Projector, display device, and display method

• US 10,397,531 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Natori, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Harold, Jefferey F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Karwan, Sihar A
• Application Number:
  US14/665,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20150281660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,618 Days
• Field of Search: 348744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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 2370/20 Details of the management of multiple sources of image data
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/22 Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3179 Video signal processing therefor

Abstract

It is arranged that the portal screen can be displayed or can be prevented from being displayed depending on needs. A projector includes an input section adapted to input a video signal, a determination section adapted to determine whether or not a portal screen, which includes at least one of information related to projection and a plurality of selection items, needs to be displayed based on presence or absence of a video signal input by the input section at the time of startup, and a projection section adapted to project either of a picture corresponding to the video signal and the portal screen in accordance with a determination result by the determination section.

Claims

1. A projector comprising:

an input section adapted to input a video signal;

a storage section which stores a portal screen, the portal screen including

(i) a first region in which a service set identifier (“

SSID”

) of the projector and information related to connection between the projector and an external device are displayed,

(ii) a second region in which a plurality of selection items for changing the operation of the projector is displayed, and

(iii) a third region in which information representing a plurality of input sources with which the projector is compliant is displayed, the plurality of input sources including a local area network (“

LAN”

) source;

a processor configured to perform operations of a determination section and a selection section, wherein;

the determination section is adapted to determine whether the video signal is input by the input section and whether the portal screen needs to be displayed based on presence or absence of the video signal input by the input section at the time of startup; and

the selection section is adapted to select, in accordance with an operation by the user, one of the plurality of input sources from the plurality of input sources having been displayed in the portal screen; and

a projection section adapted to project either of a picture corresponding to the video signal and the portal screen in accordance with a determination result by the determination section,

wherein

in response to a determination by the determination section that no video signal is input when the portal screen is not currently being displayed, the determination section determines that the portal screen is to be displayed and makes the projection section display the portal screen, and

in a case in which the operation by the user has not been performed for a predetermined time, the projection section projects thumbnails obtained from video signals supplied from the plurality of input sources.

2. The projector according to claim 1, wherein

the input section inputs the video signal supplied from an active input source among the plurality of input sources,

in a case in which the input of the video signal from the active input source is broken, the projection section continues to project the picture, which has been projected immediately before the input is broken, and

in a case in which a predetermined time has elapsed from when the input of the video signal from the active input source has been broken, the determination section determines that the portal screen is to be displayed.

3. The projector according to claim 1,

wherein the selection section is further adapted to select, in accordance with an operation by the user, a selection item from the plurality of selection items having been displayed in the portal screen;

and

the projector further comprises a process execution section adapted to execute a process corresponding to the selection item having been selected by the selection section,

wherein

the portal screen is divided into a plurality of sections, each including at least one selection item,

the projection section projects the portal screen in which one of the plurality of sections is pointed to by a cursor, and

in a case in which the selection by the selection section is not carried out for a predetermined amount of time, the determination section determines that the section of the portal screen pointed to by the cursor is to be displayed in an enlarged manner and the projection section displays the section of the portal screen in the enlarged manner.

4. The projector according to claim 1, wherein

the input section inputs either of the video signals supplied from the plurality of input sources, and

in a case in which the video signals are simultaneously supplied from two or more of the plurality of input sources, the determination section determines that the portal screen is to be displayed.

5. The projector according to claim 1, wherein

the portal screen further includes

(iv) a fourth region in which projector information is displayed, and

(v) a fifth region in which a variety of guides of an operation are displayed.

6. The projector according to claim 5, wherein

the projector information is information related to network connection of the projector.

7. The projector according to claim 5, wherein

a link for displaying a manual is disposed in the fifth region in which the variety of guides of the operation are displayed, and

the manual contains instructions for using the projector.

8. The projector according to claim 1, wherein

the input section inputs the video signal supplied from an active input source among the plurality of input sources,

the active input source is an input source for which the projection section projects the picture corresponding to the video signal input from the active input source, selected from among the plurality of input sources, and

in a case in which no video signal is input from the selected active input source, the determination section determines that the portal screen is to be displayed.

9. The projector according to claim 1, wherein

the SSID of the projector and the information related to connection between the projector and the external device are partially coded and displayed as one-dimensional or two-dimensional code information.