HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160033772A1
• Filed: 07/22/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: HAN, Soon-seob
• Granted Patent: US 10,338,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0112 comprising device for genereting colour display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/6083 controlled by factors external to the apparatus

Abstract

A head mounted display (HMD) device, a method by the HMD of displaying an image, a non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and a chipset are provided. The HMD device includes a color information obtaining unit configured to obtain color information regarding a lens arranged at a portion of the HMD device; and a control unit configured to output an image modified based on the color information via a display unit arranged at the HMD device. The method includes obtaining color information regarding a lens arranged at a portion of the HMD device; and outputting an image modified based on the color information via a display unit arranged at the HMD device.

Claims

1. A head mounted display (HMD) device, comprising:

a color information obtaining unit configured to obtain color information regarding a lens arranged at a portion of the HMD device; and

a control unit configured to output an image modified based on the color information via a display unit arranged at the HMD device.

2. The HMD device of claim 1, wherein the lens is configured to modify at least one of color or transmissivity thereof under the control of the control unit, and

the color information obtaining unit is further configured to obtain color information corresponding to the modified color or transmissivity of the lens.

3. The HMD device of claim 1, wherein the lens is attachable to and detachable from the HMD device, and

if it is detected that the lens is attached to the HMD device, the control unit is further configured to obtain the color information of the lens.

4. The HMD device of claim 3, wherein the color information obtaining unit further comprises a recognizing unit configured to recognize a code on the lens and to obtain color information corresponding to the code recognized by the recognizing unit.

5. The HMD device of claim 3, wherein the control unit is further configured to select content to be output via the display unit, determine a lens corresponding to the selected content, and output a recommendation message for recommending the determined lens via the display unit.

6. The HMD device of claim 3, further comprising a brightness sensor configured to obtain information regarding external brightness,

wherein the control unit is further configured to determine a lens corresponding to the information regarding the external brightness obtained via the brightness sensor and output a recommendation message for recommending the determined lens via the display unit.

7. The HMD device of claim 1, wherein the color information obtaining unit comprises a photosensitive sensor and is further configured to obtain the color information regarding the lens based on information obtained via the photosensitive sensor.

8. The HMD device of claim 1, further comprising a brightness sensor configured to obtain information regarding external brightness,

wherein an image output via the display unit is an image modified in further consideration of the information regarding the external brightness.

9. A method of displaying an image by a head mounted display (HMD) device, the method comprising:

obtaining color information regarding a lens arranged at a portion of the HMD device; and

outputting an image modified based on the color information via a display unit arranged at the HMD device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising modifying at least one of a color or transmissivity of the lens under control of a control unit,

wherein, in obtaining the color information, color information corresponding to a modified color or transmissivity of the lens is obtained.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the lens is attachable to and detachable from the HMD device, and

if it is recognized that the lens is attached to the HMD device, the color information is obtained.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein obtaining the color information comprises:

recognizing a code on the lens; and

obtaining color information corresponding to the code.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

selecting content to be output via the HMD device; and

recommending a lens corresponding to the selected content,

wherein, in displaying the modified image, an image including the selected content modified based on color information regarding the recommended lens is output.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

obtaining information regarding external brightness; and

recommending a lens corresponding to the information regarding the external brightness.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the HMD device comprises a photosensitive sensor, and,

in obtaining the color information, the color information is obtained based on information obtained via the photosensitive sensor.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising obtaining information regarding external brightness,

wherein an image output via the display unit is an image modified in further consideration of the information regarding the external brightness.

17. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for implementing a method by a head mounted display (HMD) device of displaying an image, the method comprising:

obtaining color information regarding a lens arranged at a portion of the HMD device; and

outputting an image modified based on the color information via a display unit arranged at the HMD device.

18. A chipset for displaying an image, the chipset configured to:

obtain color information regarding a lens arranged at a portion of a head mounted display (HMD) device; and

output an image modified based on the color information via a display unit arranged at the HMD device.