Patent Grant
9591278
This application claims the priority benefit of Chinese application serial no. 201410269935.X, filed on Jun. 17, 2014. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
Field of the Invention
The invention is directed to a display apparatus and a control method thereof. More particularly, the invention is directed to a projection system and a projection control method.
Description of Related Art
In occasions of using a projector, such as in a conference or in class, the projector is commonly turned off temporarily for waiting for all people in attendance or equipment or data getting ready. However, once the projector is disconnected from other electronic apparatuses, the complicated setting process has to be performed again, which causes much inconvenience to users and also fails to meet demands of energy saving and environmental protection if the projector keeps on.
U.S. Publication No. 20130132859A1, Taiwan Patent No. 1296755, and Taiwan Publication No. 201137664 are disclosures related to a projection apparatus.
The information disclosed in this BACKGROUND section is only for enhancement of understanding of the BACKGROUND of the described technology and therefore it may contain information that does not form the prior art that is already known to a person of ordinary skill in the art. Further, the information disclosed in the BACKGROUND section does not mean that one or more problems to be resolved by one or more embodiments of the invention was acknowledged by a person of ordinary skill in the art.
The invention provides a projection system and a projection control method capable to improve the convenience of use of the projection apparatus and to meet demands of energy saving and environment protection.
Other objectives and advantages of the invention can be further understood by the disclosures of the invention.
To achieve one of, a part of or all of the above-mentioned advantages, or to achieve other advantages, an embodiment of the invention provides a projection system including a projection apparatus and a projection data providing apparatus. The projection apparatus is configured to enter an operating mode from a sleep mode after receiving projection data and project an image light beam according to the projection data. The projection data providing apparatus is configured to determine whether an input operation is received and transmit the projection data to the projection apparatus if the input operation is received.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection data providing apparatus further transmits a projection instruction to the projection apparatus, and the projection apparatus further enters the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection instruction.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection apparatus includes a projection unit, a communication unit, and a processing unit. The projection unit projects the image light beam. The communication unit receives the projection data. The processing unit is coupled with the projection unit and the communication unit, and drives a projection control module. The projection control module controls the projection apparatus to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode and controls the projection unit to project the image light beam according to the projection data.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection data providing apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a processing unit. The storage unit stores the projection data. The communication unit transmits the projection data. The processing unit is coupled with the storage unit and the communication unit, and drives the projection data processing module. The projection data processing module determines whether the input operation is received, and the processing unit controls the communication unit to transmit the projection data to the projection apparatus if the input operation is received. In an embodiment, the processing unit is further connected to a network storage apparatus through the communication unit and receives the projection data from the network storage apparatus.
In an embodiment of the invention, after determining that the input operation is received, the projection data providing apparatus further searches for the projection apparatus according to connection setting data for a wireless connection between the projection data providing apparatus and the projection apparatus and transmits the projection data to the projection apparatus after the projection data providing apparatus and the projection apparatus are connected with each other, and the projection apparatus enters the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection data.
In an embodiment of the invention, after determining that the input operation is received, the projection data providing apparatus further searches for the projection apparatus according to connection setting data for a wireless connection between the projection data providing apparatus and the projection apparatus and transmits the projection instruction and the projection data to the projection apparatus after the projection data providing apparatus and the projection apparatus are connected with each other, and the projection apparatus enters the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection instruction.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection apparatus includes a projection unit, a communication unit, and a processing unit. The projection unit projects the image light beam. The communication unit communicates with the projection data providing apparatus in a wireless connection, and receives the projection instruction and the projection data. The processing unit is coupled with the projection unit and the communication unit, and drives the projection control module. The projection control module controls the projection apparatus to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection instruction and controls the projection unit to project the image light beam according to the projection data.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection data providing apparatus includes a storage unit, a communication unit, and a processing unit. The storage unit stores connection setting data. The communication unit communicates with the projection apparatus in a wireless connection. The processing unit is coupled with the storage unit and the communication unit, and drives the projection data processing module. The projection data processing module determines whether the input operation is received and controls the communication unit to search for the projection apparatus according to the connection setting data if the input operation is received, and the projection instruction and the projection data are transmitted to the projection apparatus through the communication unit after the communication unit and the projection apparatus are connected with each other. In an embodiment of the invention, the processing unit is further connected to a network storage apparatus through the communication unit and receives the projection data from the network storage apparatus.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection apparatus enters the sleep mode from the operating mode according to a sleep instruction.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection data providing apparatus is a touch apparatus, and the input operation is a touch operation.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection data providing apparatus has a physical button or a virtual button, and the input operation is an operation of pressing the physical button or the virtual button.
