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US 9,488,757 B2Granted
Display apparatus assembly
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHiroshi Mukawa
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Abstract
A display apparatus assembly includes: a display apparatus; and a speed measuring device that measures a movement speed of the display apparatus, wherein the display apparatus includes a glass-type frame that is mounted on a head of an observer and two image displaying devices for left and right eyes that are mounted in the frame, each of the image displaying devices includes an image forming device, an optical system that forms light output from the image forming device to be parallel light, and an optical device to which light output from the optical system is incident and in which the light is guided so as to be output, and a convergence angle is changed based on the movement speed of the display apparatus that is measured by the speed measuring device.
Claims20
A display apparatus assembly comprising:
- a display apparatus;
- a controller;
- and
- a speed measuring device that measures a speed of the display apparatus,
- wherein,
- the display apparatus includes an eye glasses-type frame that is mountable on a head of an observer and two image displaying devices mounted in the frame, the image displaying devices generating a virtual image for left and right eyes of the observer, respectively,
- each of the image displaying devices includes (a) a virtual image forming device (b) an optical system that propagates light output from the corresponding virtual image forming device as parallel light, and (c) an optical device comprising an observer-transparent light guiding plate to which the parallel light output from the optical system is incident on a first surface of the light guiding plate and in which the light is guided so as to be output from the first surface of the light guiding plate to the respective eye of the observer while enabling the observer to view the real space image, the light guiding plate being in a line of vision of the respective eye, the observer being able to see a real space image through the light guide plate, the real space image being a real-world image or scene,
- the virtual image and the real space image are able to be viewed simultaneously via the light guiding plates, and
- the controller is configured to change a convergence angle of the virtual image displayed by the display apparatus by relatively moving an optical axis of each image forming device and an optical axis of the corresponding optical system in a horizontal direction based on the speed of the display apparatus as measured by the speed measuring device.
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A display apparatus assembly comprising:
- a display apparatus;
- a controller;
- and
- a speed measuring device that measures a speed of the display apparatus,
- wherein,
- the display apparatus includes an eye glasses-type frame that is mountable on a head of an observer and an image displaying device that is mounted in the eye glasses-type frame, the image displaying device generating a virtual image for an eye of the observer,
- the image displaying device includes (a) a virtual image forming device (b) an optical system that propagates light output from the image forming device as parallel light, and (c) an optical device comprising an observer-transparent light guiding plate to which the parallel light output from the optical system is incident on a first surface of the light guiding plate and in which the light is guided so as to be output from the first surface of the light guiding plate to the eye of the observer while enabling the observer to view the real space image, the light guiding plate being in a line of vision of the eye, the observer being able to see a real space image through the light guide plate, the real space image being a real-world image or scene,
- the virtual image and the real space image are able to be viewed simultaneously via the light guiding plate, and
- the controller is configured to change a virtual-image distance of the virtual image displayed by the image displaying device by changing a focal distance of the optical system based on the speed of the display apparatus as measured by the speed measuring device.
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A display apparatus assembly comprising:
- a display apparatus;
- a controller;
- and
- a speed measuring device that measures a speed of the display apparatus,
- wherein,
- the display apparatus includes an eye glasses-type frame that is mountable on a head of an observer and an image displaying device that is mounted in the eye glasses-type frame, the image displaying device generating a virtual image for an eye of the observer,
- the image displaying device includes (a) a virtual image forming device, (b) an optical system that propagates light output from the image forming device as parallel light, and (c) an optical device comprising an observer-transparent light guiding plate to which the parallel light output from the optical system is incident on a first surface of the light guiding plate and in which the light is guided so as to be output from the first surface of the light guiding plate to an eye of the observer while enabling the observer to view the real space image, the light guiding plate being in a line of vision of the eye, the observer being able to see a real space image through the light guide plate, the real space image being a real-world image or scene,
- the virtual image and the real space image are able to be viewed simultaneously via the light guiding plate, and
- the controller is configured to a luminance of the virtual image or a resolution of the virtual image based on the speed of the display apparatus as measured by the speed measuring device.
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A display apparatus assembly comprising:
- a display apparatus;
- a controller;
- and
- a acceleration measuring device that measures acceleration of the display apparatus during a movement of the display apparatus,
- wherein,
- the display apparatus includes an eye glasses-type frame that is mountable on a head of an observer and an image displaying device that is mounted in the frame, the image displaying device generating a virtual image for an eye of the observer,
- the image displaying device includes (a) a virtual image forming device, (b) an optical system that propagates light output from the image forming device as parallel light, and (c) an optical device comprising an observer-transparent light guiding plate to which the parallel light output from the optical system is incident on a first surface of the light guiding plate and in which the light is guided so as to be output from the first surface of the light guiding plate to the eye of the observer while enabling the observer to view a real space image through the light guiding plate, the light guiding plate being in a line of vision of the eye, the real space image being a real-world image or scene,
- the virtual image and the real space image are able to be viewed simultaneously via the light guiding plate, and
- the controller stops an operation of the image displaying device when an absolute value of the acceleration of the display apparatus during the movement of the display apparatus as measured by the acceleration measuring device is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
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A head-mounted display comprising:
- a frame with a head-mounted display that is mountable on a head of an observer;
- a display apparatus that generates a virtual image incident on a first surface of an observer-transparent light guiding plate to be guided and output from the first surface of the light guiding plate to an eye of an observer while enabling the observer to view a real space image through the light guiding plate, the real space image being a real-world image or scene, the light guiding plate being in a line of vision of the eye;
- a controller;
- and
- a speed measuring device that measures a speed of the display apparatus,
- wherein,
- the controller changes a convergence angle of the virtual image displayed by the display apparatus by relatively moving an optical axis of the image forming device and an optical axis of the corresponding optical system in a horizontal direction to minimize focal point differences between a real space image and the virtual image based on the speed of the display apparatus as measured by the speed measuring device, and
- the virtual image and the real space image are able to be viewed simultaneously via the light guiding plate.
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A head-mounted display comprising:
- a frame with a head-mounted display that is mountable on a head of an observer;
- a display apparatus that projects a virtual image incident on a first surface of an observer-transparent light guiding plate to be guided and output from the first surface of the light guiding plate to the eye of an observer while enabling the observer to view a real space image through the light guiding plate, the real space image being a real-world image or scene, the light guiding plate being in a line of vision of the eye;
- a controller;
- and
- a speed measuring device that measures a speed of the display apparatus,
- wherein,
- the controller is configured to change a focal distance of the display apparatus to minimize focal point differences between a real space image and the virtual image based on the speed of the display apparatus as measured by the speed measuring device, and
- the virtual image and the real space image are able to be viewed simultaneously via the light guiding plate.
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A head-mounted display comprising:
- a frame with a head-mounted display that is mountable on a head of an observer;
- a display apparatus that projects a virtual image incident on a first surface of an observer-transparent light guiding plate to be guided and output from the first surface of the light guiding plate to an eye of an observer while enabling the observer to view a real space image through the light guiding plate, the real space image being a real-world image or scene, the light guiding plate being in a line of vision of the eye;
- a controller;
- and
- a speed measuring device that measures a speed of the display apparatus,
- wherein,
- the controller is configured to change a luminance of the virtual image or a resolution of the virtual image based on the speed of the display apparatus as measured by the speed measuring device, and
- the virtual image and real space image are able to be viewed simultaneously via the light guiding plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.