HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY

• US 20150102982A1
• Filed: 08/13/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kinno, Akira, Sasaki, Takashi, Okumura, Haruhiko, Hotta, Aira, Moriya, Akihisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,274,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/8
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0152 involving arrangement aiming to get lighter or better balanced devices
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0154 with movable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a head mounted display includes a holder, a projector, an optical part, a weight, a detector, a first calculator, and a movement part. The holder includes a frame, a first temple, and a second temple. The first temple and the second temple are respectively connected to each end part of the frame. The projector is provided on the first temple. The projector emits light. The optical part is provided on the frame. The optical part reflects at least part of the light emitted from the projector. The weight is provided on opposite side of the projector. The detector detects tilt of the holder. The first calculator calculates an optimal position of the weight based on the tilt of the holder. The movement part changes the position of the weight according to the optimal position.

Claims

1. A head mounted display comprising:

a holder including;

a frame; and

a first and a second temples respectively connected to each end part of the frame;

a projector provided on the first temple and emitting light;

an optical part provided on the frame and reflecting at least part of the light emitted from the projector;

a weight provided on opposite side of the projector;

a detector which detects tilt of the holder;

a first calculator which calculates an optimal position of the weight based on the tilt of the holder; and

a movement part which changes the position of the weight according to the optimal position.

2. The display according to claim 1, wherein

the weight includes a magnetic material,

the movement part changes the position of the weight by generating magnetic field.

3. The display according to claim 2, wherein

the movement part includes a coil, and a controller that controls a current supplied to the coil according to the optimal position.

4. The display according to claim 1, wherein the movement part includes:

a driver that generates power;

a transmitter that transmits the power to the weight; and

a third controller that controls the driver according to the optimal position.

5. The display according to claim 4, wherein the transmitter includes a roller.

6. The display according to claim 4, wherein

the transmitter is a pinion, and

the weight is a rack.

7. The display according to claim 4, wherein

the transmitter is a male screw, and

the weight is a nut.

8. The display according to claim 7, further comprising:

a guiding part that hinders the nut from rotating.

9. The display according to claim 4, wherein the transmitter is a wire.

10. The display according to claim 1, wherein the movement part includes:

a linear motor that changes the position of the weight; and

a controller that controls the linear motor based on the signal from the first calculator.

11. The display according to claim 1, wherein

the weight is magnetic fluid, and

the movement part changes the position of the weight by generating magnetic field.

12. The display according to claim 11, wherein

the movement part includes electromagnets, and

a controller that controls at least one of currents supplied to electromagnets.

13. The display according to claim 11, wherein

the movement part includes permanent magnets, and

the fourth controller controls at least one of a relative position of permanent magnets.

14. The display according to claim 1, wherein

an image processor that corrects an image to be projected by the projector based on the tilt of the frame.

16. The display according to claim 1, wherein the movement part changes the position of the weight in a direction crossing the frame.

17. The display according to claim 1, wherein the weight is provided on the second temple.

18. The display according to claim 1, wherein the weight is closer to one end part of the second temple than the other end part of the second temple connected to the frame.

19. The display according to claim 1,

further comprising a storage that stores relationship between the tilt of the holder and the optimal position of the weight:

and

wherein the first calculator calculates the optimal position by referring to the storage.

15. The display according to claim 15, wherein the image processor corrects a tilt of the image to be projected by the projector.