Head mounted display device, sound transmission system, and control method for head mounted display device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKaori Sendai, Masahide Takano
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Abstract
An HMD including an image display unit mounted on a user's head to display an image, a right earphone and a left earphone to be installed in the user's right and left ears to output sound based on a sound signal of a right channel for a right ear and a sound signal of a left channel for a left ear, a second communication unit configured to receive a sound signal, and a control unit configured to assign a sound signal for sound associated with a displayed image displayed by the image display unit and the sound signal received by the second communication unit to the left channel and the right channel to output the sound signals as sound.
Claims15
A head mounted display device comprising:
- a display unit mounted on a user's head to display an image;
- a sound output unit configured to output sound to a right channel and to a left channel;
- a communication unit configured to receive a sound signal;
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- a control unit configured to assign both sounds associated with the image displayed by the display unit and sounds received by the communication unit based on a sound signal associated with the image displayed by the display unit and a sound signal received by the communication unit to the left channel and the right channel.
A sound transmission system comprising:
- a transmission device configured to transmit a sound signal;
- and
- a head mounted display device configured to receive the sound signal transmitted by the transmission device, wherein
- the head mounted display device includes
- a display unit mounted on a user's head to display an image,
- a sound output unit configured to output sound to a right channel and to a left channel,
- a communication unit configured to receive the sound signal, and
- a control unit configured to assign both sounds associated with the image displayed by the display unit and sounds received by the communication unit based on a sound signal associated with the image displayed by the display unit and a sound signal received b the communication unit to the left channel and the right channel.
A control method for a head mounted display device including a display unit mounted on a user's head to display an image, a sound output unit configured to output sound to a right channel and to a left channel, and a communication unit, the control method comprising:
- receiving a sound signal by the communication unit;
- assigning both sounds associated with the image displayed by the display unit and sounds received by the communication unit based on a sound signal associated with the image displayed by the display unit and a sound signal received by the communication unit to the left channel and the right channel;
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- outputting, by the sound output unit, the sound signal assigned to the left channel and the sound signal assigned to the right channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.