US 12,114,104 B2Granted

Control device, and control method

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorToshiyuki Sakai

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Abstract

An information processing device which controls one projector and another projector includes: a display unit which displays a first operation screen for managing the one projector and a second operation screen for managing the another projector; an input unit which accepts an operation on the first operation screen and the second operation screen; and a control unit which controls the one projector and the another projector, based on the operation accepted by the input unit. When the information processing device is switched from a first state where the first operation screen is operable to a second state where the second operation screen is operable, the control unit causes the second operation screen where an item corresponding to a predetermined item selected on the first operation screen in the first state is selected, to be displayed in the second state.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A control device that controls a first display device and a second display device, the control device comprising:

a display panel;
and
a processor programmed to execute:
displaying, on the display panel, a first item screen used for accepting an operation for setting a first item of a first display device, the first item being a projection setting for controlling at least one of a light source, a light valve, and a projection system, the displaying the first item screen including:
not displaying a second item screen used for accepting an operation for setting the first item of the second display device;
not displaying a third item screen used for accepting an operation for setting a second item of the first display device, the second item being a projection setting for controlling at least one of the light source, the light valve and the projection system different from the first item;
and
not displaying a fourth item screen used for accepting an operation for setting the second item of the second display device;
displaying, on the display panel, the second item screen when an operation of selecting the second display device is received during the displaying the first item screen, the displaying the second item screen including:
not displaying the first item screen;
not displaying the third item screen;
and
not displaying the fourth item screen;
displaying, on the display panel, the third item screen, the displaying the third item screen including:
not displaying the first item screen;
not displaying the second item screen;
and
not displaying the fourth item screen;
and
displaying, on the display panel, the fourth item screen when the operation of selecting the second display device is received during the displaying the third item screen, the displaying the fourth item screen including:
not displaying the first item screen;
not displaying the second item screen;
and
not displaying the third item screen.

21 more elements

A control method comprising:

displaying a first item screen used for accepting an operation for setting a first item of a first display device, the first item being a projection setting for controlling at least one of a light source, a light valve, and a projection system, the displaying the first item screen including:
not displaying a second item screen used for accepting an operation for setting the first item of a second display device;
not displaying a third item screen used for accepting an operation for setting a second item of the first display device, the second item being a projection setting for controlling at least one of the light source, the light valve, and the projection system different from the first item;
and
not displaying a fourth item screen used for accepting an operation for setting the second item of the second display device;
displaying the second item screen when an operation of selecting the second display device is received during the displaying the first item screen, the displaying the second item screen including:
not displaying the first item screen;
not displaying the third item screen;
and
not displaying the fourth item screen;
displaying the third item screen, the displaying the third item screen including:
not displaying the first item screen;
not displaying the second item screen;
and
not displaying the fourth item screen;
and
displaying the fourth item screen when the operation of selecting the second display device is received during the displaying the third item screen, the displaying the fourth item screen including:
not displaying the first item screen;
not displaying the second item screen;
and
not displaying the third item screen.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/983,530Filed 9 Nov 2022 · continuation
Priority: JP 2017-20161118 Oct 2017
Published: US 2023/0070178 A19 Mar 2023
Granted: 8 Oct 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04N 9/3105
Using two-dimensional electronic spatial light modulators: for displaying all colours simultaneously, e.g. by using two or more electronic spatial…
H04N 5/66
Details of television systems: transforming electric information into light information
H04N 9/3132
Scanning a light beam on the display screen: using one-dimensional electronic spatial light modulators
H04N 9/3147
Constructional details thereof: multi-projection systems

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Application16/162,879Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Oct 2018
Application17/559,312Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Dec 2021
US 11,245,879 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Feb 2022
US 2023/0070178 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Mar 2023
US 11,528,455 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2019/0116342 A1Published application
US 2022/0116571 A1Published application
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