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Head mount display with automatic inter-pupillary distance adjustment

  • US 10,567,745 B2
  • Filed: 10/04/2016
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A head mount display that provides visual content as part of a virtual reality experience for a user and that automatically adjusts an inter-lens distance for the user based on a measured inter-pupillary distance of the user, the head mount display including:

  • a first display and a second display;

    a first display mount connected to the first display;

    a second display mount connected to the second display;

    a gear assembly coupled to the first display mount and to the second display mount;

    a motor coupled to the gear assembly, the motor able to engage the gear assembly to move the first display mount and second display mount closer together or to move the first display mount and the second display mount further apart based on a desired inter-lens distance determined based on the measured inter-pupillary distance of the user; and

    a communication interface coupled to the motor, the communication interface able to receive one or more signals from a remote computing device that drive the motor, the one or more signals causing the motor to adjust the first display mount and the second display mount to the desired inter-lens distance.

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