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US 12,689,713 B2Granted
Display method and display system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsSoma Yamada, Kazuhiro Miyoshi, Kota Takeuchi
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Abstract
A display method includes obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of a first sensor, obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of a second sensor, determining a first direction based on the second information, determining a type of an image based on a combination of the first information and the second information, and projecting image light representing the image of the type toward the first direction with a projector.
Claims7
A display method comprising:
- obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of a first sensor;
- obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of a second sensor;
- determining a first direction based on the second information;
- determining an image genre based on a combination of the first information and the second information;
- and
- projecting image light representing the image genre toward the first direction with a projector;
- wherein:
- the second information includes information representing a second direction in which the user is located with respect to the second sensor;
- the determining the first direction includes determining an opposite direction to the second direction as the first direction;
- the second information further includes information representing a room type where the user is to be located, the room type being a kind of room;
- the determining the image genre includes determining the image genre based on a combination of the first information and the room type;
- the second sensor is a first camera configured to take an image in one direction;
- and
- the obtaining the second information includes:
- obtaining a first image including the user based on output of the first camera;
- determining the second direction based on the first image;
- obtaining a second image including an area located in the first direction based on the output of the first camera;
- and
- determining the room type based on the second image.
16 more elements
A display system comprising:
- a first sensor;
- a second sensor;
- an optical device which projects image light;
- a drive device configured to turn a direction in which the image light is projected to a predetermined direction;
- and
- a processor programmed to execute
- obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of the first sensor,
- obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of the second sensor,
- determining a first direction based on the second information,
- determining an image genre based on a combination of the first information and the second information, and
- projecting the image light representing the image of the image genre toward the first direction by controlling the optical device and the drive device, wherein:
- the second information includes information representing a second direction in which the user is located with respect to the second sensor;
- the determining the first direction includes determining an opposite direction to the second direction as the first direction;
- the second information further includes information representing a room type where the user is to be located, the room type being a kind of room;
- the determining the image genre includes determining the image genre based on a combination of the first information and the room type;
- the second sensor is a first camera configured to take an image in one direction;
- and
- the obtaining the second information includes:
- obtaining a first image including the user based on output of the first camera;
- determining the second direction based on the first image;
- obtaining a second image including an area located in the first direction based on the output of the first camera;
- and
- determining the room type based on the second image.
20 more elements
A display method comprising:
- obtaining first information for identifying a user, based on output of a first sensor;
- obtaining second information which is related to a position of the user, based on output of a second sensor;
- determining a first direction based on the second information;
- determining an image genre based on a combination of the first information and the second information;
- and
- projecting image light representing the image genre toward the first direction with a projector, wherein:
- the second information includes information representing a room type where the user is to be located, the room type being a kind of room;
- the determining the first direction includes determining the first direction based on a combination of the first information and the room type;
- the second sensor is a second camera configured to take an image in a 360-degree direction;
- and
- the obtaining the second information includes:
- obtaining a third image including an area included in a 360-degree range centering on the second camera based on the output of the second camera, and
- determining the room type based on the third image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.