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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shiwen He, Shanghai, CN;
Rui Shen, Shanghai, CN;
Wen Bao Yin, Shanghai, CN;
Dan Dan Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Jun Liao, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving, by a device, a request to input information through a virtual canvas, the device includes a projector and a camera, the virtual canvas providing an input space to a user of the device, the virtual canvas includes a region of a blank surface illuminated by the projector, based on the received request, enabling the projector and the camera, detecting a distance between the device and the virtual canvas, based on the detected distance, adjusting the projector and the camera to focus on the virtual canvas, capturing a movement made by an object on the virtual canvas, the movement is associated with the information being input, converting the movement into a plurality of frames, each frame is associated with the movement, processing the plurality of frames to obtain the input information, and projecting the input information on the virtual canvas.