Controlling display layers of a head-mounted display (HMD) system
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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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Abstract
Control of head-mounted display (HMD) systems is described. One method displays at least one image on a first display layer of a HMD system. While displaying the at least one image, the method adjust 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 the lens for viewing the at least one image on the first display layer.
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1. A method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method comprising:
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displaying at least one image on a first display layer of a first lens of a head-mounted display (HMD) system; 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; 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 metric 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 displaying the at least one image on the first display layer and the displaying the at least one image on the third display layer comprises; shuttering the first display layer while displaying a first image of the at least one image on the third display layer; and shuttering the third display layer while displaying a second image of the at least one image on the first display layer, wherein the shuttering the first display layer and shuttering the third display layer allows the first image and the second image to be perceived as a three-dimensional image, and wherein the second layer and the fourth layer are set to be opaque while shuttering the first display layer and shuttering the third display layer. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A head-mounted display (HMD) system comprising:
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a first lens comprising a first display layer and a first variable-transparency layer; a second lens comprising a second display layer and a second variable-transparency layer; a video interface to receive at least one image; and a control interface to receive input to control a transparency level of the first variable-transparency layer and a transparency level of the first display layer, wherein; the first variable-transparency layer of the first lens is at a first transparency level that allows a first amount of light to pass through the first variable-transparency layer while the at least one image is displayed on the first display layer; in response to input at the control interface, the first variable-transparency layer of the first lens is adjusted to a second transparency level that allows a second amount of light to pass through the first variable-transparency layer while the at least one image is displayed on the first display layer, the second amount of light being greater than the first amount of light; and the first display layer of the first lens is set to the second transparency level the second variable-transparency layer of the second lens is at the first transparency level that allows the first amount of light to pass through the second variable-transparency layer while the at least one image is displayed on the second display layer; in response to the input at the control interface, the second variable-transparency layer of the second lens is adjusted to the second transparency level that allows the second amount of light to pass through the second variable-transparency layer; and the second display layer of the second lens is adjusted to the second transparency level; and the first variable-transparency layer and the second variable-transparency layer are independently adjusted. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic device comprising:
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a user input device; a processing device coupled to the user input device; and an interface coupled to the processing device, wherein the processing device is operable to; output at least one image to a first display layer of a first lens over the interface; set, via the interface, a first variable-transparency layer of the first lens to be opaque to limit an amount of light that passes through the first variable-transparency layer for viewing the at least one image on the first display layer; detect an event via the user input device; in response to the detected event, set, via the interface, the first variable-transparency layer to be transparent to increase the amount of light that passes through the first variable-transparency layer for exposing an outside-world view through the first variable-transparency layer, and set, via the interface, the first display layer to be transparent, output at least one image to a second display layer of a second lens over the interface; set, via the interface, a second variable-transparency layer of the second lens to be opaque to limit an amount of light that passes through the second variable-transparency layer of the second lens for viewing the at least one image on the second display layer; and in response to the detected event, set, via the interface, the second variable-transparency layer to be transparent to increase the amount of light that passes through the second variable-transparency layer for exposing an outside-world view through the second lens, wherein the first variable-transparency layer and the second variable-transparency layer are independently adjusted, and set, via the interface, the second display layer to be transparent. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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