Samsung patents projector that splits screen for video and controls
Samsung has been granted a patent for an electronic device that uses a projector to display media content in a large area while showing user interface controls in a separate, smaller area. The device analyzes the projection surface to determine the best layout for these distinct zones, ensuring the interface fits the available space without overlapping the main video.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device is provided for obtaining information for a plane on which light emitted from a projector is to be projected. The electronic device includes a processor, which identifies, from the plane based on the information, a first area having a first ratio, and a second area smaller than the first area. Moreover, the processor obtains, in a state that a media content displays in the first area identified by a communication circuitry, user interface (UI) associated with the media content. The processor controls the projector to display, in the second area, the UI having layout based on a width and a height of the second area. The electronic device may be provided in a metaverse or in a metaverse service for enhancing interconnectivity between real and virtual objects.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device, comprising: a projector; and a processor configured to: obtain information related to a projection area on which light emitted from the projector is to be projected; determine, based on the information, a first area in the projection area to display a content and control the projector to display the content in the first area, the first area having a first ratio; determine, based on the information, a second area smaller than the first area to display user interface (UI) associated with the content and control the projector to display the UI in the second area while the content is displayed in the first area, the UI having layout configured based on a feature of the second area, wherein the second area corresponds to an area that does not overlap the first area.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Electronic device for displaying media content and user interface in plurality of areas and method thereof
- Patent number
- US12756803B2
- Application number
- 18240226
- Filed
- Aug 30, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04N 9/3179 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/0481 Physics & computingG06F 3/0484 Physics & computingG06F 3/1407 Physics & computingG06F 2203/04803 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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