Personal viewer
OwnerWilliam J. Schonlauinventor
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Abstract
A personal viewer system includes a head-mounted display linked to an optical generator which receives images from an electronic image source. The head-mounted display includes a scanner which receives light-based optical images from the optical generator and scans these images onto at least one ellipsoid reflector positionable in front of the eye of a user, such that a scanned image is reflected into the eye of the user. Preferably, the at least one ellipsoid reflector has an inner surface that is only partially reflective so as to permit viewing therethrough. The head-mounted display may include a motion orientation sensor for altering the generated image as the user's head is moved.
Claims31
A personal viewer system, comprising:
- an electronic image source;
- an optical generator adapted to receive an electronic signal from the electronic image source and convert the signal into a light-based optical image;
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- a head-mounted display including means for receiving the optical image, at least one ellipsoid reflector positionable in front of an eye of a user, and means for scanning the image onto the at least one ellipsoid reflector such that the image is reflected into the eye of the user.
A personal viewer system, comprising:
- an electronic image source;
- an optical generator including an image buffer adapted to receive and store electronic image signals form the electronic image source, an image resampling processor in communication with the image buffer, and an optical beam modulator in communication with the image resampling processor and adapted to emit light-based optical images corresponding to the electronic image signals;
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- a head-mounted display including a scanner disposed relative to the image beam modulator such so as to receive the light-based optical images and scan the images onto at least one ellipsoid reflector positionable in front of an eye of a user such that the image is reflected into the eye of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.