Display apparatus and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9811876-B2
Application number	US-201615245384-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2016
Priority date	Aug 31, 2015
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a deforming unit configured to geometrically deform an input image in order to correct a distortion in a projected image obtained when the input image is projected on a projection surface; and a setting unit configured to set parameters of image deformation processing by the deforming unit, wherein the setting unit sets the parameters such that a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a first projected image obtained when the image before being deformed according to the set parameters is projected on the projection surface is identical to a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a second projected image obtained when a deformed image, which is an image after being deformed according to the set parameters, is projected on the projection surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus including a projection optical system that projects an image on a projection surface, the display apparatus comprising:
a deforming unit configured to geometrically deform an input image in order to correct a distortion in a projected image obtained when the input image is projected on the projection surface; and
a setting unit configured to set parameters of image deformation processing by the deforming unit, wherein
the setting unit sets the parameters such that a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a first projected image obtained when the image before being deformed according to the set parameters is projected on the projection surface is identical to a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a second projected image obtained when a deformed image, which is an image after being deformed according to the set parameters, is projected on the projection surface.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit sets the parameters such that the second projected image is located within a region of the first projected image.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit sets the parameters such that the second projected image is a largest image within the region of the first projected image.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an acquiring unit configured to acquire information concerning a positional relation between the projection optical system and the projection surface, wherein
the setting unit sets the parameters on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a coordinate transforming unit configured to perform coordinate transformation between a first coordinate system, which is a coordinate system on an imaginary surface orthogonal to an optical axis direction of the projection optical system, and a second coordinate system, which is a coordinate system on the projection surface, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit, wherein
the setting unit sets the parameters by calculating a coordinate in the second coordinate system of a vertex of the first projected image using the coordinate transforming unit, by calculating a coordinate in the second coordinate system of the intersection of the diagonal lines of the first projected image from the coordinate in the second coordinate system of the vertex of the first projected image, by calculating coordinates in the second coordinate system of four vertexes of a rectangle having the position of the intersection as a position of an intersection of diagonal lines thereof and having an aspect ratio set in advance, and by calculating, using the coordinates in the second coordinate system of the four vertexes and the coordinate transforming unit, a coordinate in the first coordinate of a vertex of an image obtained when the deformed image is projected on the imaginary surface.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a coordinate transforming unit configured to perform coordinate transformation between a first coordinate system, which is a coordinate system on an imaginary surface orthogonal to an optical axis direction of the projection optical system, and a second coordinate system, which is a coordinate system on the projection surface, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit, wherein
the setting unit sets the parameters by calculating a coordinate in the second coordinate system of a vertex of the first projected image, by calculating a coordinate in the second coordinate system of the intersection of the diagonal lines of the first projected image from the coordinate in the second coordinate system of the vertex of the first projected image, calculating, when a setting value of an aspect ratio of the second projected image is (a:b), coordinates in the second coordinate system of four points where two straight lines respectively having slopes of (b/a) and (−b/a) and passing through the intersection cross an outline of the first projected image, by calculating coordinates in the second coordinate system of four points on the two straight lines separated from the intersection by a shortest distance among distances between the four points and the intersection, and by calculating, using the coordinates in the second coordinate system of the four points on the two straight lines and the coordinate transforming unit, a coordinate in the first coordinate of a vertex of an image obtained when the deformed image is projected on the imaginary surface.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when an aspect ratio of the image and an aspect ratio of the projection surface are different, a region of the image having an aspect ratio identical to the aspect ratio of the projection surface is projected by the projection optical system.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information concerning a positional relation between the projection optical system and the projection surface includes an inclination angle of the display apparatus, a zoom value of a zoom lens included in the projection optical system, or a lens shift amount of a shift lens included in the projection optical system.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus displays a test image for indicating a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a projected image obtained when an image is projected on the projection surface, and performs display for urging a user to align the test image with a center of the projection surface.

10. A control method for a display apparatus including a projection optical system that projects an image on a projection surface, the control method comprising:
geometrically deforming an input image in order to correct a distortion in a projected image obtained when the input image is projected on the projection surface; and
setting parameters of image deformation processing in the deforming, wherein
in the setting, the parameters are set such that a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a first projected image obtained when the image before being deformed according to the set parameters is projected on the projection surface is identical to a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a second projected image obtained when a deformed image, which is an image after being deformed according to the set parameters, is projected on the projection surface.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method for a display apparatus including a projection optical system that projects an image on a projection surface, the control method including:
geometrically deforming an input image in order to correct a distortion in a projected image obtained when the input image is projected on the projection surface; and
setting parameters of image deformation processing in the deforming, wherein
in the setting, the parameters are set such that a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a first projected image obtained when the image before being deformed according to the set parameters is projected on the projection surface is identical to a position of an intersection of diagonal lines of a second projected image obtained when a deformed image, which is an image after being deformed according to the set parameters, is projected on the projection surface.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Mori Makiko
• Inagaki Kensuke

Classifications

• H04N9/3185

  Geometric adjustment, e.g. keystone or convergence (optical or mechanical adjustment of convergence H04N9/317; using scanning means H04N3/22; optical or mechanical adjustments of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14) · CPC title

• G03B21/147 Primary

  Optical correction of image distortions, e.g. keystone · CPC title

• G06T3/005 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T3/08 Primary

  Projecting images onto non-planar surfaces, e.g. geodetic screens · CPC title

• G06T5/80

  Geometric correction · CPC title