CUSTOMIZABLE HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY

• US 20090174946A1
• Filed: 01/06/2009
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sirocco Vision Limited
• Original Assignee: Sirocco Vision Limited
• Inventors: Ganor, Liran, Raviv, Roni
• Application Number:
  US12/348,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20090174946A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/632
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0156 with optionally usable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features

Abstract

A HMD including a display substrate and an optics module disposed in a housing for generating an image and projecting a beam of the image on the display substrate, wherein a position of the beam from the optics module with respect to the display substrate is adjustable so as to adjust a virtual distance at which the image is seen.

Claims

1. A head mounted display (HMD) comprising:

a display substrate; and

an optics module, disposed in a housing, for generating an image and projecting a beam of said image on said display substrate, wherein a position of said beam with respect to said optics module to said display substrate is adjustable so as to adjust a virtual distance at which said image is seen.

2. The HMD according to claim 1, wherein said optics module is movably mounted in said housing, such that a distance of said optics module to said display substrate is adjustable.

3. The HMD according to claim 1, wherein said virtual distance at which said image is seen is in a range from 20 cm to infinity.

4. The HMD according to claim 1, wherein said display substrate is pivotally mounted to said housing by means of a hinge.

5. The HMD according to claim 4, wherein said hinge permits adjusting an angular rotation of said display substrate to any desired angle.

6. The HMD according to claim 4, wherein said hinge permits adjusting an angular rotation of said display substrate to a predetermined angle.

7. The HMD according to claim 1, wherein said display substrate is pivotally mounted to an extension arm of said housing.

8. The HMD according to claim 1, wherein said display substrate is pivotally mounted to said housing, and a rotational orientation of said display substrate with respect to said housing is adjustable to move displayed information to different areas of a field of view.

9. The HMD according to claim 1, wherein said display substrate is detachably mounted to said housing.

10. The HMD according to claim 4, wherein said display substrate is detachably mounted to said hinge.

11. The HMD according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of display substrates, each of said display substrates being detachably mountable to said housing, wherein said display substrates have different colors or lens characteristics.

12. The HMD according to claim 1, further comprising a diving mask, wherein said HMD is externally mounted to said diving mask and is arranged to display information in real-time in a field of view of a wearer of said diving mask.

13. A method comprising:

providing a HMD that comprises a display substrate, and an optics module, disposed in a housing, for generating a video image and projecting a beam of said image on said display substrate; and

adjusting a distance of said beam from said optics module to said display substrate so as to adjust a virtual distance at which said image is seen.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein said display substrate is pivotally mounted to said housing, and further comprising adjusting a rotational orientation of said display substrate with respect to said housing so as to move displayed information to different areas of a field of view.