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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Frederick D. Taft, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth H. Bronstein, Corvallis, OR (US);
David H. Ochs, Corvallis, OR (US);
James R. Andreas, Corvallis, OR (US);
Frederick D. Taft, Corvallis, OR (US);
Kenneth H. Bronstein, Corvallis, OR (US);
David H. Ochs, Corvallis, OR (US);
James R. Andreas, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for selectively masking image data and inhibiting projection of light corresponding to the masked image data. Projection devices include a light engine to project light onto a surface within an available field of projection and a processing unit configured to selectively mask image data in response to user input defining a desired field of view. The masked image data is that image data corresponding to areas outside the desired field of view.