Head mounted display

• US 10,345,854 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Degawa, Tomohiro, Fujihara, Kouichirou, Okada, Keisuke, Matsuzawa, Jun, Kurosaki, Yoshiteru, Ozawa, Susumu, Ito, Shingo
• Primary Examiner(s): Bukowski, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US15/468,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20170277221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt

Abstract

There is provided a head mounted display comprising: an interface unit to which a cartridge can be connected; and at least one controller configured to activate a predetermined operation mode according to information acquired from the cartridge when the cartridge is connected to the interface unit.

Claims

1. A head mounted display comprising:

an interface unit to which a cartridge can be connected wherein the cartridge includes information indicating one or more functions of the head mounted display which are used on an execution of a facility application to be executed at a facility among a plurality of functions of the head mounted display; and

at least one controller configured to activate a predetermined operation mode, which is a mode of determining on/off state of functions of the head mounted display based on the acquired information, according to the information acquired from the cartridge in response to the cartridge being connected to the interface unit so that the head mounted display can put only the one or more functions used on the execution of the facility application to be executed into the on-state, and can put other functions into the off-state, wherein

the other functions to be put into the off-state in response to the cartridge being connected to the interface unit include at least one of a call, an email, imaging, short range wireless communication, sound input/output, display, notification, touch operation, position detection, vibration, acceleration detection, simultaneous execution of another application, and screen adjustment.

2. The head mounted display according to claim 1, wherein the at least one controller is further configured to acquire an application from the cartridge.

3. The head mounted display according to claim 1,

wherein the function includes a reproduction function, and

the at least one controller is further configured to turn on the reproduction function for at least one of an image and a sound according to the acquired information.

4. The head mounted display according to claim 1 further comprising a communicator,

wherein the function includes a notification function, and

when an emergency notification is received by the communicator, the at least one controller is further configured to turn on the notification function and notify the emergency.

5. The head mounted display according to claim 4, wherein

in response to the communicator receiving the emergency notification, the at least one controller is configured to execute forced termination of the facility application being executed before the receipt of the emergency notification.

6. The head mounted display according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display;

a front formed to at least partially surround outer circumferential portions of the display; and

a temple wherein one end portion of the temple is connected to the front, wherein the interface unit is provided in the front or the temple.