SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VISIBILITY OF A PROXIMITY DISPLAY
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1. A proximity display system, comprising:
- a detector for detecting a location of an eye;
an image source for generating an image;
a processor coupled to the image source and detector, and configured to i) determine the location of the eye with respect to a predetermined eyebox, and ii) command the image source to modify the generated image depending on the detected location of the eye; and
an optical assembly oriented to create a virtual image based on the generated image.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling a proximity display system by providing the ability to rapidly blank and un-blank the display is provided. The system and method enable modifying, blanking and un-blanking in response to the detected location of the viewer'"'"'s eye. The system and method optionally provide the viewer with cueing information that directs the viewer'"'"'s eye toward the eyebox in response to detecting that the viewer'"'"'s eye is out of the eyebox.
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23 Claims
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1. A proximity display system, comprising:
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a detector for detecting a location of an eye; an image source for generating an image; a processor coupled to the image source and detector, and configured to i) determine the location of the eye with respect to a predetermined eyebox, and ii) command the image source to modify the generated image depending on the detected location of the eye; and an optical assembly oriented to create a virtual image based on the generated image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21)
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13. A proximity display system, comprising:
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an image source for generating an image; a lens coupled to the image source and oriented to produce a virtual image representative of the generated image and viewable from a predetermined eyebox; a detector for detecting the location of an eye; and a processor coupled to the image source and detector, and configured to i) command the image source to display the generated image, ii) determine the location of the eye with respect to the predetermined eyebox, iii) command the image source to modify the generated image depending on the detected location of the eye, and iv) command the image source to blank the generated image when the eye is not located within the predetermined eyebox. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23)
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