Personal liquid crystal image display
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1. A liquid crystal image display device to be worn on a user'"'"'s head, comprising:
- holding means for holding elements of the display adapted to surround the eyes of the user and be worn on the user'"'"'s head and formed with at least one opening to permit incident light to enter the holding means in the region in front of the user'"'"'s eyes;
at least one light-transmission-type liquid crystal display panel disposed in the holding member along the line of sight of said at least one opening for displaying an image;
lens means disposed in the holding means along the line of sight between said liquid crystal display panel and the user'"'"'s eyes for enlarging the size of said image displayed on the display panel; and
signal means coupled to the display panel for generating liquid crystal drive signals for driving said liquid crystal display panel, said display panel being positioned a distance from the lens means which is within the focal length of said lens means.
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Abstract
A personal liquid crystal image display includes a housing to be worn on a user'"'"'s head, a light-transmission-type liquid crystal display panel for displaying video signals and a lens positioned between the display panel and a user'"'"'s eye to enlarge the image. The housing may include earphones. The display and earphones are coupled to a tuner for receiving signal and driving the display and earphones. A portion of the drive circuit for driving the display may be disposed in the housing.
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16 Claims
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1. A liquid crystal image display device to be worn on a user'"'"'s head, comprising:
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holding means for holding elements of the display adapted to surround the eyes of the user and be worn on the user'"'"'s head and formed with at least one opening to permit incident light to enter the holding means in the region in front of the user'"'"'s eyes; at least one light-transmission-type liquid crystal display panel disposed in the holding member along the line of sight of said at least one opening for displaying an image; lens means disposed in the holding means along the line of sight between said liquid crystal display panel and the user'"'"'s eyes for enlarging the size of said image displayed on the display panel; and signal means coupled to the display panel for generating liquid crystal drive signals for driving said liquid crystal display panel, said display panel being positioned a distance from the lens means which is within the focal length of said lens means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A personal liquid crystal image display to be worn on a user'"'"'s head, comprising:
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holding means for holding elements of the display device adapted to surround the eyes of the user and to be worn on the user'"'"'s head and formed with at least one opening to permit incident light to enter the holding means in the region in front of the user'"'"'s eyes; output circuit means for generating video and audio signals; at least one light-transmission-type liquid crystal display panel disposed in the holding member along the line of sight of the opening and coupled to the output circuit means to receive the video signals, said display panel displaying an image; lens means disposed along the line of sight between said liquid crystal display panel and the user'"'"'s eyes, said liquid crystal display panel being located within the focal length of said lens means; and at least one earphone for producing sound in response to the audio signals generated by said output circuit means.
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13. A personal liquid crystal image display to be worn on the user'"'"'s head, comprising:
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holding means for holding elements of the display device adapted to surround the eyes of the user and to be worn on the user'"'"'s head and formed with at least one opening to permit incident light to enter the holding member in the region in front of the user'"'"'s eyes; at least one light-transmission-type liquid crystal display panel disposed in the opening in the holding member, said display panel displaying an image; television tuner receiving means coupled to said holding means and said display panel, for receiving video and audio television signals, said video television signals being adapted for driving the liquid crystal display panel; and lens means disposed along the line of sight between said liquid crystal display panel and the user'"'"'s eyes, said liquid crystal display means being located within the focal length of said lens means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A liquid crystal image display device to be worn on a user'"'"'s head, comprising:
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holding means for holding elements of the display device adapted to surround the eyes of the user and be worn on the user'"'"'s head and formed with at least one opening to permit incident light to enter the holding means in the region in front of the user'"'"'s eyes; at least one light transmission type liquid crystal display panel disposed in the holding means along the line of sight of the opening for displaying an image; lens means disposed in the holding means along the line of sight between said liquid crystal display panel and the user'"'"'s eyes for enlarging the size of the image displayed on the display panel, said display panel being positioned a distance from said lens means which is within the focal length of said lens; signal means coupled to the display panel for generating liquid crystal drive signals for driving said liquid crystal display panel including right and left images of a three-dimensional display; prism means and reflecting means mounted in said holding means between said lens means and the user'"'"'s eyes for directing light transmitted through said display panel to the user'"'"'s eyes; and shutter means disposed proximate to said prism means for selectively gating the images transmitted to the user'"'"'s left and right eyes, synchronized with the right and left images, so that when right and left images are alternately displayed on said liquid crystal display panel a three-dimensional image display is achieved with the use of one liquid crystal display panel.
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