Display device, projector, and display method

• US 9,746,940 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2014
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Ichieda, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, NICHOLAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/513,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20150029098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/033 Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user , e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks; Accessories therefor digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• 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

Abstract

A display device include a display unit that displays a display image on a display surface based on image data, a location detection unit that detects a pointed location with respect to the display image on the display surface, a coordinate calculation unit that calculates first coordinates as coordinates of the pointed location in a displayable area within the display surface, a coordinate conversion unit that converts the first coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit into second coordinates as coordinates in the image data, and an output unit that outputs the second coordinates obtained by the coordinate conversion unit.

Claims

1. A projector comprising:

an image input unit that receives image data from an image supply device;

a light modulator that modulates light generated by a light source;

an image forming unit that forms a display image in the light modulator based on the image data;

a projection unit that projects the display image formed by the image forming unit on a projection surface;

a location detection unit that detects a pointed location with respect to the display image on the projection surface;

a coordinate calculation unit that calculates first coordinates as coordinates of the pointed location in a projection area on the projection surface;

a drawing unit that draws an image based on the first coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit; and

an output unit that outputs coordinates to the image supply device based on the first coordinates.

2. The projector according to claim 1, further comprising:

a coordinate conversion unit that converts the first coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit into second coordinates as coordinates in the image data,

wherein

the output unit outputs the second coordinates obtained by the coordinate conversion unit.

3. The projector according to claim 2, wherein the coordinate conversion unit converts the first coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit into the second coordinates based on image location information as information indicating a location of the display image with respect to the projection area.

4. The projector according to claim 3, wherein the coordinate conversion unit converts the first coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit into the second coordinates based on resolution of the image data.

5. The projector according to claim 2, wherein the location detection unit detects a location of a pointing tool on the projection surface based on a taken image obtained by taking the projection surface using an imaging unit, and thereby, detects the pointed location in the projection area.

6. The projector according to claim 2, wherein the coordinate conversion unit uses coordinates of a location near the pointed location in the image data as converted coordinates when the pointed location is not contained in the display image.

7. The projector according to claim 2, wherein the coordinate conversion unit does not output converted coordinates when the pointed location is not contained in the display image.

8. The projector according to claim 2, wherein, when image processing is executed on the image data and a display mode of the display image on the projection surface is changed, the coordinate conversion unit converts the first coordinates into the second coordinates based on the image location information changed in response to the display mode.

9. The projector according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display control unit that detects the location of the display image with respect to the projection area.

10. The projector according to claim 1, further comprising:

a calibration execution unit that executes a calibration and obtains a correspondence relationship between coordinates in a taken image and coordinates in the area on the projection surface, the taken image being obtained by taking the projection surface using an imaging unit.

11. The projector according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs coordinates to the drawing unit based on the first coordinates.

12. The projector according to claim 2, wherein

the coordinate conversion unit converts the first coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit into the second coordinates based on image location information as information indicating a location and a size of the display image with respect to the projection area, and

when image processing is executed on the image data, and the size of the display image with respect to the projection area is changed, the coordinate conversion unit converts the first coordinates into the second coordinates based on the image location information changed in response to the change in size of the display image.