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US 8,896,740 B2Granted
Projection device, projection method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTatsuya Yamazaki, Katsumi Ikuta, Atsuko Kashiwagi, Nobutaka Saitoh, Nobuhito Ebine
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus including a main body, a member including a projection device, the member moveably attached to the main body, a detector that detects an orientation of the moveable member with respect to the main body, and a processor that controls the projection device based on an output of the detector.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a member including a projection device, the member attached to the main body and movable in at least first and second axial directions with respect to the main body;
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- circuitry configured to detect an orientation of the movable member with respect to the main body;
- detect whether the main body faces a first direction or a second direction;
- detect whether the information processing apparatus is stationary;
- and control the projection device to be turned on when it is detected indicates that the information processing apparatus faces the first direction, the information processing apparatus is stationary, a first surface of the member faces a direction substantially similar to the first direction and an angular orientation of the member around an axis perpendicular to the first direction with respect to the main body is within +/−45 degrees.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a member including a projection device, the member attached to the main body and movable in at least first and second axial directions with respect to the main body;
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- circuitry configured to detect an orientation of the movable member with respect to the main body;
- detect whether the main body faces a first direction or a second direction;
- detect whether the information processing apparatus is stationary;
- and control the projection device to be turned on when it is detected that the information processing apparatus faces the second direction, the information processing apparatus is stationary, a first surface of the member faces a direction substantially similar to the second direction, and an angular orientation of the member around an axis perpendicular to the first direction with respect to the main body is within +/−45 degrees.
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An information processing method performed by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:
- detecting, by circuitry of the information processing apparatus, an orientation of a movable member movably attached to a main body of the information processing apparatus with respect to the main body and movable in at least first and second axial directions with respect to the main body;
- detecting, by the circuitry, whether the main body faces a first direction or a second direction;
- detecting, by the circuitry, whether the information processing apparatus is stationary;
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- controlling, by the circuitry, a projection device included on the movable member to be turned on when it is detected that the information processing apparatus faces the second direction, the information processing apparatus is stationary, a first surface of the member faces a direction substantially similar to the second direction, and an angular orientation of the member around an axis perpendicular to the first direction with respect to the main body is within +/−45 degrees.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.