Eyeglasses including transparent display and controlling method thereof

• US 9,429,771 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2013
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Jung-Hyun, Kim, Yu-Kyung, Kim, Su-Zi, Kim, Chae-Rin
• Primary Examiner(s): DANG, HUNG XUAN
• Application Number:
  US14/074,017
• Publication Number:
  US 20150022773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,027 Days
• Field of Search: 345/7, 345/8, 345/9, 359/630, 381/381, 351/158, 351/49, 351/41, 349/13
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 11/10 Electronic devices other than hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: G02C 7/101 having an electro-optical light valve electro-optical elements per se G02F

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to eyeglasses that have a transparent display and a controlling method thereof. The eyeglasses that have a transparent display include a lens unit, a frame unit coupled with the lens unit, and a pair of leg units connected to respective sides of the frame unit, wherein each of the lens unit and the frame unit comprises a transparent display.

Claims

1. Eyeglasses comprising a transparent display, the eyeglasses comprising:

a lens unit;

a frame unit coupled with the lens unit; and

a pair of leg units connected to respective sides of the frame unit,

wherein each of the lens unit and the frame unit comprises a transparent display.

2. The eyeglasses of claim 1, further comprising a brightness adjusting unit that comprises a touch panel disposed on one of the leg units, the brightness adjusting unit being configured to receive a brightness adjusting signal of the lens unit through the touch panel.

3. The eyeglasses of claim 2, wherein the brightness adjusting unit is configured to control a transmittance of the lens unit in response to the brightness adjusting signal detected on the touch panel.

4. The eyeglasses of claim 2, wherein the lens unit comprises a left lens unit and a right lens unit, the brightness adjusting unit is disposed on each of the leg units, the brightness adjusting unit disposed on a left leg unit of the pair of leg units is configured to control a transmittance of the left lens unit, and the brightness adjusting unit disposed on a right leg unit of the pair of leg units is configured to control a transmittance of the right lens unit.

5. The eyeglasses of claim 1, further comprising an on/off unit disposed on one of the leg units, wherein the on/off unit is configured to turn on or off the transparent displays.

6. The eyeglasses of claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit, wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive a control signal for the frame unit from an external apparatus.

7. The eyeglasses of claim 6, wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive image data to be displayed on the frame unit.

8. The eyeglasses of claim 6, wherein the frame unit further comprises a lighting unit, the lighting unit being configured to emit light when the receiving unit communicates with the external apparatus.

9. The eyeglasses of claim 1, further comprising a sensor unit configured to sense at least one of an angle and a distance between one leg unit of the pair of the leg units and the frame unit.

10. The eyeglasses of claim 9, wherein the sensor unit is disposed on one leg unit of the pair of the leg units, and is configured to turn on or off the frame unit or the lens unit depending on the angle or the distance between one leg unit of the pair of leg units and the frame unit.

11. The eyeglasses of claim 1, wherein the lens unit comprises the transparent display, a lens layer, and a protective layer.

12. A method of controlling eyeglasses comprising a transparent display, the method comprising:

receiving a brightness adjusting signal through a touch panel of a brightness adjusting unit; and

adjusting a transmittance of a lens unit comprising a transparent display in response to the brightness adjusting signal to uniformly darken or lighten the lens unit.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving the brightness adjusting signal is received through a transparent touch panel of the brightness adjusting unit.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving the brightness adjusting signal comprises detecting a sliding gesture on the touch panel.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein a transmittance of a left lens of the lens unit is adjusted according to a signal received through a unit on a first leg, and a transmittance of a right lens of the lens unit is adjusted according to a signal received through a unit on a second leg.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

turning off the transparent display in response to detecting that the eyeglasses are in a folded state.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the controlling a transparent display further comprises displaying the image data on the transparent display of the frame unit.

17. A method of controlling eyeglasses comprising a transparent display, the method comprising:

receiving a control signal for a frame unit of the eyeglasses from an external apparatus through a receiving unit; and

controlling a transparent display of the frame unit based on the control signal for the frame unit.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving a control signal further comprises receiving an image data to be displayed on the frame unit.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the receiving a control signal further comprises emitting light from a lighting unit when the receiving unit communicates with the external apparatus.