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Display scaling based on movement of a head-mounted display

  • US 9,213,185 B1
  • Filed: 05/08/2012
  • Issued: 12/15/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wearable computing device, comprising:

  • a head-mounted display (HMD) having a display area, wherein the HMD is configured to display images within an image area of the display area, and wherein all of the image area is visible through an optical element of the HMD by an eye of a wearer of the HMD when the eye of the wearer is located within a first range of viewing locations;

    an HMD-tracking system that is configured to detect movement of the HMD relative to the eye of the wearer; and

    a controller for controlling the HMD, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the image area within the display area based on the detected movement so as to increase a range of viewing locations from which the image area is visible through the optical element by the eye of the wearer to a second range of viewing locations that (i) is larger than the first range of viewing locations and (ii) includes the first range of viewing locations.

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