IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20160195726A1
• Filed: 12/28/2015
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Fujishiro, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US14/981,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20160195726A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features

Abstract

A virtual image display device is a device which is worn on an observer, and includes a display unit that displays an image so as to be capable of being visually recognized by the observer, and a head band portion having the display unit provided thereon. The head band portion includes a plurality of cases. The plurality of cases includes an exterior case constituting an exterior, and an inside case of which at least a portion is covered with the exterior case, and which has a control substrate housed therein, the control substrate controlling at least a portion of a function of the virtual image display device.

Claims

1. An image display device which is worn on an observer, comprising:

a display unit that displays an image so as to be capable of being visually recognized by the observer; and

a main body having the display unit provided therein,

wherein the main body includes a plurality of cases, and the plurality of cases includes

an exterior case constituting an exterior, and

an inside case of which at least a portion is covered with the exterior case, and which has a control device housed therein, the control device controlling at least a portion of a function of the image display device.

2. The image display device according to claim 1,

wherein the inside case has a waterproof structure.

3. The image display device according to claim 2,

wherein the inside case includes

a case main body in which an internal space for housing the control device is formed, and which includes an opening for housing the control device in the internal space, and

a cover member that covers the opening, and is attached to the case main body by an adhesive.

4. The image display device according to claim 3,

wherein the cover member is a flexible sheet-shaped member.

5. The image display device according to claim 4,

wherein the exterior case includes a first curved surface along a mounting region of the image display device,

the case main body includes a second curved surface that faces the first curved surface and is curved along the first curved surface,

the opening is located on the second curved surface, and

the cover member is attached to the second curved surface.

6. The image display device according to claim 1,

wherein the exterior case includes

a flow channel, formed along a bottom within the exterior case, which circulates liquid flowing into the exterior case, and

a discharge port that discharges fluid circulating along the flow channel out of the exterior case.

7. The image display device according to claim 1, further comprising an imaging unit which is rotatably attached to the main body,

wherein the imaging unit includes

an imaging element, and

a housing member that houses the imaging element,

one of the housing member and the inside case includes a cylindrical rotating shaft that rotates the imaging unit with respect to the main body,

the other of the housing member and the inside case includes an opening into which the rotating shaft is inserted, and which is connected to the rotating shaft with a sealing member interposed therebetween, and

the imaging element and the control device are connected to each other by a signal line passing through the rotating shaft.

8. The image display device according to claim 1,

wherein the main body is mounted on a head of the observer.

9. The image display device according to claim 1, further comprising a left-eye display unit and a right-eye display unit that cause a left eye and a right eye of the observer to visually recognize the image, respectively, as the display unit.

10. The image display device according to claim 1,

wherein the display unit includes a light guide member that guides light for forming the image to the eyes of the observer, and transmits outside light.