The invention provides a projection control method applied to a projection apparatus having an operating mode and a sleep mode. The projection control method includes the following steps. Whether an input operation is received is determined. If the input operation is received, projection data is transmitted to the projection apparatus to control the projection apparatus to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode and to project according to the projection data.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection control method further includes the following step. A projection instruction is transmitted to the projection apparatus to control the projection apparatus to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection instruction.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection control method further includes the following step. The projection apparatus is searched according to connection setting data to establish a wireless connection between the projection data providing apparatus capable of providing the projection data and the projection apparatus.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection control method further includes the following step. A sleep instruction is sent to the projection apparatus to control the projection apparatus to enter the sleep mode from the operating mode.
In an embodiment of the invention, the step of controlling the projection apparatus to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode and to project according to the projection data is performed by executing a projection control module.
In an embodiment of the invention, the step of determining whether the input operation is received and the step of transmitting the projection data to the projection apparatus if the input operation is received are performed by executing a projection data processing module.
In an embodiment of the invention, the projection control method further includes the following step. The projection data is received from a network storage apparatus.
In an embodiment of the invention, the input operation is a touch operation.
In an embodiment of the invention, the input operation is an operation of pressing the physical button or the virtual button.
Based on the above, in the embodiments of the invention, the projection apparatus enters the sleep mode, and the projection data providing apparatus transmits the projection data to the projection apparatus when receiving the input operation, such that the projection apparatus enters the operating mode from the sleep mode for projection. Thereby, the convenience of use of the projection apparatus may be improved, and the demands of energy saving and environment protection may also be met.
Other objectives, features and advantages of the present invention will be further understood from the further technological features disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention wherein there are shown and described preferred embodiments of this invention, simply by way of illustration of modes best suited to carry out the invention.
In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
It is to be understood that other embodiment may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. The use of “including,” “comprising,” or “having” and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as additional items. Unless limited otherwise, the terms “connected,” “coupled,” and “mounted,” and variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass direct and indirect connections, couplings, and mountings.
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The projection apparatus 102 may be connected with the projection data providing apparatus 104 in a wired or a wireless connection and project an image light beam on a projection plane according to the projection data D1 provided by the projection data providing apparatus 104 to display a projected image. In the embodiment, the projection apparatus 102 has a sleep mode and an operating mode. Specifically, when the projection apparatus 102 enters the sleep mode from the operating mode, an overall power loss of the projection apparatus 102 may be lowered down to be less than 10% through reducing operation performance (e.g., reducing luminance of a light source thereof down to 2% of an upper luminance threshold) or even disabling some functions (e.g., disconnecting the connection with the projection data providing apparatus 104). Additionally, a timing of the projection apparatus 102 entering the sleep mode may be that when a sleep instruction is received, wherein the sleep instruction may be sent from the projection data providing apparatus 104 or through pressing a sleep button (not shown) disposed on the projection apparatus 102, for example. In some embodiments, whether to enter the sleep mode may be determined according to the projection data D1 received by the projection apparatus 102 itself. For example, when the projection data D1 has been unreceived or contents of the received projection data D1 are the same for a predetermined time period, the projection apparatus 102 enters the sleep mode.
In the embodiment, after the projection apparatus 102 enters the sleep mode, the projection data providing apparatus 104 may determine whether an input operation is received. The projection data providing apparatus 104 transmits the projection data D1 to the projection apparatus 102 if the input operation is received, such that the projection apparatus 102 enters the operating mode from the sleep mode and projects the image light beam according to the projection data D1 provided by the projection data providing apparatus 104.
