HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY
First Claim
1. A head-mountable display device, comprising:
- a frame to be mounted onto a user'"'"'s head, the frame defining an eye display position which, in use, is positioned in front of an eye of the user;
a reflective element mounted with respect to the eye display position, the reflective element comprising a reflective surface which, in use, is visible to the eye of the user; and
a mobile device holder configured to hold a mobile device at a location and orientation on the frame;
wherein;
the reflective surface is configured to reflect light incident upon the reflective surface so as to form a reflected image; and
the location and orientation in which the mobile device is held relative to a location and orientation of the reflective surface are such that, in use, light arriving from a screen of the mobile device held in the mobile device holder is reflected by the reflective surface so that a reflected image of at least a portion of the screen is visible to the user.
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Abstract
A head-mountable display device comprises a frame to be mounted onto a user'"'"'s head. The frame defines an eye display position which is positioned in front of a user'"'"'s eye. A reflective element is mounted with respect to the eye display position and comprises a reflective surface which is visible to the eye of the user. A mobile device holder is configured to hold a mobile device on the frame. The reflective surface is configured to reflect light incident upon the reflective surface, forming a reflected image. The location and orientation in which the mobile device is held relative to a location and orientation of the reflective surface are such that light arriving from a screen of the mobile device held in the mobile device holder is reflected by the reflective surface so that a reflected image of at least part of the screen is visible to the user.
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21 Claims
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1. A head-mountable display device, comprising:
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a frame to be mounted onto a user'"'"'s head, the frame defining an eye display position which, in use, is positioned in front of an eye of the user; a reflective element mounted with respect to the eye display position, the reflective element comprising a reflective surface which, in use, is visible to the eye of the user; and a mobile device holder configured to hold a mobile device at a location and orientation on the frame;
wherein;the reflective surface is configured to reflect light incident upon the reflective surface so as to form a reflected image; and the location and orientation in which the mobile device is held relative to a location and orientation of the reflective surface are such that, in use, light arriving from a screen of the mobile device held in the mobile device holder is reflected by the reflective surface so that a reflected image of at least a portion of the screen is visible to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for use in a system comprising a mobile device and a head-mountable display device, the head-mountable display device comprising a frame to be mounted onto a user'"'"'s head, the frame defining an eye display position which, in use, is positioned in front of an eye of the user;
- a reflective element mounted with respect to the eye display position, the reflective element comprising a reflective surface which, in use, is visible to the eye of the user; and
a mobile device holder configured to hold the mobile device at a location and orientation on the frame;
wherein the reflective surface is configured to reflect light incident upon the reflective surface so as to form a reflected image; and
the location and orientation in which the mobile device is held relative to a location and orientation of the reflective surface are such that, in use, light arriving from a screen of the mobile device held in the mobile device holder is reflected by the reflective surface so that a reflected image of at least a portion of the screen is visible to the user;
wherein the method comprises;generating an image for being displayed on the screen of the mobile device and reflected in the reflective surface of the reflective element of the head-mountable display device; warping the generated image so as to compensate for a warped appearance of the image when it is reflected, the warping of the generated image being on the basis of one or more parameters related to the curvature of the reflective surface of the reflective element of the head-mountable display device; and displaying the warp-compensated image on the screen of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- a reflective element mounted with respect to the eye display position, the reflective element comprising a reflective surface which, in use, is visible to the eye of the user; and
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11. A head-mountable device, comprising:
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a frame to be mounted onto a user'"'"'s head, the frame defining an eye-tracking reflection position which, in use, is positioned in front of an eye of the user; a reflective element mounted with respect to the eye-tracking reflection position, the reflective element comprising a reflective surface which is located and orientated so as to, in use, reflect light arriving from the eye of the user; and a mobile device holder configured to hold a mobile device at a location and orientation on the frame;
whereinthe reflective surface is configured to reflect light incident upon the reflective surface so as to form a reflected image; and the location and orientation in which the mobile device is held relative to the location and orientation of the reflective surface are such that, in use, the light arriving from the eye of the user is reflected by the reflective surface so that a reflected image of the eye of the user is within a field of view of a camera of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for use in a system comprising a mobile device and a head-mountable device, the head-mountable device comprising a frame to be mounted onto a user'"'"'s head, the frame defining an eye-tracking reflection position which, in use, is positioned in front of an eye of the user;
- an reflective element mounted with respect to the eye-tracking reflection position, the reflective element comprising a reflective surface which is located and orientated so as to, in use, reflect light arriving from the eye of the user; and
a mobile device holder configured to hold the mobile device at a location and orientation on the frame;
wherein the reflective surface is configured to reflect light incident upon the reflective surface so as to form a reflected image;
the location and orientation in which the mobile device is held relative to the location and orientation of the reflective surface are such that, in use, the light arriving from the eye of the user is reflected by the reflective surface so that a reflected image of the eye of the user is within a field of view of a camera of the mobile device; and
the location and orientation in which the mobile device is held are such that, in use, a portion of the user'"'"'s visual environment is within the field of view of the camera of the mobile device;
wherein the method comprises;capturing an image comprising a reflected image of the eye of the user reflected by the reflective surface of the reflective element and comprising an image of a portion of the user'"'"'s visual environment, using the camera of the mobile device; determining a first portion of the captured image corresponding to the reflected image of the eye of the user and performing eye-tracking processing on the first portion; and determining a second portion of the captured image corresponding to the image of the portion of the user'"'"'s visual environment and performing location and mapping processing on the second portion. - View Dependent Claims (21)
- an reflective element mounted with respect to the eye-tracking reflection position, the reflective element comprising a reflective surface which is located and orientated so as to, in use, reflect light arriving from the eye of the user; and
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