CN-122029802-A - Method for supporting a cluster of projection devices and system therefor

CN122029802ACN 122029802 ACN122029802 ACN 122029802ACN-122029802-A

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a system for supporting a cluster of projection devices. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and system that allows an administrator (user) desiring to cluster a plurality of projection devices within a theater to utilize an interface provided by a management server to facilitate the clustering of the plurality of projection devices.

Inventors

JIN JINGHUAN
Jin Quanyi
Xuan Chengbi
WEI DAXIAN
JIN FANQI
ZHENG SHENGHUA

Assignees

CJ4DPLEX有限公司

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20241018
Priority Date: 20231018

Claims (12)

1. A method for supporting a cluster of projection devices, the method comprising: (a) A cinema information setting step of providing a cinema information input interface allowing a user to set cinema information, and receiving cinema information input for a cinema including a plurality of projection surfaces from the user; (b) A projection device adding step of providing a projection device setting interface for setting a plurality of projection devices to output images across the plurality of projection surfaces and receiving projection device addition inputs for the plurality of projection devices from the user, and (C) A clustering step of providing a cluster interface for clustering the added plurality of projection devices and receiving a cluster adjustment input from a user.
2. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 1, the method further comprising: (d) An image area setting step of providing an image area setting interface for setting an image area of an image projected by the clustered projection apparatus, and receiving an image area adjustment input from the user.
3. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 1, wherein the cluster interface comprises: A plurality of projection screen areas, each projection screen area corresponding to each of the projection devices to be clustered; a plurality of cluster points displayed on each of the projection screen areas, and And the editing menu is used for supporting cluster adjustment input of the user.
4. A method for supporting clusters of projection devices according to claim 3, wherein cluster projection points each corresponding to each of the plurality of cluster points are displayed on a projection area on which the images output by the plurality of projection devices are projected, and Wherein the cluster adjustment input from the user comprises an input that the user wishes to overlap with at least some of the cluster proxels.
5. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 4, wherein the cluster interface further displays a polygon formed by connecting the plurality of cluster points, and A polygon formed by connecting clustered projection points on the projection area.
6. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 2, further comprising a trimming step after step (d) of providing an image distortion interface for editing a distortion of the image projected by the clustered projection devices, and receiving an image distortion adjustment input for trimming the image from the user.
7. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 6, wherein the image warping interface comprises: a grid editing screen for displaying a plurality of reference lines and a plurality of patterns; A plurality of control points displayed on the grid editing screen, and And the editing menu is used for supporting the image distortion adjustment input of the user.
8. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 2, further comprising an edge blending step after step (d) of providing an edge blending interface for edge blending images projected by the projection devices of the cluster and receiving an image region to be edge blended and an edge blending start input from a user.
9. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 2, further comprising a masking step after step (d) of providing a masking interface for masking at least some regions of the image projected by the clustered projection devices and receiving a masked-area editing input from the user.
10. The method for supporting a cluster of projection devices of claim 9, wherein said mask interface comprises an edit menu for supporting a mask area edit input of said user, Wherein the edit menu includes: A mask area display button, and Buttons for linear editing or curved editing of the mask area.
11. A management server for supporting clusters of projection devices, the management server comprising a central processing unit and a memory, wherein the central processing unit executes instructions stored in the memory to perform a method for supporting clusters of projection devices, Wherein the method for supporting a cluster of projection devices comprises: (a) A cinema information setting step of providing a cinema information input interface allowing a user to set cinema information, and receiving cinema information input for a cinema including a plurality of projection surfaces from the user; (b) A projection device adding step of providing a projection device setting interface for setting a plurality of projection devices to output images across the plurality of projection surfaces and receiving projection device addition inputs for the plurality of projection devices from the user, and (C) A clustering step of providing a cluster interface for clustering the added plurality of projection devices and receiving a cluster adjustment input from the user.
12. The management server of claim 11, wherein the method for supporting clusters of projection devices further comprises: (d) An image area setting step of providing an image area setting interface for setting an image area of the image projected by the clustered projection apparatus, and receiving an image area adjustment input from the user.

Description

Method for supporting a cluster of projection devices and system therefor Technical Field The invention relates to a method and a system for supporting a cluster (clustering) of projection devices. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and system that allows an administrator (user) desiring to cluster a plurality of projection devices within a theater to utilize an interface provided by a management server to facilitate the clustering of the plurality of projection devices. Background Multi-screen cinema, which aims to enhance the sense of immersion by utilizing multiple projection devices and multiple projection surfaces, is becoming increasingly popular. Thus, defining multiple projection devices as a single cluster for unified control is critical because the same video must be projected onto multiple surfaces. Furthermore, it is critical to adjust the video to ensure proper projection by the commonly controlled projection devices. However, these tasks of clustering and video adjustment are too complex for an administrator (i.e., user) to perform manually by the processing machine. Without the software to support these tasks, it is almost impossible to complete these tasks. The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and has as its object to perform clustering to uniformly control a plurality of projection devices within a cinema, and also to support adjustment of videos projected by these projection devices. Disclosure of Invention Technical problem It is therefore an object of the invention to help a user to easily cluster a plurality of projection devices. In particular, it is another object of the present invention to enhance user convenience by providing a dedicated interface that enables intuitive understanding and execution of tasks, even for users with limited experience. It is a further object of the invention to enhance user convenience by providing an interface that not only facilitates the clustering of projection devices but also allows the video to be adjusted to ensure that the video is properly projected onto the projection surface after the clustering process. Meanwhile, the above-described objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described objects, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. Technical proposal In order to solve the above-described problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for supporting a cluster of projection devices, the method including (a) a cinema information setting step of providing a cinema information input interface allowing a user to set cinema information and receiving cinema information input including a cinema of a plurality of projection surfaces from the user, (b) a projection device adding step of providing a projection device setting interface for setting a plurality of projection devices to output images across the plurality of projection surfaces and receiving projection device adding input of the plurality of projection devices from the user, and (c) a cluster step of providing a cluster interface for clustering the added plurality of projection devices and receiving cluster adjustment input from the user. Furthermore, the method for supporting a cluster of projection devices may further comprise (d) an image area setting step of providing an image area setting interface for setting an image area of an image projected by the clustered projection devices and receiving an image area adjustment input from a user. Furthermore, according to a method for supporting a cluster of projection devices, a cluster interface may include a plurality of projection screen areas, each projection screen area corresponding to each of the projection devices to be clustered, a plurality of cluster points displayed on each of the projection screen areas, and an edit menu for supporting a cluster adjustment input of a user. In addition, according to a method for supporting clusters of projection devices, cluster projection points each corresponding to each of a plurality of cluster points are displayed on a projection area that projects an image output by a plurality of projection devices, and a cluster adjustment input from a user may include an input that the user wishes to overlap with at least some of the cluster projection points. In addition, according to the method for supporting the cluster of the projection device, the cluster interface may also display a polygon formed by connecting a plurality of cluster points and a polygon formed by connecting cluster projection points on the projection area. Furthermore, according to the method for supporting a cluster of projection devices, the method may further comprise a trimming step after step (d) of providing an image distortion interface for editing a distortion of an image projected by the clustered projection devices, and receiving an image distortion adjustmen