DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

• US 20170235380A1
• Filed: 02/03/2017
• Published: 08/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: SENDAI, Kaori, KIMURA, Fusashi, NISHIZAWA, Kazuo, TAKANO, Masahide
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• 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 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser

Abstract

An HMD includes an image display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image, and an control device, capable of being moved independently of the image display unit, which includes a six-axis sensor detecting a movement and a track pad receiving an operation. The HMD controls the display of the image display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the six-axis sensor in a state where the track pad receives an operation.

Claims

1. A head-mounted display device including a display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image, the head-mounted display device comprising:

an operation device, capable of being moved independently of the display unit, which includes a movement detection unit detecting a movement of the operation device and an operation reception unit receiving an operation different from the detection of the movement detection unit; and

a control unit that controls display of the display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the movement detection unit in a state where the operation reception unit receives an operation.

2. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the operation reception unit receives at least any one of a pressing operation and a contact operation.

3. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit changes a display magnification of an image displayed on the display unit in a case where a movement corresponding to an operation of rotating the operation device is detected by the movement detection unit.

4. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit changes an image displayed on the display unit in a direction which is set in advance, in a case where a movement corresponding to an operation of lifting down the operation device or an operation of lifting up the operation device is detected by the movement detection unit.

5. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit changes display of the display unit in a state where the operation reception unit receives an operation, and then fixedly sets a change in the display of the display unit in a case where the operation is canceled.

6. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit has a predetermined function set therein which is performed in a case where the operation reception unit receives an operation, and performs a normal mode in which the predetermined function is performed in a case where the operation reception unit receives an operation and a display operation mode in which the display of the display unit is controlled in accordance with the movement detected by the movement detection unit in a state where the operation reception unit receives an operation, in a changeover manner.

7. The display device according to claim 6,

wherein the control unit performs the display operation mode in a case where the operation reception unit receives an operation within a set time after the movement detection unit detects start of a movement.

8. The display device according to claim 7,

wherein in a case where the control unit starts performing the display operation mode, the control unit reflects a detection history detected by the movement detection unit during a period between when the movement detection unit detects start of a movement and when the operation reception unit receives an operation, to thereby control display of the display unit.

9. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the operation device includes a position indication operation unit that receives a position indication operation.

10. The display device according to claim 9,

wherein the control unit changes display of the display unit on the basis of a display position corresponding to a position which is indicated by a position indication operation received by the position indication operation unit in a state where the position indication operation is received by the position indication operation unit and the operation reception unit receives an operation.

11. The display device according to claim 10,

wherein the control unit displays an image displayed on the display unit in an enlarged or reduced manner, centering on the display position corresponding to the position which is indicated by the position indication operation received by the position indication operation unit.

12. The display device according to claim 9,

wherein the position indication operation unit functions as the operation reception unit.

13. The display device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a display unit movement detection unit that detects a movement of the display unit,

wherein the control unit specifies an indication position of an operation received by the position indication operation unit at a timing when the display unit movement detection unit detects a predetermined movement.

14. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit performs control of moving an image displayed on the display unit in a first display operation direction and a second display operation direction paired with the first display operation direction, and

wherein the first display operation direction is associated with a first movement direction detected by the movement detection unit, and the second display operation direction is associated with a second movement direction detected by the movement detection unit.

15. The display device according to claim 1,

wherein the operation device is a wearable device which is worn on the user'"'"'s body.

16. A head-mounted display device including a display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image, the head-mounted display device comprising:

an operation device, capable of being moved independently of the display unit, which includes a movement detection unit detecting a movement of the operation device; and

a control unit that controls display of the display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the movement detection unit,

wherein the control unit performs a first display change corresponding to a movement in a first movement direction which is detected by the movement detection unit and a second display change corresponding to a movement in a second movement direction which is detected by the movement detection unit, as a process performed on an image displayed on the display unit, and

wherein the control unit starts the first display change in a case where the movement in the first movement direction is detected, and then stops the first display change in a case where the movement in the second movement direction is detected by the movement detection unit.

17. The display device according to claim 16,

wherein the control unit performs the first display change in a case where the movement in the first movement direction is detected by the movement detection unit, and performs the second display change in a case where the movement in the second movement direction is detected by the movement detection unit.

18. The display device according to claim 16,

wherein the operation device includes an operation reception unit that receives an operation, and

wherein the control unit changes display of the display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the movement detection unit in a state where the operation reception unit receives an operation.

19. The display device according to claim 16,

wherein the operation device is a wearable device which is worn on the user'"'"'s body.

20. A method of controlling a display device including a display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image and an operation device, capable of being moved independently of the display unit, which includes a movement detection unit detecting a movement of the operation device and an operation reception unit receiving an operation, the method comprising:

controlling display of the display unit in accordance with the movement detected by the movement detection unit in a state where the operation reception unit receives an operation.

21. A method of controlling a display device including a display unit that makes a user visually perceive an image and an operation device, capable of being moved independently of the display unit, which includes a movement detection unit detecting a movement of the operation device, the method comprising:

performing a first display change corresponding to a movement in a first movement direction which is detected by the movement detection unit and a second display change corresponding to a movement in a second movement direction which is detected by the movement detection unit, as a process performed on an image displayed on the display unit; and

starting the first display change in a case where the movement in the first movement direction is detected, and then stopping the first display change in a case where the movement in the second movement direction is detected by the movement detection unit.