Video projection system for mobile device

Abstract

A mobile device includes a processor, a memory that stores components executable by the processor, and a projection assembly. The projection assembly includes a projector, a lens, a movable mirror, and a first projection surface integral with a surface of the mobile device. The components include a projection component and a control component. The projection component determines the projection parameters, and projects the image onto the movable minor, dependent upon the projection parameters. The control component causes the projector and the lens to focus the image onto the first projection surface, and further causes the movable mirror to reflect the image onto the first projection surface.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A mobile device, comprising:
 a processor;   a memory storing components executable by the processor;   a projection assembly including a projector, a lens, a movable mirror, and a first projection surface integral with a surface of the mobile device; and   wherein the components include a projection component and a control component, the projection component determining one or more projection parameters and causing the projector to project an image onto the movable minor, dependent at least in part upon the projection parameters, the control component causing the projector and the lens to focus the image onto the first projection surface, the control component further causing the movable minor to reflect the image as a first projected image onto the first projection surface.   
     
     
         2 . The mobile device of  claim 1 , wherein the first projection surface is a translucent light-diffusing surface. 
     
     
         3 . The mobile device of  claim 2 , wherein the first projection surface is configured to match at least one of a shape, contour, texture and color of the surface of the mobile device. 
     
     
         4 . The mobile device of  claim 3 , wherein the first projection surface is configured to conceal an interior of the mobile device and the projection assembly thereof regardless of whether the first projected image is being projected onto the first projection surface, such that the interior of the mobile device and the projection assembly thereof are not visible from an exterior of the mobile device. 
     
     
         5 . The mobile device of  claim 1 , further comprising a projection surface shutter associated with the first projection surface, the projection surface shutter being operable to pass the first projected image to and block the first projected image from the first projection surface. 
     
     
         6 . The mobile device of  claim 1 , further comprising a projection window, the control component being further configured to cause the movable minor to reflect the image through the projection window as a second projected image onto a second position of a second projection surface. 
     
     
         7 . The mobile device of  claim 6 , the control component being further configured to cause the movable minor to reflect the image through the projection window as a third projected image onto a third position of the second projection surface. 
     
     
         8 . The mobile device of  claim 7 , further comprising a projection window shutter associated with the projection window, the control component being further configured to cause the projection window shutter to pass the second and third projected images to and block the second and third projected images from the second projection surface. 
     
     
         9 . The mobile device of  claim 7 , wherein the projection component when executed by the processor is further configured to adjust one or more of the projection parameters of the projected image to thereby compensate for a distortion of any of the first, second and third projected images. 
     
     
         10 . The mobile device of  claim 9 , wherein the projection component adjusts the projection parameters dependent at least in part upon one or more of the characteristics of at least one of the first and second projection surfaces. 
     
     
         11 . The mobile device of  claim 10 , wherein the mobile device further comprises one or more sensors configured for sensing the one or more characteristics of the first and second projection surfaces, the projection component adjusting the projection parameters dependent at least in part upon the one or more characteristics of at least one of the first and second projection surfaces sensed by the sensors. 
     
     
         12 . The mobile device of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more characteristics of the first and second projection surfaces sensed by the sensors include one or more of a color, a curvature and a contour of the first and second projection surfaces, and a distance from at least one of the mobile device and the projection assembly to at least one of the first and second projection surfaces. 
     
     
         13 . One or more computer-readable storage media comprising code that, when executed by a processor of an autonomous device, causes the autonomous device to:
 determine one or more projection parameters and causing a projector to project an image dependent at least in part upon the projection parameters; and   project the image onto a target projection surface as a projected image.   
     
     
         14 . The computer-readable storage media of  claim 13 , wherein the projection component determines the projection parameters dependent at least in part upon one or more characteristics of the target projection surface. 
     
     
         15 . The computer-readable storage media of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more characteristics of the target projection surface are determined at least in part by one or more sensors sensing the one or more characteristics. 
     
     
         16 . The computer-readable storage media of  claim 15 , wherein the one or more characteristics of the target projection surface sensed by the sensors include one or more of a color, a curvature and a contour of the target projection surface, and a distance to the target projection surface. 
     
     
         17 . A mobile computing device, comprising:
 a processor;   a memory storing components executable by the processor;   a projection assembly including a projector, a lens, a movable mirror, and a first projection surface integral with a surface of the mobile device; and   wherein the components include a projection component and a control component, the projection component determining one or more projection parameters and causing the projector to project an image onto the movable minor, dependent at least in part upon the projection parameters, the control component causing the projector and the lens to focus the image onto the first projection surface, the control component further causing the movable minor to reflect the image as a first projected image onto the first projection surface.   one or more sensors configured for sensing the one or more characteristics of the first projection surface, wherein the projection component is to adjust the projection parameters dependent at least in part upon the one or more characteristics sensed by the sensors.   
     
     
         18 . The mobile computing device of  claim 17 , further comprising a projection window, the control component being further configured to:
 cause the movable minor to reflect the image through the projection window as a second projected image onto a second position of a second projection surface; and   cause the movable minor to reflect the image through a projection window as a third projected image onto a third position of the second projection surface.   
     
     
         19 . The mobile computing device of  claim 7 , further comprising a projection window shutter associated with the projection window, the control component being further configured to cause the projection window shutter to pass the second and third projected images to and block the second and third projected images from the second projection surface. 
     
     
         20 . The mobile computing device of  claim 7 , wherein the projection component when executed by the processor is further configured to adjust one or more of the projection parameters of the projected image to thereby compensate for a distortion of any of the first, second and third projected images, dependent at least in part upon one or more of the characteristics of at least one of the first and second projection surfaces.