Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Ichieda

Hiroyuki Ichieda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11908353
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including one processor acquiring a first captured image by imaging projection surface wherein image light of a first projector is projected, acquiring second captured image by imaging projection surface on which image light of a second projector is projected, determining a first drawing range containing a drawing range in which a first image projected by the first projector is drawn and a drawing range in which a second image projected by the second projector is drawn based on the first captured image and the second captured image, drawing image in the first drawing range, dividing the image into a first image based on the drawing range in which the first image is drawn and a second image based on the drawing range in which the second image is drawn, outputting the first image to the first projector, and outputting the second image to the second projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Publication number: 20240036447
    Abstract: A projection method includes generating projection size information including at least one of first size information representing a distance between two dots included in a first projection image displayed on a projection surface, and second size information representing an area of a first image included in the first projection image based on information output from a sensor, and displaying a second projection image including an image showing a numerical value represented by the projection size information on the projection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Publication number: 20240040092
    Abstract: A projection method includes generating projection size information representing a dimension of a first projection image displayed on a projection surface based on information output from a sensor, obtaining a first image including a first human image representing a person, generating a third image including a second image which is obtained by adjusting a size of the first human image based on the projection size information, and projecting the third image to thereby display a second projection image on the projection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Patent number: 11678386
    Abstract: The setting device includes a communication device and a processing device. The communication device communicates with the electronic apparatuses. The processing device transmits first configuration information representing a fixed first configuration used to connect one of the electronic apparatuses to a network to the electronic apparatus with the communication device taking detection of the electronic apparatus by the communication device as a trigger, and then makes the electronic apparatus store the first configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ichieda, Koichiro Ota, Makoto Shigemitsu
  • Patent number: 11503260
    Abstract: A projector includes: a projection unit projecting a projection image onto a projection surface where an object is located, the object defining a projection area where the projection image should be projected; a distortion correction unit correcting a distortion of the projection image; and a projection control unit causing the projection unit to project a guide image showing a range within which a predetermined site of the projection image can move according to the correction of the distortion, the projection control unit thus prompting a user to adjust a positional relation between the object and the range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Patent number: 11496721
    Abstract: There is provided a setting assistance apparatus including a touch panel, which includes a display apparatus, a camera, and a processor. The processor programmed to cause the camera to capture an image of a projection image projected by a projector on a target to generate a captured image, cause the display apparatus to display the captures image, superimposes a guide image that prompts execution of the operation of setting at least one of the position or size of the projection image on the captured image, and cause the display apparatus to display the superimposed image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ichieda, Ippei Kurota
  • Patent number: 11489726
    Abstract: A setting device for performing a network configuration of an electronic apparatus is provided with a touch panel, a communication device, and a processing device described below. To the touch panel, there is input information in accordance with an operation by a user. The communication device communicates with a wireless communication tag which stores certification information to be used for certification when performing a network configuration of the electronic apparatus, and which is provided to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ichieda, Koichiro Ota, Makoto Shigemitsu
  • Publication number: 20220319081
    Abstract: A display control method includes receiving, by a first terminal device, operation for selecting a first terminal mode, which is a mode used by the first terminal device, among a plurality of modes designating a range of an image, outputting, by the first terminal device, a first image, which is an image in a first range, designated by the first terminal mode among images generated by the first terminal device, receiving, by a second terminal device, operation for selecting a second terminal mode, which is a mode used by the second terminal device, among the plurality of modes, outputting, by the second terminal device, a second image, which is an image in a second range, designated by the second terminal mode among images generated by the second terminal device, and displaying, by a display device, an image in which the first image and second image are side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Kentaro IDE, Kenichiro TOMITA, Tetsuya ASANO
  • Publication number: 20220312514
    Abstract: A communication connection method includes acquiring, by an information processing device, a first image displayed by a first display device, the first image representing first connection information for connection via a first communication path, acquiring, by the information processing device, a second image displayed by a second display device, the second image representing second connection information for connection via a second communication path, and executing communication connection between the information processing device, the first display device, and the second display device based on the first image and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Kota TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220292652
    Abstract: The image generation method includes the steps of outputting a first image to a projector, obtaining a taken image obtained by imaging a projection surface on which a projection image based on the first image is projected by the projector, detecting, from the taken image, a first projection area of the projection surface on which the projection image is projected, generating a first adjusting image obtained by superimposing an icon or a plurality of icons representing a correction direction of one of correction target points on a contour of the first projection area on the taken image, making a display device display the first adjusting image, and generating a second image based on a second position when an instruction of moving the one of the correction target points from a first position to the second position with respect to the icon or the plurality of icons is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Publication number: 20220284838
    Abstract: A display control method includes displaying a first small image generated by shrinking a first image generated by an application program, on an actual display provided in an output device, receiving an operation on the first small image, drawing, on a virtual display, a second image generated by the application program executing processing corresponding to the operation on the first small image, displaying the second image drawn on the virtual display, using a display device, and displaying a second small image generated by shrinking the second image, on the actual display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Kenichiro TOMITA, Kentaro IDE, Tetsuya ASANO, Toshiki FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20220270526
