Head-mounted visual display apparatus
AssigneeVirtual Research Systems
InventorsBruce R. Bassett, Kenneth Pimentel, Peter A. Ronzani
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Abstract
A head-mounted visual display apparatus for displaying an image generated by an image generator to a wearer of the apparatus. The visual display apparatus comprises a helmet (10) comprising a shell and a headband (66) engaged to an interior surface of the shell; an adjustment mechanism (90) mounted to an exterior surface of the helmet for adjusting the size of the headband; and a video display (18,20) housed within the helmet and connected to the image generator for displaying the image. In a preferred embodiment the adjustment mechanism includes a knob (90) mounted on an exterior surface of the shell and connected to the headband by a rotatable shaft (99) disposed through the shell between the knob and the headband.
Claims12
A head-mounted visual display apparatus comprising:
- a helmet comprising a shell and a headband including an engagement surface for a viewer's head;
- an adjustment mechanism mounted exterior to the shell for adjusting a size of the engagement surface comprising:
- a knob mounted to an exterior surface of the shell;
- a rotatable shaft coupled to the knob and extending through a hole in the shell from the exterior surface to an interior portion of the shell;
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- a gear movably coupled to the engagement surface and rotatably coupled to the rotatable shaft such that rotation of the rotatable shaft adjusts the size of the engagement surface;
- an image generator for generating an image;
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- a video display housed within the helmet and connected to the image generator for displaying the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.