Switchable head-mounted display transition
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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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Abstract
A method of operating a switchable head-mounted display apparatus includes the steps of providing a head-mounted display that includes a switchable viewing area that is switched between a transparent viewing state and an information viewing state, switching the viewing state to an intermediate state from the transparent viewing state or the information viewing state, and switching the intermediate state to the transparent viewing state or the information viewing state.
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1. A method of operating a switchable head-mounted display apparatus, including the steps of:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A switchable head-mounted display apparatus, comprising:
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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 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 so that the user views the information in the switchable viewing area; and a controller for 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 and for 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. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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