HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20140139439A1
• Filed: 06/25/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: PARK, Hyorim
• Granted Patent: US 9,804,686 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/42 using separate channels for security data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/82 Protecting input, output or interconnection devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A Head Mount Display (HMD) and a method for controlling the HMD are disclosed. The method includes detecting an external device in an image captured by the HMD, recognizing at least one component from a first User Interface (UI) of the external device, the at least one component including a keypad or a window for outputting data corresponding to an input signal to the keypad, generating a second UI including the recognized at least one component, displaying the second UI in the HMD, wherein the at least one component of the first UI being displayed on the external device is overlaid with the displayed second UI using the image from which the external device is detected, and displaying data corresponding to an input signal currently received at the external device on the second UI in the HMD.

Claims

1. A Head Mount Display (HMD) comprising:

a processor configured to control an operation of the HMD;

a display unit;

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and

a sensor unit configured to capture an image of the external device and provide the image to the processor,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

detect the external device from the image,

recognize a first keypad component and a first window component from the external device, wherein the first window component outputs hidden data corresponding to an input signal to the first keypad component,

generate a second keypad component corresponding to the first keypad component and a second window component corresponding to the first window component, wherein the second window component outputs data corresponding to the input signal without hiding the data,

provide the second keypad component overlaying the first keypad component, and

indicate a key included in the second keypad component corresponding to the input signal currently received via the first keypad component.

2. The HMD of claim 1, wherein the first window component is overlaid with the second window component.

3. The HMD of claim 1, wherein a protection layer is displayed over a screen of the external device.

4. The HMD of claim 3, wherein the protection layer includes a layer which makes contents displayed in the external device unseeable to a user.

5. The HMD of claim 3, wherein an interface for adjusting a display property of the protection layer is provided.

6. The HMD of claim 5, wherein the display property includes at least one of brightness, chroma, and transparency.

7. The HMD of claim 1, wherein a protection layer is displayed over the first window component of the external device.

8. The HMD of claim 1, wherein a protection layer is displayed over the first keypad component of the external device.

9. The HMD of claim 8, wherein the protection layer includes an outline of the first keypad component of the external device.

10. The HMD of claim 1, wherein a tactile feedback is provided via the first keypad component, if a user'"'"'s touch input to the first keypad component is detected.

11. The HMD of claim 1, wherein the processor recognizes the first keypad component and the first window component from the external device when the external device is in protection mode, and modes of the external device include the protection mode and normal mode.

12. The HMD of claim 1, wherein a normal mode of the external device is switched to a protection mode of the external device, if the processor recognizes the first keypad component and the first window component from the external device.

13. The HMD of claim 1, wherein a normal mode of the external device is switched to a protection mode of the external device, if the processor detects a user is wearing the HMD.

14. The HMD of claim 1, wherein a normal mode of the external device is switched to a protection mode of the external device, if the external device receives a request for data protection.

15. A method for controlling a Head Mount Display (HMD), the method comprising:

detecting an external device from an image captured by the HMD,

recognizing a first keypad component and a first window component from the external device, wherein the first window component outputs hidden data corresponding to an input signal to the first keypad component,

generating a second keypad component corresponding to the first keypad component and a second window component corresponding to the first window component, wherein the second window component outputs data corresponding to the input signal without hiding data,

providing the second keypad component overlaying the first keypad component, and

indicating a key included in the second keypad component corresponding to the input signal currently received via the first keypad component.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

providing the second window component overlaying the first window component.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a protection layer over a screen of the external device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the protection layer includes a layer which makes contents displayed in the external device unseeable to a user.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

displaying a protection layer over the first window component of the external device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the protection layer includes an outline of the first keypad component of the external device and a tactile feedback is provided via the first keypad component, if a user'"'"'s touch input to the first keypad component is detected.