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Controlling display layers of a head-mounted display (HMD) system

  • US 9,766,462 B1
  • Filed: 10/05/2015
  • Issued: 09/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • displaying at least one image on a first display layer of a head-mounted display (HMD) system; and

    while displaying the at least one image, adjusting a transparency setting of a second display layer from a first value to a second value to cause the second display layer to be opaque to limit an amount of light that passes through second display layer for viewing the at least one image on the first display layer, wherein the displaying comprise displaying the at least one image on the first display layer of a first lens of the HMD system, wherein the method further comprises;

    displaying the at least one image on a third display layer of a second lens of the HMD system, wherein the second lens further comprises a fourth display layer; and

    while displaying the at least one image on the third display layer, adjusting a transparency setting of the fourth display layer from a third value to a fourth value to cause the fourth display layer to be opaque to limit an amount of light that passes through the fourth display layer for viewing the at least one image on the third display layer, wherein the adjusting the transparency setting of the fourth display layer and the adjusting the transparency setting of the second display layer are independently adjusted.

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