Monocular display device
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1. A head mounted monocular display comprising:
- a display being arranged relative to a dominant wearer'"'"'s eye;
a housing connected to the display; and
a support member being connected to the housing that supports the display relative to the dominant wearer'"'"'s eye, the display being located in a position relative to the wearer'"'"'s dominant eye so the display is in the peripheral view of the wearer, and does not occlude the wearer'"'"'s normal peripheral vision by the display blocking a front of the wearer'"'"'s dominant eye.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a monocular display with a wireless communications interface, a user input device, a transmitter, receiver and a controller. The controller is configured to control the transmitter for sending and receiving control signals to and from an external device via the wireless interface. The monocular display is positioned relative to the user'"'"'s dominant eye to display images to the user while occluding less than half of the user'"'"'s maximum viewing space, while enabling the user to send and receive audible information or music.
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1. A head mounted monocular display comprising:
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a display being arranged relative to a dominant wearer'"'"'s eye; a housing connected to the display; and a support member being connected to the housing that supports the display relative to the dominant wearer'"'"'s eye, the display being located in a position relative to the wearer'"'"'s dominant eye so the display is in the peripheral view of the wearer, and does not occlude the wearer'"'"'s normal peripheral vision by the display blocking a front of the wearer'"'"'s dominant eye. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of supporting a head mounted display on a wearer comprising:
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providing a resilient housing; connecting the head mounted display to the resilient housing; and supporting the housing on the wearer so that the display is in the peripheral view of the wearer, and so the display is supported relative to a wearer'"'"'s head to occlude no more than about ten to about twenty percent of the normal field of view of the wearer with the normal field of view of the wearer being defined as about 180 degrees in the horizontal, and about 120 degrees in a vertical direction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A head mounted monocular display device comprising:
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a display being arranged relative to a wearer'"'"'s eye; a housing connected to the display; a power supply; a circuit operatively connected to the display, and the power supply; a support member being connected to the housing that supports the display relative to the wearer'"'"'s eye; and a port being associated with the display, the housing or the support member, the port operatively connected to the circuit for removably connecting at least one additional functional component to the circuit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A head mounted computing device comprising:
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a display being arranged relative to a wearer'"'"'s single eye or both eyes; a housing connected to the display; a circuit operatively connected to the display; a computing device and a power supply operatively connected to the circuit; and a plurality of functional devices being removably connected to the circuit that provide increased functionality to the head mounted computing device.
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