# US 9,519,379 B2 · Display device, control method of display device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,519,379 B2 - Document ID: US9519379B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/645,839 - Filed: 2012-10-05 - Published: 2013-05-02 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-01 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Hiroyuki Ichieda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9519379B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0425: {using a single imaging device like a video camera for tracking the absolute position of a single or a plurality of objects with respect to an imaged reference surface, e.g. video camera imaging a display or a projection screen, a table or a wall surface, on which a computer generated image is displayed or projected (tracking a projected light spot to determine a position on a display surface G06F3/0386)} - G09G 3/02: by tracing or scanning a light beam on a screen - 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 A projector provides plural display areas on a screen and respectively displays input images input from plural image sources in the respective display areas by a projection unit, and includes a location detection unit that detects a pointed location of a pointing tool on the screen, and an image processing unit that executes processing over the plural display areas according to the detected pointed location. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display unit that provides plural display areas on a shared display surface, each of the plural display areas respectively displaying an image input from a separate personal computer of a plurality of personal computers; a location detector that detects a pointed location on the shared display surface based on a captured image of the shared display surface; and a processing unit that executes processing over the plural display areas according to the pointed location detected by the location detector, wherein the processing over the plural display areas includes drawing a trace over the plural display areas, each of the plural display areas corresponding to a separate personal computer of the plurality of personal computers, according to movement of the pointed location, and superimposing and displaying the drawn trace over the plural display areas corresponding to the personal computers by the display unit, and wherein when a continuous movement of the pointed location is contained within one display area of the plural display areas displayed on the shared display surface, the processing of drawing and superimposing the trace over the one display area is carried out by the personal computer associated with the one display area, and when the continuous movement of the pointed location is detected to be located inside of multiple display areas of the plural display areas displayed on the shared display surface, the processing of drawing and superimposing the trace over the multiple display areas is switched to be carried out by the processing unit of the display device instead of the personal computers associated with the multiple display areas in which the continuous movement is detected. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit executes processing of enlarged or reduced display of the images being displayed in the plural display areas within the respective display areas according to the pointed location detected by the location detector. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the trace comprises a line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein, when the location detector detects that the pointed location crosses a boundary on the shared display surface between the one display area and another display area, the processing of the drawing and superimposing the trace over the display area switches from being carried out by the personal computer to being carried out by the processing unit of the display device. ### Claim 5 A method of controlling a display device that displays an input image input from an image source on a display surface, comprising: providing plural display areas on a shared display surface, each of the plural display areas respectively displaying an image input from a separate personal computer of a plurality of personal computers; imaging the shared display surface; detecting a pointed location on the shared display surface based on a captured image of the shared display surface captured during the imaging; and executing processing over the plural display areas according to the detected pointed location, wherein the processing over the plural display areas includes drawing a trace over the plural display areas, each of the plural display areas corresponding to a separate personal computer of the plurality of personal computers, according to movement of the pointed location, and superimposing and displaying the drawn trace over the plural display areas corresponding to the personal computers by the display unit, and wherein when a continuous movement of the pointed location is contained within one display area of the plural display areas displayed on the shared display surface, the processing of drawing and superimposing the trace over the one display area is carried out by the personal computer associated with the one display area, and when the continuous movement of the pointed location is detected to be located inside of multiple display areas of the plural display areas displayed on the shared display surface, the processing of drawing and superimposing the trace over the multiple display areas is switched to be carried out by the processing unit of the display device instead of the personal computers associated with the multiple display areas in which the continuous movement is detected. ### Claim 6 A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a computer-executable program that controls a display device that displays an input image input from an image source on a display surface, allowing a computer to function as a display unit that provides plural display areas on a shared display surface, each of the plural display areas respectively displaying an image input from a separate personal computer of a plurality of personal computers; a location detector that detects a pointed location on the shared display surface based on a captured image of the shared display surface; and a processing unit that executes processing over the plural display areas according to the pointed location detected by the location detector, wherein the processing over the plural display areas includes drawing a trace over the plural display areas, each of the plural display areas corresponding to a separate personal computer of the plurality of personal computers, according to movement of the pointed location, and superimposing and displaying the drawn trace over the plural display areas corresponding to the personal computers by the display unit, and wherein when a continuous movement of the pointed location is contained within one display area of the plural display areas displayed on the shared display surface, the processing of drawing and superimposing the trace over the one display area is carried out by the personal computer associated with the one display area, and when the continuous movement of the pointed location is detected to be located inside of multiple display areas of the plural display areas displayed on the shared display surface, the processing of drawing and superimposing the trace over the multiple display areas is switched to be carried out by the processing unit of the display device instead of the personal computers associated with the multiple display areas in which the continuous movement is detected.