Display system, display device, and control method for display device

• US 11,165,996 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2019
• Issued: 11/02/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Ota, Susumu
• Primary Examiner(s): Burke, Jeff A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Karwan, Sihar A
• Application Number:
  US16/663,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20200137366A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 348744
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10048 Infrared image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30196 Human being; Person
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/60 Analysis of geometric attributes
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/62 of area, perimeter, diameter or volume
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3179 Video signal processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3185 Geometric adjustment, e.g. keystone or convergence optical or mechanical adjustment of convergence H04N9/317; using scanning means H04N3/22; optical or mechanical adjustments of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3197 using light modulating optical valves

Abstract

A display system includes a projector configured to project first image light based on first image information onto a projection surface, a detecting device configured to detect whether a person is present on a path on which the first image light passes, and a control device configured to cause, when the detecting device detects that a person is present on the path, the projector to project, instead of the first image light, second image light based on second image information different from the first image information.

Claims

1. A display system comprising:

a projector configured to project first image light based on first image information onto a projection surface;

a detecting device configured to detect a person present on a path on which the first image light passes and detect a height of the person, wherein the first image light is projected on an area with a first outer boundary; and

a control device configured to cause, due to the detecting device detecting that the person is present on the path, the projector to project, instead of the first image light, second image light based on second image information different from the first image information, wherein

the second image light is projected on the area with a second outer boundary coextensive with the first outer boundary and includes a first portion and a second portion darker than the first portion, wherein combined areas of the first portion and the second portion are coextensive with the area, and

the control device is configured to

control the projector not to project the first portion onto the person present on the path and to project the second portion onto the person present on the path, and

set a ratio of (a) to (b) higher as the height of the person is larger, where (a) is an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second portion and (b) is an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second image light.

2. The display system according to claim 1, wherein

the first portion represents a region including a character, and

the second portion represents a region not including the character.

3. The display system according to claim 1, wherein

the detecting device is configured to detect a distance between the person detected by the detecting device and the projection surface, and

the control device is configured to set a ratio of an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second portion to an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second image light higher as the distance is shorter.

4. A display device comprising:

a projecting section configured to project first image light based on first image information onto a projection surface;

a detecting section configured to detect a person present on a path on which the first image light passes and detect a height of the person, wherein the first image light is projected on an area with a first outer boundary; and

a control section configured to cause, due to the detecting section detecting that the person is present on the path, the projecting section to project, instead of the first image light, second image light based on second image information different from the first image information, wherein

the second image light is projected on the area with a second outer boundary coextensive with the first outer boundary and includes a first portion and a second portion darker than the first portion, wherein combined areas of the first portion and the second portion are coextensive with the area, and

the control section is configured to

control the projecting section not to project the first portion onto the person present on the path and to project the second portion onto the person present on the path, and

set a ratio of (a) to (b) higher as the height of the person is larger, where (a) is an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second portion and (b) is an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second image light.

5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein

the first portion represents a region including a character, and

the second portion represents a region not including the character.

6. The display device according to claim 4, wherein

the detecting section is configured to detect a distance between the person detected by the detecting section and the projection surface, and

the control section is configured to set a ratio of an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second portion to an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second image light higher as the distance is shorter.

7. The display device according to claim 4, wherein the detecting section detects pressure.

8. A control method for a display device, the control method comprising:

projecting first image light based on first image information onto a projection surface, wherein the first image light is projected on an area with a first outer boundary;

detecting that a person is present on a path on which the first image light passes;

detecting a height of the person;

projecting, due to detecting that the person is present on the path, instead of the first image light, second image light based on second image information different from the first image information, wherein the second image light is projected on the area with a second outer boundary coextensive with the first outer boundary and includes a first portion and a second portion darker than the first portion, wherein combined areas of the first portion and the second portion are coextensive with the area;

projecting the second portion onto the person present on the path and not projecting the first portion onto the person present on the path; and

setting a ratio of (a) to (b) higher as the height of the person is larger, where (a) is an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second portion and (b) an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second image light.

9. The control method for the display device according to claim 8, wherein

the first portion represents a region including a character, and

the second portion represents a region not including the character.

10. The control method for the display device according to claim 8, wherein

a distance between the person present on the path and the projection surface is detected, and

a ratio of an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second portion to an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second image light is set higher as the distance is shorter.

11. A control method for a display device, the control method comprising:

projecting first image light based on first image information onto a projection surface, wherein the first image light is projected on an area with a first outer boundary;

detecting that a person is present on a path on which the first image light passes;

detecting a distance between the person and the projection surface;

projecting, due to detecting that the person is present on the path, instead of the first image light, second image light based on second image information different from the first image information, wherein the second image light is projected on the area with a second outer boundary coextensive with the first outer boundary and includes a first portion and a second portion darker than the first portion, wherein combined areas of the first portion and the second portion are coextensive with the area; and

setting a ratio of (a) to (b) higher as the distance is shorter, where (a) is an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second portion and (b) is an area of an image displayed on the projection surface by the second image light.