# US 8,542,242 B2 · Projection system, image processor, image processing method, image processing program, and recording medium having image processing program recorded thereon

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- Number: US 8,542,242 B2
- Document ID: US8542242B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/674,421
- Filed: 2007-02-13
- Published: 2007-08-23
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2006-02-17
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Toshiki Fujimori
- Inventors: Toshiki Fujimori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542242B2

## CPC

- H04N 9/3102: {using two-dimensional electronic spatial light modulators (micromechanical modulators as such G02B26/0833; liquid crystal modulators as such G02F1/13)}
- G06F 3/1415: {with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the displays}
- G09G 3/002: {to project the image of a two-dimensional display, such as an array of light emitting or modulating elements or a CRT}
- G09G 5/399: using two or more bit-mapped memories, the operations of which are switched in time, e.g. ping-pong buffers
- H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
- G09G 2310/04: Partial updating of the display screen
- G09G 2320/0666: for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature
- G09G 2320/0673: for control of gamma adjustment, e.g. selecting another gamma curve
- G09G 2320/08: Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
- G09G 2340/06: Colour space transformation
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

Provided is a projection system including an image processor processing image data, the image processor acquires subsequent image data having an object included in an image temporarily subsequent to an image currently displayed by the projector. The projector stores the image data and the subsequent image data and updates the currently displayed image into the subsequent image on the basis of the subsequent image data when the update information received by the projector reception unit indicates that the currently displayed image is updated into the subsequent image.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A projection system comprising:
an image processor processing image data;
a projector modulating a light beam emitted from a light source device on the basis of the image data processed by the image processor; and
an information transmitting unit connecting the image processor and the projector to each other so as to transmit and receive information therebetween,
wherein the image processor includes:
a predicting unit predicting a subsequent image in a presentation sequence that is temporarily subsequent to an image currently displayed by the projector, wherein the presentation sequence is a previously set sequence;
a transmitting unit transmitting subsequent image data which corresponds to the subsequent image predicted by the predicting unit;
an operation signal detecting unit detecting an operation signal, which indicates that the currently displayed image is updated into a predetermined image, after the transmitting unit transmitted the subsequent image data;
an update image judging unit comparing the predetermined image with the predicted subsequent image other than the currently displayed image;
an update information generating unit capable of generating update information indicating that the currently displayed image is updated into either one of the predicted subsequent image other than the currently displayed image and an image other than the predicted subsequent image on the basis of the comparison result of the update image judging unit;
an update information transmitting unit transmitting the update information; and
wherein the projector includes:
a projector reception unit receiving the subsequent image data and the update information;
a storage unit capable of storing a plurality of the subsequent image data;
a display control unit displaying an image based on the image data; and
an image update unit updating the currently displayed image into the predicted subsequent image on the basis of the subsequent image data when the update information received by the projector reception unit indicates that the currently displayed image is updated into the predicted subsequent image.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The projection system according to claim 1, wherein when the update information generating unit generates the update information indicating that the currently displayed image is updated into the image other than the predicted subsequent image, the image data acquiring unit acquires new image data for displaying the updated image,
wherein a first storage control unit stores the new image data in the storage unit,
wherein a second storage control unit deletes the stored subsequent image data when the new image data is stored, and
wherein the image update unit updates the currently displayed image into the image other than the predicted subsequent image on the basis of the new image data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The projection system according to claim 1, wherein the image processor further includes:
a previous image data acquiring unit acquiring previous image data having an object included in an image temporarily previous to an image currently displayed by the projector on the basis of the image data acquired by the image data acquiring unit; and
a previous image data transmitting unit transmitting the previous image data in non-synchronization with the update information transmitting unit,
wherein the update image judging unit compares the predetermined image with the previous image including the object of the previous image data acquired by the previous image data acquiring unit,
wherein the update information generating unit generates the update information indicating that the currently displayed image is updated into the previous image or an image other than the previous image,
wherein the projector reception unit acquires the previous image data,
wherein a second storage control unit stores the previous image data in the storage unit, and
wherein the image update unit updates the currently displayed image into the previous image on the basis of the previous image data when the update information indicates that the currently displayed image is updated into the previous image.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The projection system according to claim 1, wherein the predicted subsequent image has the object moved from a position in the current displayed image,
wherein the subsequent image data is object image data having only the object,
wherein the update information generating unit generates moved position information on a position of a movement destination of the object and after-movement display information having moved-portion image data for displaying a predetermined image at the position where the object has existed before the movement as the update information, when recognizing that the currently displayed image is updated into the predicted subsequent image on the basis of the comparison result,
wherein the projector further includes an entire subsequent image data generating unit generating entire subsequent image data for displaying the entire predicted subsequent image on the basis of the after-movement display information, the image data of the currently displayed image, and the object image data,
wherein a second storage control unit stores the entire subsequent image data instead of the image data of the currently displayed image, and
wherein the image update unit updates the currently displayed image into the predicted subsequent image on the basis of the entire subsequent image data, when recognizing that the projector reception unit receives the after-movement display information as the update information.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The projection system according to claim 4, wherein the object is a processing state display area which displays a predetermined processing state and which can be moved in response to the operation signal from the operation unit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The projection system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitted image data is uncompressed.

### Claim 7

An image processor which is connected to a projector so as to transmit and receive information therebetween through an information transmitting unit and which processes image data, the image processor comprising:
an image data acquiring unit acquiring the image data;
a predicting unit predicting a subsequent image in a presentation sequence that is temporarily subsequent to an image currently displayed by the projector unit, wherein the presentation sequence is a previously set sequence:
a transmitting unit transmitting subsequent image data which corresponds to the subsequent image predicted by the predicting unit;
an operation signal detecting unit detecting an operation signal, which indicates that the currently displayed image is updated into a predetermined image, after the transmitting unit transmitted the subsequent image data;
an update image judging unit comparing the predetermined image with the predicted subsequent image other than the currently displayed image;
an update information generating unit capable of generating update information indicating that the currently displayed image is updated into either one of the predicted subsequent image other than the currently displayed image and an image other than the predicted subsequent image on the basis of the comparison result of the update image judging unit; and
an update information transmitting unit transmitting the update information.

### Claim 8

An image processing method of processing image data in an image processor connected to a projector so as to transmit and receive information therebetween through an information transmitting unit, the image processing method comprising:
predicting subsequent image data having an object included in an image temporarily subsequent in a presentation sequence to an image currently displayed by the projector, wherein the presentation sequence is a previously set sequence;
transmitting the subsequent image data which corresponds to the subsequent image predicted by the predicting unit;
detecting an operation signal, which indicates that the currently displayed image is updated into a predetermined image, after transmitting the subsequent image data;
comparing the predetermined image with the predicted subsequent image other than the currently displayed image;
generating update information indicating that the currently displayed image is updated into either one of the predicted subsequent image other than the currently displayed image and an image other than the predicted subsequent image on the basis of the comparison result;
transmitting the update information.