Wearable projecting device and focusing method, projection method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016295186-A1
Application number	US-201414442565-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Apr 28, 2014
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wearable projecting device, a focusing method and a projection method thereof are disclosed. The focusing method includes: acquiring position information of a projection center of the wearable projecting device on a palm; determining a distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device according to the acquired position information of the projection center of the wearable projecting device on the palm at a set frequency; determining a focal length of a lens set in the wearable projecting device according to the determined distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device; and adjusting the lens set according to the determined focal length of the lens set. This focusing method improves stability of definition in display of images projected on the palm surface by the wearable projecting device.

First claim

1 . A focusing method of a wearable projecting device comprising carrying out the following steps at a set frequency:
acquiring position information of a projection center of the wearable projecting device on a palm; determining a distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device according to the acquired position information of the projection center of the wearable projecting device on the palm; determining a focal length of a lens set in the wearable projecting device according to the determined distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device; and adjusting the lens set according to the determined focal length of the lens set.

2 . The focusing method of claim 1 , wherein between two successive executions of adjusting the lens set according to the determined focal length of lens set, the wearable projecting device is controlled to project at least two frames of images, and within a duration of the at least two frames of images, definition information of a projected image on the palm after one frame is projected is further acquired;
then, it is determined whether the definition of the projected image is within a predetermined range or not according to the acquired definition information of the projected image, and if not, the focal length of the lens set is corrected according to determined focal length correction information during the period of projecting the next frame of image.

3 . The focusing method of claim 1 , wherein the set frequency at which the steps are executed is 30 Hz.

4 . A projection method of a wearable projecting device comprising carrying out the following steps at a set frequency:
acquiring position information of a projection center of the wearable projecting device on a palm; determining a distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device according to the acquired position information of the projection center of the wearable projecting device on the palm; determining a focal length of a lens set in the wearable projecting device according to the determined distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device; adjusting the lens set according to the determined focal length of the lens set; and controlling the wearable projecting device to conduct projection.

5 . The projection method of claim 4 , wherein between two successive executions of adjusting the lens set according to the determined focal length of the lens set, the wearable projecting device is controlled to project at least two frames of images, and within a duration of the at least two frames of images, the method further comprises:
acquiring definition information of an image projected on the palm after one frame of image is projected; it is determined whether the definition of the projected image is within a predetermined range or not according to the acquired definition information of the projected image, and if not, the focal length of the lens set is corrected according to determined focal length correction information during the period of projecting the next frame of image.

6 . The projection method of claim 4 , wherein: the set frequency in the carrying out the following steps at a set frequency is 30 Hz; and the projection frequency of the wearable projecting device in the controlling the wearable projecting device to conduct projection is 60 Hz.

7 . The projection method of claim 4 , wherein, the process of determining the distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device according to the acquired position information of the projection center of the wearable projecting device on the palm comprises:
establishing a space coordinates system with an origin at a location of the wearable projecting device; determining coordinates of the projection center in the space coordinate system according to the acquired position information of the projection center; determining a distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device according to the determined coordinates of the projection center and coordinates of the determined origin.

8 . A wearable projecting device comprising:
a rack, a lens set mounted on the rack, an adjusting device mounted on the rack for adjusting a focal length of the lens set in operation; a 3D camera mounted on the rack for acquiring position information of a projection center of the wearable projecting device on a palm; a processing module in signal connection with the 3D camera and the adjusting device, wherein the processing module is configured to carry out the following operations at a set frequency: determining the distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device according to the acquired position information of the projection center, on the palm, of the wearable projecting device; and determining the focal length of the lens set in the wearable projecting device according to the determined distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device, generating an adjusting signal and controlling the adjusting device to adjust the focal length of the lens set according to the adjusting signal.

9 . The wearable projecting device of claim 8 , further comprising: a second camera in signal connection with the processing module for acquiring definition information of images projected onto the palm after each frame of image is projected;
wherein the processing module determines whether definition of a projected image is within a predetermined range according to the definition information of the projected image acquired by the second camera, and if not, controls the adjusting device to correct the focal length of the lens set during the period of projecting the next frame according to determined focal length correction information.

10 . The wearable projecting device of claim 9 , wherein the second camera is an RGB camera.

11 . The wearable projecting device of claim 8 , wherein the 3D camera is a structured-light camera, a time of flight camera or a binocular camera.

12 . The wearable projecting device of claim 8 , wherein the adjusting device is a stepping motor.

13 . The wearable projecting device of claim 8 , further comprising: an arc-shaped reflector on a light emission side of the lens set,
wherein a distance between the reflector and the lens set is greater than or equal to two times the focal length of the lens set; light emission direction of the lens set is apart from the palm surface, and the projection light emitted from the lens set irradiates on the palm surface after being reflected by the reflector to form a projection image on the palm surface.

14 . The wearable projecting device of claim 8 , wherein the focal length of the lens set is less than or equal to 5 mm.

15 . The focusing method of claim 2 , wherein the set frequency at which the steps are executed is 30 Hz.

16 . The projection method of claim 5 , wherein: the set frequency in the carrying out the following steps at a set frequency is 30 Hz; and the projection frequency of the wearable projecting device in the controlling the wearable projecting device to conduct projection is 60 Hz.

17 . The projection method of claim 5 , wherein, the process of determining the distance between the projection center and the wearable projecting device according to the acquired position information of the projection center of the wearable projecting device on the palm comprises:
establishing a space coordinates system with an origin at a location of the wearable projecting device; determining co

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Yanshun
• Zhao Xingxing
• Xu Qiushi
• Li Yaohui

Classifications

• H04N23/67

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• H04N23/45

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• G02B7/285

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• G03B21/28

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