Patent ID: 8919963

Claim:
A projector comprising: an image modulation section that modulates light emitted from a light source in accordance with a video signal to form an optical image; a projection section that projects the optical image on a projection surface; a drawing area setting section that sets a drawing area within a specified portion of an image modulation area where the light is modulated to form the optical image, the portion of the image modulation area within which the drawing area is set being specified by drawing area specifying information provided by a user, the drawing area being an area where a template image is drawn; and a template image generating section that generates the template image to be drawn in the drawing area, wherein the template image generating section does not generate the template image to be drawn in a portion of the image modulation area that is outside the drawing area, and the drawing area specifying information provided by the user specifies one or more positions within the drawing area and comprises a plurality of area specifying marks that specify a plurality of points on an edge of the drawing area.