Projecting content onto a display medium
AssigneeRawles LLC
InventorsGregory M. Hart, Ian W. Freed, Jeffrey P. Bezos
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and techniques for detecting a location of a medium and projecting content onto the medium at the detected location. These systems and techniques also track the changing location of the medium while continuing to project the content onto the medium as the location changes. A user consuming the content on the medium is able to move the display medium relative to a projection device that projects the content without interrupting the consumption of the content.
Claims42
A system for projecting textual content, comprising:
- a display medium for receiving projected textual content, the display medium including one or more infrared markers located on or within the display medium;
- a projector, including:
- a detection component operable to locate the display medium, detect the one or more infrared markers, and track a position of the located display medium;
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- a projection component, in communication with the detection component, operable to initiate projection of the textual content toward the tracked position of the display medium in response to the detection component detecting the one or more infrared markers.
An apparatus for projecting media content, comprising:
- a detection component operable to detect a medium for receiving projected media content consumable by a user, and operable to track a position of the medium, the medium including one or more infrared markers located on or within the medium;
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- a projection device, in communication with the detection component, operable to project the media content toward the tracked position of the medium, wherein the projection device initiates projection of the media content in response to the detection component detecting the one or more infrared markers.
A computer-implemented method for projecting digital content onto a non-powered medium, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- as implemented by one or more computing devices configured with specific executable instructions,
- scanning proximities of multiple projection devices in a predefined order to detect a position of the non-powered medium toward which to project digital content;
- projecting the digital content toward the non-powered medium at least partly in response to detecting the position;
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- continuing to project the digital content toward the non-powered medium as the position of the non-powered medium changes.
A non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform acts comprising:
- scanning proximities of multiple projection devices in a predefined order to detect a location of a medium toward which to project a portion of an electronic book;
- projecting, by at least one of the multiple projection devices and from a location that is remote from the medium, the portion of the electronic book toward the located medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.