Mobile electronic device and image projection unit

• US 9,010,942 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2011
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Ueno, Yasuhiro, Tanabe, Shigeki
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U.
• Application Number:
  US13/699,443
• Publication Number:
  US 20130063646A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• Field of Search: 353/15, 353/69, 353/70, 353/94, 353/121, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 348/42, 348/51, 348/69, 348743-747
• US Class Current: 353/69
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/142 Adjusting of projection optics
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/26 Projecting separately subsidiary matter simultaneously with main image
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 29/00 Combinations of cameras, projectors or photographic printing apparatus with non-photographic non-optical apparatus, e.g. clocks or weapons; Cameras having the shape of other objects combinations with flash apparatus G03B15/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1639 the display being based on projection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2358/00 Arrangements for display data security
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/002 to project the image of a two-dimensional display, such as an array of light emitting or modulating elements or a CRT
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0272 for a projector or beamer module assembly constructional features of projectors per se G03B21/00; constructional details of projectors using electronic spatial light modulators per se H04N9/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3173 wherein the projection device is specially adapted for enhanced portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback

Abstract

According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes an image projecting unit and a processing unit. The image projecting unit projects an image to a projection area. The processing unit is configured to acquire information for a second image related to a first image placed in the projection area, and cause the image projecting unit to project the second image based on the information acquired.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

an image projecting unit for projecting an image to a projection area;

a processing unit configured to

acquire information for a second image related to a first image placed in the projection area, and

cause the image projecting unit to project the second image based on the information acquired; and

a sound detecting unit for detecting a sound, wherein

the processing unit is configured to cause the image projecting unit to project the second image in synchronization with the sound detected by the sound detecting unit.

2. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing unit is configured to acquire the information for the second image based on the sound detected by the sound detecting unit.

3. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, wherein

the processing unit is configured to change the second image to be projected when detecting, based on the sound detected by the sound detecting unit, that the first image in the projection area is changed.

4. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

an imaging unit for capturing an image in a direction in which the image projecting unit projects an image, wherein

the processing unit is configured to

determine the first image in the projection area based on an image captured by the imaging unit, and

cause the second image to be projected based on a result of the determining.

6. The mobile electronic device according to claim 4, wherein

the processing unit is configured to

acquire identification information from the image captured by the imaging unit, and

determine the first image in a projection area based on the acquired identification information.

15. The mobile electronic device according to claim 4, wherein

the processing unit is configured to,

based on the image captured by the imaging unit,

adjust a size of the second image to be projected, and

cause the second image to be projected to a predetermined position in the projection area.

16. The mobile electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a connecting mechanism to be connected to a support.

17. An image projection system comprising:

the mobile electronic device according to claim 16;

the support for connecting to the connecting mechanism and fixing the mobile electronic device in a specific attitude; and

a screen fixed to the support and placed in the projection area.

18. The image projection system according to claim 17, wherein

the screen has a guide, indicating a placement position of a material on which the first image is printed, formed on the surface thereof.

5. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

an image projecting unit for projecting an image to a projection area;

a processing unit configured to

acquire information for a second image related to a first image placed in the projection area, and

cause the image projecting unit to project the second image based on the information acquired; and

an imaging unit for capturing an image in a direction in which the image projecting unit projects an image, wherein

the processing unit is configured to change the second image to be projected when detecting, based on the image captured by the imaging unit, that the first image in the projection area is changed.

7. A mobile electronic device comprising:

an image projecting unit for projecting an image to a projection area;

an imaging unit for capturing a first image placed in the projection area; and

a processing unit configured to

determine the first image in the projection area based on information captured by the imaging unit,

acquire information for a second image related to the first image based on a result of the determining,

perform an authentication process using at least one of the information for the second image and the first image, and

cause the image projecting unit to project the second image when it is determined that projection is permitted in the authentication process.

8. The mobile electronic device according to claim 7, wherein

the processing unit is configured to,

as the authentication process,

detect information to be authenticated included in the first image, and

cause the second image to be projected when the information to be authenticated included in the first image matches information to be authenticated included in the information for the second image.

9. The mobile electronic device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a communication unit for communicating information with an external device, wherein

the processing unit is configured to, as the authentication process,

detect information to be authenticated included in the first image,

transmit the information to be authenticated to the external device through the communication unit, and

determine, when receiving projection permission from the external device, that the projection is permitted.

10. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the information to be authenticated is identification code printed on a printed material placed in the projection area.

11. The mobile electronic device according to claim 8, wherein

the information to be authenticated is a signature entered in a face of the projection area.

12. The mobile electronic device according to claim 7, wherein, upon detecting that the first image in the projection area is changed based on the image captured by the imaging unit, the processing unit is configured to acquire the information for the second image related to the changed first image, and perform the authentication process again.

13. The mobile electronic device according to claim 7, wherein

the processing unit is configured to

acquire identification information from the image captured by the imaging unit,

determine the first image in the projection area based on the acquired identification information, and

specify the second image related to the first image.

14. The mobile electronic device according to claim 7, wherein

the second image is an image related to the first image in the projection area.