AI Projector Positioning and Beam Adjustment for Hands-Free Projection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices with projectors require manual user intervention for determining the location, angle, brightness, and height settings for beam output, which is inefficient and inconvenient.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with a camera, projector, adjustment device, driving device, and AI model that autonomously identifies optimal locations and adjusts beam settings to ensure a designated image condition is met, allowing automatic movement and configuration for optimal beam output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual user intervention is used for determining output location and adjusting beam parameters, then the device structure can be simpler, but the ease of operation deteriorates and time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The electronic device autonomously determines the beam output location and adjusts beam parameters using its own camera, processor, and adjustment device without requiring external manual intervention. The device captures images, processes location information, and automatically adjusts the projector settings, enabling self-service operation that improves ease of use while managing device complexity through integrated functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical adjustment of the projector with an automated control system. The processor electronically controls the adjustment device to modify beam parameters based on image analysis, substituting manual mechanical operations with automated electronic control, thereby improving ease of operation without proportionally increasing device complexity.
2Productivity
If manual adjustment of beam parameters is required, then the device complexity is reduced, but the productivity and efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The device performs preliminary actions by capturing images and determining the optimal beam output location before actually projecting the beam. The processor analyzes the captured image data in advance to identify the best output location and adjusts beam parameters proactively, ensuring ready-to-use configuration that improves productivity by eliminating setup delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The device uses feedback from the camera to continuously monitor and adjust beam parameters. The processor analyzes images captured by the camera and automatically adjusts the projector settings based on this feedback, creating a closed-loop control system that improves productivity by ensuring optimal beam output without manual intervention while managing device complexity through efficient feedback processing.
3Ease of operation
If autonomous AI-based location identification and beam adjustment are implemented, then ease of operation and productivity improve, but the device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The processor performs multiple functions including image capture coordination, location identification, beam parameter calculation, and adjustment device control. By making the processor universal and multi-functional, the patent improves ease of operation through autonomous AI-based operation while managing device complexity by consolidating multiple functions into a single processing unit rather than adding separate dedicated components for each function.
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AI summary
An electronic device, according to one embodiment, comprises a camera, a memory, a driving device, a projector, an adjustment device, and a processor, and can be configured to: identify, if the electronic device is positioned in a specific space, first values for positions at which a beam corresponding to content is to be output through the projector in the specific space; determine, on the basis of the first values, a first position at which the beam corresponding to the content is to be output through the projector; control the driving device such that the electronic device moves to the first position; when the electronic device moves to the first position, output, through the projector, a first beam for testing to a first surface corresponding to the first position; input, into a first artificial intelligence (AI) model stored in the memory, a first image corresponding to the first beam displayed on the first surface captured by the camera, so as to confirm whether the first image satisfies a designated image condition; control, on the basis of the confirmation that the first image does no satisfy the designated image condition, the adjustment device and/or the driving device such that the first image satisfies the designated image condition; and, on the basis of the confirmation that the first image satisfies the designated image condition, output, to the first surface, the first beam corresponding to the content through the projector while controlling the adjustment device and/or the driving device in a state corresponding to the designated image condition.