Image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit

• US 8,570,242 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2011
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Chosokabe, Yoshihiro, Matsumura, Ikuo
• Primary Examiner(s): ABDULSELAM, ABBAS I
• Application Number:
  US13/078,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20110248905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 345 7- 9, 359/13, 359/630, 359/632, 713/193, 463/43
• US Class Current: 345/7
• 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 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/00 Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit which includes a frame of the glasses type for being mounted on the head of an observer, an image display apparatus attached to the frame, and a control section for controlling image display of the image display apparatus. The image display apparatus includes an image forming apparatus, and an optical apparatus. The image displaying method includes the steps of: storing a data group configured from a plurality of data in a storage section; adding a data identification code to each of the data; sending a designation identification code and display time information at predetermined intervals of time; and reading out the data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code from the storage section and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based on the read out data.

Claims

1. An image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit which includes:

(a) a frame of a glasses type for being mounted on a head of an observer,

(b) an image display apparatus attached to the frame, and

(c) control means for controlling image display of the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus including;

(A) an image forming apparatus, and

(B) an optical apparatus to which light, output from the image forming apparatus is input, by which the light is guided, and from which the light is outputted, the image displaying method comprising the steps of;

storing a data group configured from a plurality of data in storage means provided in the control means;

adding a data identification code to each of the data which configure the data group;

sending a designation identification code and display time information at predetermined intervals of time from outside to the control means; and

reading out, in the control means, data whose data identification code coincides with a received designation identification code from the storage means and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based at least in part on the read out data for a period of time corresponding to a received display time information.

2. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of data is configured from a plurality of different size display data for different display sizes, the image displaying method further comprising the steps of:

reading out, in the control means, a different size display data of data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code from the storage means in response to a distance between an observation object and the head-mounted type display unit, and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based at least in part one the different size display data.

3. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 2, wherein each of the different size display data is configured from a plurality of different language display data of different display languages, the image displaying method further comprising the steps of:

selecting, in the control means, a different size display data of data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code in response to the distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit, reading out a different language display data in the different size display data from the storage means and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based at least in part on the different language display data.

4. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 1, wherein each of the data is configured from a plurality of different language display data of different display languages, the image displaying method further comprising the steps of:

reading out, in the control means, a different language display data of the data whose data identification code coincides with a received designation identification code from the storage means and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based at least in part on the different language display data.

5. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 1, wherein the head-mounted type display unit includes two image forming apparatuses for a right eye and a left eye as the image forming apparatus, the image displaying method further comprising the step of:

carrying out, in the control means, data processing, in response to a distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit, to display images on the image forming apparatus in a state in which an angle of convergence between the images is controlled.

6. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 1, the image displaying method further comprising the step of:

displaying an image on the image forming apparatus in a state in which luminance of the image is controlled with luminance information.

7. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 1, the image displaying method further comprising the step of:

sending the designation identification code and the display time information by wireless transmission from a transmission apparatus.

8. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 7, wherein the transmission apparatus includes a display apparatus, the image displaying method further comprising the step of:

displaying a designation identification code, a data group and total display time of each of data or each of display data on the display apparatus.

9. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 1, wherein the optical apparatus is of a semi-transmission type.

10. An image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit which includes:

(a) a frame of a glasses type for being mounted on a head of an observer,

(b) an image display apparatus attached to the frame, and

(c) control means for controlling image display of the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus including;

(A) an image forming apparatus, and

(B) an optical apparatus to which light, output from the image forming apparatus is input, by which the light is guided, and from which the light is output, the image displaying method comprising the steps of;

storing a data group configured from a plurality of data in storage means provided in the control means;

adding a data identification code to each of the data which configure the data group;

configuring each of the data from a plurality of different size display data for different display sizes;

sending a designation identification code from outside to the control means; and

reading out, in the control means, a different size display data of the data whose data identification code coincides with received designation identification code in response to a distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit from the storage means, and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based at least in part on the different size display data.

11. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 10, further comprising the step of:

displaying the images on the image forming apparatus in a state in which luminance of the images is controlled with luminance information.

12. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

sending a designation identification code and display time information at predetermined intervals of time from the outside to the control means; and

controlling the image forming apparatus to display the images for a period of time corresponding to the display time information received thereby.

13. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 12, further comprising the step of:

sending the designation identification code and the display time information by wireless transmission from a transmission apparatus.

14. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 10, wherein each of the different size display data is configured from a plurality of different language display data of different display languages, the image displaying method further comprising the steps of:

selecting, in the control means, a plural different size display data of the data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code in response to the distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit, reading out a plural different language display data in the different size display data from the storage means, and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based at least in part on the different language display data.

15. An image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit which includes:

(a) a frame of a glasses type for being mounted on a head of an observer,

(b) an image display apparatus attached to the frame, and

(c) control means for controlling image display of the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus including;

(A) an image forming apparatus, and

(B) an optical apparatus to which light, output from the image forming apparatus is input, and by which the light is guided and from which the light output, the image displaying method comprising the steps of;

storing a data group configured from a plurality of data in storage means provided in the control means;

adding a data identification code to each of the data which configure the data group;

configuring each of the data from a plurality of different language display data for different display languages;

sending a designation identification code from outside to the control means; and

reading out, in the control means, a different language display data of the data whose data identification code coincides with a received designation identification code from the storage means, and controlling the image forming apparatus to display an image based at least in part on this different language display data.

16. An image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit which includes:

(a) a frame of a glasses type for being mounted on a head of an observer,

(b) two image display apparatus for a right eye and a left eye attached to the frame, and

(c) control means for controlling image display of the image display apparatus, and the image display apparatus including;

(A) an image forming apparatus, and

(B) an optical apparatus to which, light output from the image forming apparatus is input and by which the light is guided, and from which the light is output, the image displaying method comprising the steps of;

storing a data group configured from a plurality of data in storage means provided in the control means;

adding a data identification code to each of the data which configure the data group;

sending a designation identification code from outside to the control means; and

reading out, in the control means, the data whose data identification code coincides with a received designation identification code, and carrying out data processing in response to a distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit to display images based at least in part on the data on the image forming apparatus in a state in which an angle of convergence between the images is controlled.

17. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 16, wherein each of the data is configured from a plurality of different size display data for different display sizes, the image displaying method further comprising the steps of:

reading out, in the controlling means, a different size display data of the data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code from the storage means in response to the distance between an observation object and the head-mounted type display unit, and carrying out data processing in response to the distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit to display images based at least in part on the different size display data on the image forming apparatus in a state in which the angle of convergence between the images is controlled.

18. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 17,

wherein each of the different size display data is configured from a plurality of different language display data of different display languages, the image displaying method further comprising the steps of:

selecting, in the control means, a different size display data of the data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code in response to the distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit, reading out a different language display data in the different size display data from the storage means, and carrying out data processing in response to the distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit to display images based at least in part on the different language display data on the image forming apparatus in a state in which the angle of convergence between the images is controlled.

19. The image displaying method for a head-mounted type display unit according to claim 16, wherein each of the data is configured from a plurality of different language display data for different display languages, the image displaying method comprising the steps of:

reading out, in the controlling means, a different language display data of the data whose data identification code coincides with the received designation identification code from the storage means in response to the distance between an observation object and the head-mounted type display unit, and carrying out data processing in response to the distance between the observation object and the head-mounted type display unit to display images based at least in part on the different language display data on the image forming apparatus in a state in which the angle of convergence between the images is controlled.

20. A head-mounted type display unit comprising:

an image display apparatus; and

a control section to control image display of said image display apparatus;

said control section including a storage section in which a data group configured from a plurality of data is stored;

wherein

a data identification code is added to each of the data which configure the data group;

a designation identification code and display time information is sent at predetermined intervals of time from the outside to said control means;

said control section reading out the data whose data identification code coincides with a received designation identification code from said storage section and causing an image based at least in part on the read out data to be displayed for a period of time corresponding to the display time information sent thereto.