Image display device
AssigneeScalar Corporation
InventorMasao Yamamoto
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Abstract
To provide an image display device of the type use while worn on the head without giving a strange impression when used in everyday life. An image display device 1 includes a main body 10 that can be worn on the head of a user, ad a display unit 20 for displaying a predetermined image in such a manner that the image is blurred or beyond the vision of the user when the user wearing the main body 10 on his or her head looks straight ahead, and that the user gets a clear vision of the image when the user moves his or her eyes away. The display unit 20 includes a pair of display units for the right and left eyes which are provided on or in the main body 10 at a position that cannot be seen from anyone other than the user.
Claims8
An image display device comprising a main body in the shape of a glasses frame and display means that is provided in said main body to present an image to a user;
- said display means having:
- a light source, liquid crystal display means that use said light source for the backlight thereof, a reflecting mirror to guide an image produced by said liquid crystal display means to the outside of said main body and an ocular lens for directing said image to said user, all of which are contained within said main body;
- said ocular lens being not very clearly visible for said user when said user wearing said main body looks straight ahead, which becomes clearly visible only when said user moves his or her straight-looking eyes away, said ocular leans being provided at a position that cannot be seen from anyone other than said user.
An image display device comprising a main body having an elongated front unit and a fixing unit for use in mounting said front unit on the head of said user, and display means that is provided in said main body to present an image to said user;
- said display means having:
- a light source, liquid crystal display means that use said light source for the backlight thereof, a reflecting mirror to guide an image produced by said liquid crystal display means to the outside of said main body and an ocular lens for directing said image to said user, all of which are contained within said main body,
- said front unit being placed in front of the eyes of said user along the direction parallel to a line connecting the right and left eyes when said main body is worn on the head of said user;
- said ocular lens being not very clearly visible for said user when said user wearing said main body looks straight ahead, which becomes clearly visible only when said user moves his or her straight-looking eyes away, said ocular lens being provided at a position that cannot be seen from anyone other than said user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.