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including one processor acquiring a first captured image by imaging projection surface wherein image light of a first projector is projected, acquiring second captured image by imaging projection surface on which image light of a second projector is projected, determining a first drawing range containing a drawing range in which a first image projected by the first projector is drawn and a drawing range in which a second image projected by the second projector is drawn based on the first captured image and the second captured image, drawing image in the first drawing range, dividing the image into a first image based on the drawing range in which the first image is drawn and a second image based on the drawing range in which the second image is drawn, outputting the first image to the first projector, and outputting the second image to the second projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Patent number: 11343478
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display system including the steps of projecting, by a plurality of group-belonging projectors, an image in one display area corresponding to one projector group to thereby display one composite image corresponding to the one projector group out of a plurality of composite images corresponding one-to-one to a plurality of projector groups in the one display area, estimating, by a control device, brightness of the plurality of composite images, identifying, by the control device, a dark image which is the darkest and a first adjustment target image different from the dark image from the plurality of composite images based on a result of the brightness estimation, and controlling, by the control device, at least one projector in the projector group corresponding to the first adjustment target image to thereby approximate brightness of the first adjustment target image to brightness of the dark image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Kashiwagi, Hiroyuki Ichieda, Shiki Furui
  • Patent number: 11303862
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection section, a spectral imaging section, and a control section, wherein the control section makes the projection section project an adjusting image corresponding to a color and a gray level of an image to be projected by the projection section while changing the color and the gray level to a first color and a first gray level, the first color and a second gray level, a second color and a third gray level, and the second color and a fourth gray level, sets a measurement condition corresponding to the color to the spectral imaging section, and makes the spectral imaging section take the adjusting images projected by the projection section to obtain spectral imaging data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Mano, Shinji Kubota, Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Patent number: 11258996
    Abstract: A method of controlling a display system including the steps of projecting, by one of the first projectors, a first image in one area, projecting, by one of the second projectors, a second image in the one area, estimating, by the control device, brightness of the plurality of first images and brightness of the plurality of second images, identifying, by the control device, a first dark image as the darkest image and a first adjustment target image, and identifying a second dark image as the darkest image and a second adjustment target image, and controlling, by the control device, a projector to thereby approximate the brightness of the first adjustment target image to the brightness of the first dark image, and controlling a projector to thereby approximate the brightness of the second adjustment target image to the brightness of the second dark image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Kashiwagi, Hiroyuki Ichieda, Shiki Furui
  • Patent number: 11184592
    Abstract: A projection system includes a recursive reflector located in a first area of a projection surface, a projection device configured to project a first image and a second image at respective timings different from each other, an imaging device configured to image a first projection area in a situation in which the projection device projects the first image in the first projection area including the first area to thereby generate imaging data, and a control device configured to identify a position of the recursive reflector based on the imaging data, and decide a second projection area in which the second image is projected based on the position of the recursive reflector, wherein the projection device and the imaging device are disposed so that a contrast ratio between the recursive reflector and a periphery of the recursive reflector becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Publication number: 20210306605
    Abstract: There is provided a setting assistance apparatus including a touch panel, which includes a display apparatus, a camera, and a processor. The processor programmed to cause the camera to capture an image of a projection image projected by a projector on a target to generate a captured image, cause the display apparatus to display the captures image, superimposes a guide image that prompts execution of the operation of setting at least one of the position or size of the projection image on the captured image, and cause the display apparatus to display the superimposed image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Ippei KUROTA
  • Patent number: 11131911
    Abstract: A technique can reduce the time and effort of a user to project a projection image in a projection area on a projection surface. A projector includes: a projection unit projecting a projection image onto a projection surface; an image pickup unit picking up an image of the projection surface and generating a picked-up image; a detection unit detecting a position of a removable object arranged at the projection surface, based on the picked-up image; and an adjustment unit adjusting a projection position of the projection image on the projection surface, based on the position of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Patent number: 11109007
    Abstract: A method for controlling a projector includes projecting a projection image representing a first mark and a second mark on a projection surface, generating captured image data representing a captured image by causing the imaging section to capture an image of the projection image displayed on the projection surface, and detecting the position of the first mark and the position of the second mark based on the captured image data. The first mark and the second mark are so located in the captured image that a first distance between the first mark displayed on the projection surface and the imaging section is longer than a second distance between the second mark displayed on the projection surface and the imaging section. The size of the first mark is greater than the size of the second mark in the captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Publication number: 20210266506
    Abstract: A projection system includes a recursive reflector located in a first area of a projection surface, a projection device configured to project a first image and a second image at respective timings different from each other, an imaging device configured to image a first projection area in a situation in which the projection device projects the first image in the first projection area including the first area to thereby generate imaging data, and a control device configured to identify a position of the recursive reflector based on the imaging data, and decide a second projection area in which the second image is projected based on the position of the recursive reflector, wherein the projection device and the imaging device are disposed so that a contrast ratio between the recursive reflector and a periphery of the recursive reflector becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA