Animal-wearable first person view system
AssigneeCommand Sight, Inc.
InventorsAlan Robert Peper, Jr., Nenad Nestorovic
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Abstract
An animal-wearable head-mountable display (AW-HMD) device comprises a head fitting designed to fit the head of an animal, and an output subsystem coupled to or integral with the head fitting and configured to output a signal to the animal. The device can comprise an optical module configured to project images into an eye of the animal, and various other modules, such as an audio module, a tactile module and/or an olfactory module. An animal-wearable first person view (AW-FPV) system may be used separately or in conjunction with the AW-HMD device, to enable a remote human user to view the animal's real-world environment from the animal's point of view.
Claims16
A head-mountable display device comprising:
- a frame designed to fit against the head of an animal;
- a bracket coupled to the frame;
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- an output subsystem coupled to the bracket, the output subsystem including a display generation element and a passive optical element, wherein the passive optical element is at least partially transparent, is optically coupled to the display generation element and is held in place by the bracket, the display generation element and the passive optical element collectively positioned to project an image into an eye of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the animal and in operation, wherein at least one of the display generation element or the passive optical element is aligned with a line of sight of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the head of the animal.
A head-mountable display device, comprising:
- a head piece including a frame designed to fit against the head of an animal that has a plurality of eyes;
- the frame designed to surround the plurality of eyes of the animal when fitted against the head of the animal;
- a bracket coupled to the frame;
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- an output subsystem coupled to the bracket, the output subsystem including a display generation element and a beamsplitter/combiner, wherein the beamsplitter/combiner is at least partially transparent, is optically coupled to the display generation element and is held in place by the bracket, the display generation element and the beamsplitter/combiner collectively positioned to project an image into an eye of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the animal and in operation, wherein at least one of the display generation element or the beamsplitter/combiner is aligned with the line of sight of the animal when the head-mountable display device is mounted to the head of the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.