IMAGING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD

• US 20080088646A1
• Filed: 09/25/2007
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Tsuruta, Masaaki, Ito, Taiji, Asukai, Masamichi, SAKO, Yoichiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,253,760 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/647
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/398 Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/11 for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths

Abstract

An imaging display apparatus, includes: display means for image display; first image signal generation means for generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object; second image signal generation means for generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means; and control means for allowing, simultaneously on the display means, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation means.

Claims

1. An imaging display apparatus, comprising:

display means for image display;

first image signal generation means for generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object;

second image signal generation means for generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means; and

control means for allowing, simultaneously on the display means, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation means.

2. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display means is disposed before eyes of a user for the image display.

3. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display means is formed in a chassis different from a chassis including therein the first image signal generation means.

4. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the first image signal generation means includes:

the imaging section;

a signal processing section that performs signal processing with respect to the captured image signal captured by the imaging section.

5. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second image signal generation means

generates the display image signal to be supplied to the display means based on the captured image signal captured by the imaging section.

6. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the second image signal generation means includes:

the imaging section;

a signal processing section that performs signal processing with respect to the captured image signal captured by the imaging section.

7. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the second image signal generation means generates the display image signal of the image different from the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means by operation control exercised by the imaging section over an imaging lens system.

8. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the second image signal generation means generates the display image signal of the image different from the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means by the signal processing in the signal processing section.

9. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second image signal generation means

includes a reception section that receives an image signal from an external device, and

generates, based on the image signal received by the reception section, the display image signal of the image different from the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means.

10. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second image signal generation means

includes a reproduction section that reproduces an image signal from a recording medium, and

generates, based on the image signal reproduced by the reproduction section, the display image signal of the image different from the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation means.

11. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the display means is set with, in a screen area, a master screen area and a slave screen area, and in either the master screen area or the slave screen area, image display is made by the display image signal provided by the first image signal generation means, and on the remaining screen area, image display is made by the display image signal provided by the second image signal generation section.

12. The imaging display means according to claim 1, wherein

in the display means, a screen area is split into two areas, and in one of the two areas, image display is made by the display image signal provided by the first image signal generation means, and in the remaining area, image display is made by the display image signal provided by the second image signal generation section.

13. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured by close-range imaging or long-range imaging.

14. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured by telephoto imaging or wide-angle imaging.

15. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured by scale-up processing or scale-down processing.

16. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured with an increase or a decrease of an imaging sensitivity.

17. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured with an increase of an infrared imaging sensitivity.

18. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured with an increase of an ultraviolet imaging sensitivity.

19. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured in a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object.

20. The imaging display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

one of the display image signals generated by the first and second image signal generation means is an image signal captured in a direction, as the direction of the object, different from the field of view direction of the user.

21. An imaging display method, comprising:

a first image signal generation step of generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object;

a second image signal generation step of generating a display image signal being an image different from an image of the display image signal generated in the first image signal generation step; and

a display step of allowing, simultaneously, display of the image of the display image signal generated in the first image signal generation step and display of the image of the display image signal generated in the second image signal generation step.

22. An imaging display apparatus, comprising:

a display unit for image display;

a first image signal generation unit generating a display image signal based on a captured image signal captured by an imaging section with a field of view direction of a user being a direction of an object;

a second image signal generation unit generating a display image signal of an image different from an image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation unit; and

a control unit allowing, simultaneously on the display unit, display of the image of the display image signal generated by the first image signal generation unit and display of the image of the display image signal generated by the second image signal generation unit.