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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:

Christie Digital Systems Canada Inc., Kitchener, CA;

Inventors:

John Vieth, Kitchener, CA;

Roy Anthony, Waterloo, CA;

Paul Salvini, Kitchener, CA;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00624 (2013.01); G01B 11/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/0057 (2013.01); H04N 9/3179 (2013.01); H04N 5/74 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus, systems and methods are provided for illuminating objects in a projection area. The system includes a computing device, a projector and a camera. The computing device stores a digital model of an object, and illumination data having lighting parameters and a reference to the digital model. The projector, or another light source, projects structured light onto the projection area, and the camera simultaneously captures an image of the projection area. The computing device receives the captured image, determines a position and orientation of the object by comparing the digital model to the captured image, and then generates a canvas image including a region matching the determined position and orientation of the object. The projector projects the canvas image onto the projection area. A predefined portion of the object corresponding to the reference in the illumination data is thereby illuminated according to the lighting parameters.


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