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Switchable head-mounted display transition

  • US 8,619,005 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2010
  • Issued: 12/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a switchable head-mounted display apparatus, including the steps of:

  • providing a head-mounted display, the head-mounted display including a switchable viewing area having independently controllable portions that is switched between a transparent viewing state and an information viewing state, wherein;

    i) the transparent viewing state is transparent so that a user of the head-mounted display views at least a portion of the scene outside the head-mounted display in the user'"'"'s line of sight; and

    ii) the information viewing state is opaque and the user views information displayed in the switchable viewing area; and

    switching the viewing state to an intermediate state from the transparent viewing state or the information viewing state by successively switching spatially adjacent independently controllable portions;

    switching the intermediate state to the transparent viewing state or the information viewing state by successively switching spatially adjacent independently controllable portions; and

    wherein the intermediate state is a state in which a portion of the switchable viewing area is in the information viewing state and a different portion of the switchable viewing area is in the transparent viewing state and in which information is displayed in the switchable viewing area over a smaller spatial area than the same information presented in the information state or the transparent viewing state.

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