Position detection system and control method of position detection system

• US 9,639,165 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Naess, Hallvard, Njolstad, Tormod, Moen, Sverre Dale, Kubota, Shinji, Pawlak, Karol Marcin
• Primary Examiner(s): Davis, Tony
• Application Number:
  US14/598,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205345A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 345179, 345170-175
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• 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 projection system includes a light emitting apparatus that emits detection light to a detection area for detecting indication positions of indicators, and a projector that detects the indication positions of the indicators in the detection area. The projector includes an imaging portion that captures an image of the detection area, and a position detection portion that detects at least one of an image of light generated by the indicator and an image of the detection light reflected on the indicator from data of a captured image of the imaging portion, and discriminates and detects the indication positions of the indicator and the indicator based on light emission timings of the indicator and the light emitting apparatus.

Claims

1. A position detection system comprising:

a light emitting apparatus that emits detection light to a detection area; and

a position detection apparatus that includes;

a transmitting portion that transmits a synchronization signal that indicates a timing of light emissions of an indicator,

an imaging portion that captures an image of the detection area, and

a position detection portion that

detects at least one of light generated by the indicator or light reflected by the indicator based on data of the image captured by the imaging portion, and

determines whether the indicator is a light emitting indicator or an indicator that does not emit light based on a timing of light emissions of the light emitting apparatus.

2. The position detection system according to claim 1, wherein the position detection portion detects a position of a bright spot taken in the data of the captured image, while the light emitting apparatus is turned off, as an indication position of the indicator, if the indicator is determined to be the light emitting indicator.

3. The position detection system according to claim 1, wherein the position detection portion:

determines timings of light that a plurality of respective light emitting indicators turn on and off according to identification information allocated to each of the plurality of respective light emitting indicators based on the data of the captured image, and

discriminates and detects indication positions of each of the plurality of light emitting indicators based on the data of the captured image, the timings of light that the plurality of respective light emitting indicators turn on and off, and the identification information.

4. The position detection system according to claim 1, wherein

the transmitting portion is a first transmitting portion;

and

the position detection apparatus further includes;

a second transmitting portion that transmits a signal that indicates a timing at which the detection light is emitted by the light emitting apparatus.

5. The position detection system according to claim 1, wherein the timing of light emissions of the light emitting apparatus is based on a synchronization signal that indicates a predetermined timing of light emissions.

6. The position detection system according to claim 1, wherein when an indication position of the indicator is detected in the image captured when the light emitting apparatus is turned off, the indicator is determined to be the ft-light emitting indicator.

7. A control method comprising:

transmitting, by a position detecting apparatus, a synchronization signal that indicates a timing of light emissions of an indicator;

capturing, by the position detecting apparatus, an image of a detection area;

detecting, by the position detecting apparatus, at least one of light generated by the indicator or light reflected by the indicator based on data of the captured image; and

determining, by the position detection apparatus, whether the indicator is a light emitting indicator or an indicator that does not emit light based on a timing of light emissions of the light emitting apparatus.

8. A position detection system comprising:

a light emitting apparatus that emits detection light to a detection area; and

a position detection apparatus that includes;

an imaging portion that captures an image of the detection area, and

a position detection portion that;

determines timings of light that a plurality of respective light emitting indicators turn on and off according to identification information allocated to each of the plurality of respective light emitting indicators,

detects at least one of light generated by an indicator or light reflected by the indicator based on data of the image captured by the imaging portion, and

based on the data of the captured image, the timings of light that the plurality of respective light emitting indicators turn on and off, and the identification information, determines whether the indicator is a light emitting indicator or an indicator that does not emit light, and discriminates and detects an indication position of each of the plurality of light emitting indicators detected in the detection area.

9. A position detection system comprising:

a light emitting apparatus that emits detection light to a detection area; and

a position detection apparatus that includes;

an imaging portion that captures an image of the detection area, and

a position detection portion that;

detects at least one of light generated by the indicator or light reflected by the indicator based on data of the image captured by the imaging portion, and

determines whether the indicator is a light emitting indicator or an indicator that does not emit light based on a timing of light emissions of the light emitting apparatus, wherein the timing of light emissions of the light emitting apparatus is based on a synchronization signal that indicates a predetermined timing of light emissions.