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US 2019/0240567 A1Published application
Input detection in connection with projected images
AssigneeMEP Tech, Inc.
InventorsMark L. Davis, John M. Black, Roger H. Hoole, Jeffrey Taylor, Kirby Bisline
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Abstract
An apparatus for detecting user interaction or another input with a projected image includes a scanning mechanism. The scanning mechanism is capable of scanning the at least one input region for any objects therein. An input identification mechanism may identify the input identified by the object, movement of the object, or a change in the object's position. That information may be used to alter the projected display.
Claims20
A projected image-interactive input device comprising:
- a scanner that detects an object within a three-dimensional space over at least one input region of a side of a display surface onto which an image is projected, with which a user may provide physical input to affect a state of the image;
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- an input identifier that identifies an input represented by the object in the three-dimensional space over the at least one input region on the side of the display surface.
A projected image-interactive input device, comprising:
- a scanner that selectively scans one or more input regions on a side of a display surface onto which an image is projected to detect objects placed within the one or more input regions;
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- an input identifier that identifies an input represented by an object positioned on or adjacent to the one or more input regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.