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).

  • Publication number: 20210259029
    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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Koichiro OTA, Makoto SHIGEMITSU
  • Publication number: 20210258207
    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: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Koichiro OTA, Makoto SHIGEMITSU
  • Publication number: 20210176442
    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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Patent number: 11006066
    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; an image pickup unit picking up an image of the projection surface and thus generating picked-up image information representing a picked-up image; an object detection unit detecting the object, based on the picked-up image information; and a projection control unit controlling a brightness of the projection image, based on a result of detection of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Publication number: 20210136339
    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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro KASHIWAGI, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Shiki FURUI
  • Publication number: 20210136338
    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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Akihiro KASHIWAGI, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA, Shiki FURUI
  • Publication number: 20210109428
    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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Patent number: 10979682
    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: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Publication number: 20210076013
    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: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo MANO, Shinji KUBOTA, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Patent number: 10873731
    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: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Mano, Shinji Kubota, Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Publication number: 20200228767
    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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Publication number: 20200221058
    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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo MANO, Shinji KUBOTA, Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Publication number: 20200007835
    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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Publication number: 20200007813
    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; an image pickup unit picking up an image of the projection surface and thus generating picked-up image information representing a picked-up image; an object detection unit detecting the object, based on the picked-up image information; and a projection control unit controlling a brightness of the projection image, based on a result of detection of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Patent number: 10354428
    Abstract: A projector includes a display unit that displays an input image which is based on an input image signal and a plurality of operation detection markers used for operation detection, on a screen, an operation detection unit that detects an operation on each of the plurality of operation detection markers based on the image captured by the imaging unit, and a processing performance control unit that performs processing corresponding to the operation detection marker from which the operation is detected by the operation detection unit. The operation detection unit causes the plurality of operation detection markers to be displayed at the outside of the input image on the screen, and causes a plurality of icons corresponding to each of the plurality of operation detection markers to be displayed at the position corresponding to the operation detection marker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Patent number: 10298894
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection lens, a first imaging section that takes an image of a projection surface, a second imaging section that takes an image of the projection surface with a wider field angle than the first imaging section, a lens mount on which a first projection lens and a second projection lens are mountable in an exchangeable manner, a lens information acquisition section that obtains projection lens identification information used for identifying a projection lens mounted on the lens mount, and a control section. The control section makes the first imaging section take the image of the projection surface when the projection lens identification information indicates that the first projection lens is mounted on the lens mount, and makes the second imaging section take the image of the projection surface when the projection lens identification information indicates that the second projection lens is mounted on the lens mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ichieda, Kenichi Asami, Kanji Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20190124309
    Abstract: A projector includes: a projection unit which projects a projection image on a projection surface; a position detection unit which detects a designated position designated by a pointer on the projection surface; a movement detection unit which detects a movement of the pointer; and a correction unit which corrects a distortion of the projection image, based on the designated position and the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Publication number: 20180220116
    Abstract: A projector includes a projection lens, a first imaging section that takes an image of a projection surface, a second imaging section that takes an image of the projection surface with a wider field angle than the first imaging section, a lens mount on which a first projection lens and a second projection lens are mountable in an exchangeable manner, a lens information acquisition section that obtains projection lens identification information used for identifying a projection lens mounted on the lens mount, and a control section. The control section makes the first imaging section take the image of the projection surface when the projection lens identification information indicates that the first projection lens is mounted on the lens mount, and makes the second imaging section take the image of the projection surface when the projection lens identification information indicates that the second projection lens is mounted on the lens mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ichieda, Kenichi Asami, Kanji Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10025400
    Abstract: A projector displays an image supplied by a PC on a screen using a projection unit, detects a pointed location on the screen using a location detection unit, calculates first coordinates as coordinates of the pointed location in a displayable area of the screen using a coordinate calculation part, converts the calculated first coordinates into second coordinates as coordinates in the supply image using a coordinate conversion part based on image location information indicating a location of the supply image on the screen, outputs the second coordinates obtained by the conversion from an output unit, and corrects the image location information by processing of displaying the image based on a correction image using a control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda
  • Patent number: 9977515
    Abstract: A display device including an image input unit that receives image data from an image supply device, a display unit that displays a display image on a display surface based on image data, a location detection unit that detects a pointed location with respect to the display image on the display surface, a coordinate calculation unit that calculates first coordinates as coordinates of the pointed location in a displayable area on the display surface, a drawing unit that draws an image based on the first coordinates calculated by the coordinate calculation unit, and an output unit that outputs the coordinates to the image supply device based on the first coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ichieda