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Accordingly, the processing unit 102-2 is configured to drive a projection control module, wherein the projection control module controls the projection apparatus 102 to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection data D1 and controls the projection unit 102-1 to project the image light beam. On the other hand, the processing unit 104-2 is configured to drive the projection data processing module, wherein the projection data processing module determines whether an input operation is received, and the processing unit 104-2 controls the communication unit 104-3 to transmit the projection data D1 to the projection apparatus 102 if the input operation is received. To be more detailed, the processing unit 102-2 of the projection apparatus 102 is configured to drive the projection control module to control the projection apparatus 102 to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode after the communication unit 102-3 receives the projection data D1 and to control the projection unit 102-1 to project the image light beam according to the projection data D1. The processing unit 104-2 of the projection data providing apparatus 104 is configured to drive the projection data processing module to determine whether the above input operation is received, and transmits the projection data D1 to the projection apparatus 102 through the communication unit 104-3 after the communication unit 104-3 and the projection apparatus 102 are connected with each other if receiving the input operation is determined. The projection data D1 may be obtained not only from the storage unit 104-1, for example, but also from a network storage apparatus 202 (e.g., a cloud server) connected with the communication unit 104-3 in some embodiments. Therein, the communication unit 104-3 and the network storage apparatus 202 may be connected with each other in a wired or a wireless manner.
The projection control module is, for example, a program code segment written in a computer programming language, and the program code segment may be stored in, for example, a storage unit (not shown) of the projection apparatus 102 and may include a plurality of instructions. As such, in the embodiment, the program code segment may be executed by the processing unit 102-2 to drive the projection control module. Additionally, in other embodiments, the projection control module may be a hardware component composed of one or more circuits coupled to the processing unit 102-2 and driven by the processing unit 102-2. On the other hand, the projection data processing module may be, for example, a program code segment written by a computer programming language stored in, for example, a storage unit (not shown) of the projection data providing apparatus 104 and may include a plurality of instructions. As such, in the embodiment, the program code segment may be executed by the processing unit 104-2 to drive the projection data processing module. Additionally, in other embodiments, the projection data processing module may be a hardware component composed of one or more circuits coupled to the processing unit 104-2 and driven by the processing unit 104-2.
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The step of determining whether the input operation is received, the step of transmitting the projection data to the projection apparatus if the input operation is received, the step of searching for the projection apparatus according to the connection setting data to establish the wireless connection with the projection apparatus if the input operation is received, and the step of transmitting the projection instruction and the projection data to the projection apparatus if the input operation is received may be performed through executing the projection data processing module, for example. Moreover, the step of controlling the projection apparatus to enter the operating mode from the sleep mode and to project according to the projection data may be performed through executing the projection control module, for example.
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To sum up, in the embodiments of the invention, the projection apparatus enters the sleep mode, and the projection data providing apparatus transmits the projection data to the projection apparatus when receiving the input operation, such that the projection apparatus enters the operating mode from the sleep mode for projection. Thereby, the convenience of use of the projection apparatus may be improved, and the demands of energy saving and environment protection may also be met. In the embodiments of the invention, the projection data providing apparatus may further transmit the projection instruction to the projection apparatus, such that the projection apparatus enters the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection instruction. In the embodiments of the invention, the projection data providing apparatus may further search for the projection apparatus according to the connection setting data for the wireless connection between the projection data providing apparatus and the projection apparatus and transmit the projection data to the projection apparatus after the projection data providing apparatus and the projection apparatus are connected with each other, such that the projection apparatus enter the operating mode from the sleep mode according to the projection data.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form or to exemplary embodiments disclosed. Accordingly, the foregoing description should be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. Obviously, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. The embodiments are chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its best mode practical application, thereby to enable persons skilled in the art to understand the invention for various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use or implementation contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their equivalents in which all terms are meant in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated. Therefore, the term “the invention,” “the present invention” or the like does not necessarily limit the claim scope to a specific embodiment, and the reference to particularly preferred exemplary embodiments of the invention does not imply a limitation on the invention, and no such limitation is to be inferred. The invention is limited only by the spirit and scope of the appended claims. The abstract of the disclosure is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, which will allow a searcher to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure of any patent issued from this disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Any advantages and benefits described may not apply to all embodiments of the invention. It should be appreciated that variations may be made in the embodiments described by persons skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. Moreover, no element and component in the present disclosure is intended to be dedicated to the public regardless of whether the element or component is explicitly recited in the following claims.
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