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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:
Apr. 19, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2012
Applicants:

Tetsuro Motoyama, Cupertino, CA (US);

Tomohito Shimizu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tetsuro Motoyama, Cupertino, CA (US);

Tomohito Shimizu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/14 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/142 (2013.01); H04N 9/3185 (2013.01); H04N 9/3194 (2013.01); G03B 21/145 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus is provided for identifying information to facilitate adjusting a projector's position to achieve a specified projected image on a projection surface. In an embodiment, a computing device comprising one or more sensors, which have a known spatial relationship with a projector, includes a position adjustment service configured to identify, based at least in part on the known spatial relationship between the one or more sensors and the projector, a current position of the projector relative to positions of a plurality of reference points that define a projection surface. The position adjustment service is further configured to determine a target position for the projector, determine differences between the current position of the projector and the target position for the projector, and perform one or more actions based upon the determined differences between the current position of the projector and the target position for the projector.


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