Projection apparatus and method for controlling projection apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYuki SUZUKI
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Abstract
A projection apparatus includes: a source search button and an AV mute button; a detector for detecting a first distance from a finger to the source search button and a second distance from the finger to the AV mute button; a projection unit that projects a source search button image representing the source search button and an AV mute button image representing the AV mute button, as a projection image; and a controller that controls display of the source search button image and the AV mute button image, and the controller causes a display mode of the source search button image to be different from a display mode of the AV mute button image when it is determined that the first distance is shorter than the second distance, based on an output from the detector.
Claims9
A projection apparatus for projecting a projection image onto a projection target, the projection apparatus comprising:
- a first operator and a second operator for operating the projection apparatus;
- a sensor for detecting a first distance from a pointer to the first operator and a second distance from the pointer to the second operator;
- a projection mechanism that projects a first operation image representing the first operator and a second operation image representing the second operator, as the projection image;
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- one or a plurality of processors that control display of the first operation image and the second operation image, wherein
- the one or plurality of processors cause a display mode of the first operation image to be different from a display mode of the second operation image when it is determined that the first distance is shorter than the second distance, based on an output from the sensor.
A method for controlling a projection apparatus, the projection apparatus comprising a first operator and a second operator for operating the projection apparatus, and a sensor for detecting a first distance from a pointer to the first operator and a second distance from the pointer to the second operator, the projection apparatus projecting a projection image onto a projection target, the method comprising:
- causing a projection mechanism to project a first operation image representing the first operator and a second operation image representing the second operator, as the projection image;
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- causing a display mode of the first operation image to be different from a display mode of the second operation image when it is determined that the first distance is shorter than the second distance, based on an output from the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.