Projector, projection display system, and corresponding method and recording medium

• US 7,965,284 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Issued: 06/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Nomizo, Tomohiro, Akaiwa, Shoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia; Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US12/805,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20100309210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 345/5, 345/156, 345/162, 345/440, 345/533, 345/536, 345/538, 345/548, 345/553, 345/474, 345204-215, 348/744, 348/220, 707/100, 707/770, 725/30, 715/732
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/14 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3135 Driving therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3138 using arrays of modulated light sources electroluminescent display devices G09G3/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3179 Video signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3197 using light modulating optical valves

Abstract

A method includes sending image related working status information representing image-related working status of a projector that projects images, to a client over a network in response to a request to provide the image-related working status of the projector. The image-related working status is related to display characteristic of the projected image. The method includes controlling the image-related working status of the projector based on the control information received from the client over the network in response to the sent image-related working status information. The image-related working status information is sent to the client with screen information from which the client can display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information.

Claims

1. A method implemented by a projector that projects images, the method comprising:

(a) in response to a request to provide an image-related working status of the projector, the request received from a client over a network, sending image-related working status information representing the image-related working status to the client over the network, wherein the image-related working status is related to display characteristic of the projected image; and

(b) in response to control information received from the client over the network in response to the sent image-related working status information, controlling the image-related working status of the projector based on the control information,

wherein the image-related working status information is sent to the client with screen information from which the client can display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the screen information allows for the image-related working status information displayed in the user interface to be changed.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image-related working status information includes information about at least one of brightness level, contrast level, sharpness level and gamma correction level for the image projected by the projector.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

(c) after step (b), sending new image-related working status information representing a new image-related working status of the projector so as to update the image-related working status information sent to the client over the network.

5. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

(c) after step (b), sending new image-related working status information representing a new image-related working status of the projector so as to update the image-related working status information sent to the client over the network.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

(c) in response to control information to reset the image-related working status received from the client over the network, initializing the image-related working status of the projector.

7. A method implemented by a projector that is capable of communicating with a network, the projector including a projection display module, the method comprising:

(a) distributing screen information to a client over the network in response to a request received from the client over the network, the screen information including image-related working status information representing an image-related working status of the projection display module, the image-related working status being related to display characteristic of image projected by the projection display module; and

(b) supplying a control signal to the projection display module in response to control information received from the client over the network in response to the distributed screen information, the control signal including parameters for controlling the image-related working status of the projection display module.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the image-related working status information includes information about at least one of brightness level, contrast level, sharpness level and gamma correction level for the image projected by the projection display module.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

(c) after step (b) sending new image-related working status information representing a new image-related working status of the projection display module controlled by the control signal so as to update the screen information distributed to the client over the network.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

(c) after step (b) sending new image-related working status information representing a new image-related working status of the projection display module controlled by the control signal so as to update the screen information distributed to the client over the network.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein a screen displayed by the client based on the screen information includes a selection element operated to change the image-related working status of the projection display module, actuation of the selection element causing the control information to be transmitted to the projector over the network.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the screen information enables the client to display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the screen information allows for the image-related working status information displayed in the user interface to be changed.

14. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

(c) initializing the image-related working status of the projection display module in response to control information to reset the image-related working status received from the client over the network.

15. A method implemented by a projector that projects images, the projector including a web server module in the projector, the method comprising:

(a) in response to a request to provide an image-related working status of the projector, the request received from a client over a network, sending image-related working status information representing the image-related working status to the client from the web server module over the network, the image-related working status being related to characteristic of projected image; and

(b) in response to control information received from the client over the network in response to the sent image-related working status information, controlling the image-related working status of the projector based on the control information.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the image-related working status information is sent to the client from the web server module over the network with web page information from which the client can display a user interface that includes the image-related working status information.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the web page information allows for the image-related working status information displayed in the user interface to be changed.

18. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

(c) after step (b), sending new image-related working status information representing a new image-related working status of the projector to the client from the web server module over the network so as to update the image-related working status information sent to the client from the web server module over the network.

19. The method according to claim 15, wherein the image-related working status information includes information about at least one of brightness level, contrast level, sharpness level and gamma correction level for the image projected by the projector.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising:

(c) after step (b), sending new image-related working status information representing a new image-related working status of the projector to the client from the web server module over the network so as to update the image-related working status information sent to the client from the web server module over the network.

21. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

(c) in response to control information to reset the image-related working status received from the client over the network, initializing the image-related working status of the projector.

22. A method implemented by a projector that projects images, the projector including a web server module in the projector, the method comprising:

(a) distributing web page information to a client from the web server module over the network in response to a request received from the client over the network, the web page information including projector-related working status information representing a projector-related working status of the projector, the projector-related working status being related to projector installation environment; and

(b) controlling the projector-related working status of the projector in response to control information received from the client over the network in response to the distributed web page information.

23. The method according to claim 22, further comprising:

(c) after step (b), sending new projector-related working status information representing a new projector-related working status of the projector to the client from the web server module over the network so as to update the projector-related working status information sent to the client from the web server module over the network.