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US 10,379,605 B2Granted
Head mounted display, mobile information terminal, image processing apparatus, display control program, display control method, and display system
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorYosuke Kurihara
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Abstract
A head-mounted display wearable on the head of a user includes: a display device disposed on an inner surface of the head-mounted display worn by the user on the head; a touch pad disposed on an outer surface of the head-mounted display worn by the user on the head, the touch pad being able to detect contact with or proximity of a body part of the user; and a display controlling unit acquiring data of an image generated on the basis of input information indicative of the touch pad detecting the contact with or the proximity of the body part of the user, the display controlling unit further causing a display device to display the acquired image data.
Claims6
A head-mounted display wearable on the head of a user, the head-mounted display comprising:
- a display device disposed on an inner surface of the head-mounted display worn by the user on the head;
- a plurality of touch sensitive input devices, each disposed on an outer surface of the head-mounted display worn by the user on the head, each of the input devices having a respective input area being able to detect contact with or proximity of a body part of the user;
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- a display controlling unit configured to acquire data of an image generated based on input information indicative of the input device detecting the contact with or the proximity of the body part of the user, the display controlling unit further causing the display device to display the acquired image data,
- wherein each of the respective input areas of the respective input devices is associated with a respective one of a plurality of divided areas making up the image, such that contact with, or the proximity, of the body part of the user to each of the respective input areas of the respective input devices causes a respective manipulation of the associated, respective divided areas making up the image.
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A display control method comprising:
- disposing a display device on an inner surface of a head-mounted display worn on a head of a user;
- disposing each of a plurality of touch sensitive input devices on an outer surface of the head-mounted display, each of the input devices having a respective input area being able to detect contact with or proximity of a body part of the user;
- acquiring data of an image generated based on input information indicative of the input device detecting the contact with or the proximity of the body part of the user, and further causing the display device to display the acquired image data,
- wherein each of the respective input areas of the respective input devices is associated with a respective one of a plurality of divided areas making up the image, such that contact with, or the proximity, of the body part of the user to each of the respective input areas of the respective input devices causes a respective manipulation of the associated, respective divided areas making up the image.
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A display system comprising:
- a head-mounted display configured to be wearable on the head of a user;
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- an image processing apparatus configured to generate an image to be displayed on the head-mounted display,
- wherein the head-mounted display includes
- a display device disposed on an inner surface of the head-mounted display worn by the user on the head;
- a plurality of touch sensitive input devices, each disposed on an outer surface of the head-mounted display worn by the user on the head, each of the input devices having a respective input area being able to detect contact with or proximity of a body part of the user;
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- a display controlling unit configured to acquire data of an image generated based on input information indicative of the input device detecting the contact with or the proximity of the body part of the user, the display controlling unit further causing the display device to display the acquired image data,
- wherein each of the respective input areas of the respective input devices is associated with a respective one of a plurality of divided areas making up the image, such that contact with, or the proximity, of the body part of the user to each of the respective input areas of the respective input devices causes a respective manipulation of the associated, respective divided areas making up the image, and
- the image processing apparatus includes
- an image generating unit configured to acquire the input information and generate the image data based on the input information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.