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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Tamura, Matsumoto, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A projector adapted to project an image includes an imaging section adapted to image a projection surface on which the image is projected, and output an image obtained by imaging, an identification section adapted to identify a projection area in which the image is projected based on the image output by the imaging section, a mask processing section adapted to mask an outside of an area, which includes the projection area identified by the identification section, on the image output by the imaging section, a discrimination section adapted to determine which one of a first state, in which the projector is used alone, and a second state, in which the projector and another projector project images side by side, is set, and a setting section adapted to set an area to be masked by the mask processing section in accordance with a determination result of the discrimination section.