect to a center line of the all-in-one computer.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the all-in-computer is to cause the camera to scan a physical object on the touch sensitive mat to produce a scanned image and then to cause the projector unit to project the scanned image back on to the touch sensitive mat.