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Projector as an input and output device

US6764185B1 · kind B1 · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateAug 7, 2003
Grant dateJul 20, 2004
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B21/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An interactive display system includes a sensor for sensing a relationship between a mobile coordinate frame fixed to a moving projector, and a stable coordinate frame fixed to a stationary display surface in the real world. An output image to be projected on the display surface is partitioned into a black image portion having a fixed relationship to the mobile coordinate frame, a stable image portion within the block image portion having a fixed relationship to the stable coordinate frame, and a mobile image portion within the stable image portion having a fixed relationship to the mobile coordinate frame. The mobile portion can be used as a pointer within the stable portion in a mouse-cursor like manner.

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