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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Shuichi Wakabayashi, Okaya, JP;
Norio Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Yasushi Mizoguchi, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a projector configured to be capable of projecting light to thereby display an image on a rendering region formed on a display surface set around a guiding point to which a person should be guided and changing a position of the rendering region; a detecting unit that detects whether a person is present in a detection region set near the display surface and detects, when a person is present in the detection region, a moving state of the person; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of a detection result of the detecting unit, driving of the projector to guide the person present in the detection region to the guiding point.