Systems and methods for receiving information associated with projecting

• US 20090310089A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Wood, Lowell L. JR., Malamud, Mark A., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Granted Patent: US 8,540,381 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 353/69
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/00 Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor devices for changing pictures G03B23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3147 Multi-projection systems displays in general H04N9/12; video walls G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods that are related to transmitting and receiving information associated with projection.

Claims

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63. A method comprising:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces; and

projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

64. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with detecting one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

65. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

70. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in motion associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

71. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of the one or more projection surfaces.

72. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more marks associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

74. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with content that is to be projected.

79. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with obtaining information associated with one or more capture capabilities associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

80. The method of claim 63, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more recording attributes associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

81. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with detecting one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

82. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

87. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in motion associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

88. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more conformations of the one or more projection surfaces.

89. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more marks associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

91. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with content that is to be projected.

96. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with obtaining information associated with one or more capture capabilities associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

97. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more recording attributes associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

100. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

selecting one or more wavelengths of light that are projected.

102. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

directing one or more portions of one or more projection outputs onto the one or more projection surfaces.

107. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting one or more projection outputs in response to one or more changes in one or more conformations of one or more projected surfaces.

108. The method of claim 63, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces comprises:

projecting one or more projection outputs that are selected in response to motion associated with the one or more projection surfaces.

112. The method of claim 63, further comprising:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

113. The method of claim 112, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more projection commands.

114. The method of claim 112, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more changes in motion associated with the one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

115. The method of claim 112, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more changes in one or more conformations of the one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

116. The method of claim 112, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more marks associated with the one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

121. The method of claim 112, wherein the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating the one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands to select content for projection.

125. The method of claim 112, further comprising:

projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

126. The method of claim 125, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more projection commands.

127. The method of claim 125, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more changes in motion associated with the one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

128. The method of claim 125, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more changes in one or more conformations of the one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

129. The method of claim 125, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating one or more marks associated with the one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

134. The method of claim 125, wherein the projecting in response to the receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands comprises:

projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with the coordinating the one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands to select content for projection.

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200. A system comprising:

circuitry for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces; and

circuitry for projecting that is responsive to the circuitry for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

249. The system of claim 200, further comprising:

circuitry for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

262. The system of claim 249, further comprising:

circuitry for projecting that is responsive to the circuitry for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

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278. A system comprising:

means for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces; and

means for projecting that are responsive to the means for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

279. The system of claim 278, further comprising:

means for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

280. The system of claim 279, further comprising:

means for projecting in response to the means for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

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287. A system comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing;

one or more instructions for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces; and

one or more instructions for projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces.

288. The system of claim 287, further comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

289. The system of claim 288, further comprising:

one or more instructions for projecting in response to receiving one or more signals that include information associated with coordinating one or more changes in one or more features of one or more projection surfaces with one or more commands.

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