INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20110115703A1
• Filed: 01/11/2011
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Original Assignee: Olympus Corporation
• Inventors: IBA, Yoichi, Tatsuta, Seiji, Sugihara, Ryohei
• Application Number:
  US13/004,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20110115703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence

Abstract

A head-worn information display system which includes a display panel. A display mode of information displayed on the display panel is switched automatically according to an active state of a user using the information display system, so as to display information appropriate for the active state of the user.

Claims

1. An information display system comprising at least:

a display device which is wearable on a head of a user; and

a state sensing section which detects an active state of the user;

wherein the state sensing section detects whether or not the user is gazing at an electronic image displayed on the display device, and when the user is judged not to be gazing at the display device, the display device displays predetermined information repeatedly in a predetermined cycle, and when the user is judged to be gazing at the display device, the display device stops the repeated display.

3. An information display system according to claim 1, wherein:

the display device displays the information in a predetermined cycle until the state sensing section has detected the user to have gazed at the display device a predetermined number of times.

4. The information display system according to claim 3, wherein:

when the user is judged not to be gazing at the display device, the information displayed on the display device becomes stationary, and

when the user is judged to be gazing at the display device, the information displayed on the display device scrolls by moving at least one of upward, downward, left, and right.

6. The information display system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notifying unit which notifies a start of information display to the user;

wherein when the user is judged not to be gazing at the display device, the user is notified of the start of the information display through the notifying unit.

7. The information display system according to claim 6, wherein the notifying unit notifies the start of the information display to the user by at least any one of a sound, vibration, light, and an electric pulse.

8. The information display system according to claim 1, wherein when the user is judged not to be gazing at the display device, the user is notified about the start of the information display by at least any one of a flashing display, a switching of a color of an image, and an alternating display of a positive image and a negative image on the display device.

2. An information display system comprising at least:

a display device which is wearable on a head of a user; and

a state sensing section which detects an active state of the user;

wherein the state sensing section detects whether or not the user is gazing at an electronic image displayed on the display device, and when the user is judged not to be gazing at the display device, the display device displays predetermined information repeatedly in a predetermined cycle, and when the user is judged to be gazing at the display device, the display device displays information repeatedly in a cycle, which is longer than the predetermined cycle when the user is not gazing at the electronic image.

5. An information display system comprising at least:

a display device which is wearable on a head of a user; and

a state sensing section which detects an active state of the user;

wherein the state sensing section detects whether or not the user is gazing at an electronic image displayed on the display device, and when the user is judged not to be gazing at the display device, the display on the display device is turned OFF, and when the user is judged to be gazing at the display device, the display device displays information stored in a memory.

9. A head-mounted information display system comprising:

a display device; and

a control unit which controls an information display of the display device to be turned off when a user is judged to have closed eyes.