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US 2015/0084840 A1Published application
Head-mounted display and method of controlling the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJihwan KIM, Doyoung LEE, Sinae CHUN, Yongsin KIM
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a head-mounted display and a method of controlling the same, more particularly, a method of displaying an image preview interface based on the position of a camera unit in the case that the camera unit mounted to a head-mounted display is detached.
Claims20
A head-mounted display (HMD) comprising a first body and a second body, wherein:
- the first body comprises:
- a display unit configured to display visual information;
- a first communication unit configured to transmit/receive data;
- and
- a processor configured to control the display unit and the first communication unit;
- and
- the second body comprises:
- a camera unit configured to sense an image;
- a second communication unit configured to transmit/receive data;
- and
- a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal,
- wherein the second body is mountable to and detachable from the first body,
- wherein, when the second body is detached from the first body, the processor is further configured to:
- acquire a position of the second body with respect to the first body, and
- display, on the display unit, an image preview interface of the image sensed through the camera unit, wherein a position of the image preview interface is determined based on the position of the second body with respect to the first body.
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A method of controlling a head-mounted display including a first body and a second body, the method comprising, in the case that the second body is detached from the first body, the steps of:
- acquiring a position of the second body with respect to the first body;
- and
- displays, on the display unit, an image preview interface of an image sensed through the camera unit, wherein a position of the image preview interface is determined based on the position of the second body with respect to the first body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.