Patent Document ID: 9507147
Application ID: 13767360
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A target tracking projector, comprising: a marker search illuminator configured to project illuminating light into a view; an image capture component configured to capture target images of objects within the view, the target image comprising at least three reflective marker images each comprising a respective image of each reflection of the illuminating light by the at least three reflective markers; an image processor configured to process the target images to determine, based upon locations of each of the at least three reflective marker images identified within the target image, a distance from a projection lens, at least one projection angle from the projection lens, and a pose angle of an image receiving area located within the view, the pose angle comprising a pitch angle, a yaw angle, and a roll angle relative to the projection lens, wherein the image receiving area comprises a first image receiving area and a second image receiving area that is separate from the first image receiving area, wherein the image processor is further configured to process the target images to determine, based upon locations of the at least three reflective marker images, at least a first distance and a first orientation of the first image receiving area relative to the projection lens, and a second distance and a second orientation of the second image receiving area relative to the projection lens; and a projection controller configured to create a projected image by adjusting image data based upon the distance and the pose angle of the image receiving area so as to geometrically correct for the pose angle and cause the projected image to be squarely received at the image receiving area, wherein the projection controller is further configured to create a first sub-image and a second sub-image within the projected image, the first sub-image being projected to the first image receiving area and created by adjusting image data based upon the first distance and the first orientation of the first image receiving area so as to cause the projected image to arrive squarely at the first image receiving area, the second sub-image being projected to the second image receiving area and created by adjusting image data based upon the second distance and the second orientation of the image receiving area so as to cause the projected image to arrive squarely at the second image receiving area; and an image projector configured to project the projected image along the at least one projection angle to the image receiving area.