Context aware projector
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsRamesh Raskar, Clifton L. Forlines, Paul A. Beardsley
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Abstract
A method displays an output image on an object. A set of unique markers are fixed to the object at predetermined locations. An input image of the object and the markers is acquired with a camera in a fixed physical relationship to a projector. A pose of the projector with respect to the markers is determined from the image. Then, one or more output images related to the object can be projected onto the object, at predetermine locations, according to the pose of the projector and the unique markers.
Claims17
A method for displaying an output image on an object, comprising:
- fixing a set of unique markers to the object at predetermined locations;
- acquiring an input image of the object and the set of markers with a camera in a fixed physical relationship to a projector;
- determining a pose of the projector with respect to the set of markers;
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- projecting an output image onto the object according to the pose of the projector and the set of unique markers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.