Projection system, projection device and projection method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11937024-B2
Application number	US-202017598806-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 23, 2020
Priority date	Mar 29, 2019
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A projection system includes a projection device that projects drawings individually onto a plurality of work spots in a work site. The projection device includes a driver that changes an orientation of the projection device. When drawings are individually projected onto a first work spot and a second work spot in a stated sequence, and the second work spot is outside a projection angle that is projectable by the projection device, the driver changes the orientation of the projection device to include the second work spot within the projection angle after work at the first work spot is finished. The first work spot and the second work spot are included in the plurality of work spots.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A projection system, comprising:
a projection device that projects drawings individually onto a plurality of work spots in a work site based on design data showing a size and a shape of the work site; and
a data processor that specifies a placing position and an orientation of the projection device in the design data after the projection device is placed in the work site, wherein:
the projection device includes:
a driver that changes the orientation of the projection device; and
a controller that controls the driver,

when drawings are individually projected onto a first work spot and a second work spot in a stated sequence, and the second work spot is outside a projection angle that is projectable by the projection device, the controller determines a direction and an amount of movement of the orientation of the projection device to include the second work spot within the projection angle after work at the first work spot is finished, the first work spot and the second work spot being included in the plurality of work spots, and
the driver changes the orientation of the projection device based on the direction and the amount of movement determined by the controller.

2. The projection system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display; and
a first receiver, wherein
the data processor generates, based on the design data, an image for inputting a sequence of work at the plurality of work spots, and causes the display to display the image,
the first receiver receives input of the sequence of the work, and
the projection device projects the drawings individually onto the plurality of work spots in accordance with the sequence of the work received by the first receiver.

3. The projection system according to claim 1 , wherein
the projection device further includes a detector that detects a distance to a projection plane, and the projection device corrects the drawings based on the distance detected and projects corrected drawings.

4. The projection system according to claim 2 , wherein
the projection device further includes a detector that detects a distance to a projection plane, and the projection device corrects the drawings based on the distance detected and projects corrected drawings.

5. The projection system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second receiver that receives an instruction indicating an end of work from a worker who performs work at the plurality of work spots, wherein
the projection device projects one of the drawings onto the second work spot after the instruction indicating the end of the work at the first work spot is received by the second receiver.

6. The projection system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a second receiver that receives an instruction indicating an end of work from a worker who performs work at the plurality of work spots, wherein
the projection device projects one of the drawings onto the second work spot after the instruction indicating the end of the work at the first work spot is received by the second receiver.

7. The projection system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a second receiver that receives an instruction indicating an end of work from a worker who performs work at the plurality of work spots, wherein
the projection device projects one of the drawings onto the second work spot after the instruction indicating the end of the work at the first work spot is received by the second receiver.

8. The projection system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a second receiver that receives an instruction indicating an end of work from a worker who performs work at the plurality of work spots, wherein
the projection device projects one of the drawings onto the second work spot after the instruction indicating the end of the work at the first work spot is received by the second receiver.

9. A projection device, comprising:
a projector that projects drawings individually onto a plurality of work spots in a work site based on design data showing a size and a shape of the work site;
a data processor that specifies a placing position and an orientation of the projection device in the design data after the projection device is placed in the work site;
a driver that changes the orientation of the projection device; and
a controller that controls the driver, wherein:
when drawings are individually projected onto a first work spot and a second work spot in a stated sequence, and the second work spot is outside a projection angle that is projectable by the projection device, the controller determines a direction and an amount of movement of the orientation of the projection device to include the second work spot within the projection angle after work at the first work spot is finished, the first work spot and the second work spot being included in the plurality of work spots, and
the driver changes the orientation of the projection device based on the direction and the amount of movement determined by the controller.

10. A projection method, comprising:
specifying a placing position and an orientation of a projection device in design data after the projection device is placed in a work site, the projection device including a driver that changes an orientation of the projection device and a controller that controls the driver, the design data showing a size and a shape of the work site;
projecting drawings individually onto a plurality of work spots in the work site by the projection device, wherein:
when drawings are individually projected onto a first work spot and a second work spot in a stated sequence, and the second work spot is outside a projection angle that is projectable by the projection device, the projecting includes
determining a direction and an amount of movement of the orientation of the projection device by the controller to include the second work spot within the projection angle after work at the first work spot is finished, and
changing by the driver the orientation of the projection device based on the direction and the amount of movement determined by the controller, the first work spot and the second work spot being included in the plurality of work spots.

11. The projection method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
generating an image for inputting a sequence of work at the plurality of work spots based on the design data, and causing a display to display a generated image; and
receiving input of the sequence of the work, wherein
the projecting includes projecting the drawings individually onto the plurality of work spots in accordance with the sequence of the work that has been received.

12. The projection method according to claim 10 , wherein
the projecting includes detecting a distance to a projection plane to correct the drawings based on the distance detected, and projecting corrected drawings.

13. The projection method according to claim 11 , wherein
the projecting includes detecting a distance to a projection plane to correct the drawings based on the distance detected, and projecting corrected drawings.

14. The projection method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving an instruction indicating an end of work from a worker who performs work at the plurality of work spots, wherein
the projecting includes projecting one of the drawings onto the second work spot after the instruction indicating the end of the work at the first work spot is received.

15. The projection method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving an instruction indicating an end of work from a worker who performs work at

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hayashi Yuki
• Nishi Tetsuya
• Hara Keisuke

Classifications

• H04N9/3129 Primary

  scanning a light beam on the display screen (scanning a light beam on a screen in displays other than projection devices G09G3/02; scanning systems in general G02B26/10; projectors using laser light sources in general H04N9/3161) · CPC title

• H04N9/3161

  using laser light sources (using laser beams scanning the display screen H04N9/3129) · CPC title

• H04N9/3194 Primary

  including sensor feedback · CPC title

• B25H1/0092

  by optical means · CPC title

• H04N9/3141

  Constructional details thereof (details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14) · CPC title