Head-Mounted Augumented Reality Display System

• US 20150269779A1
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Syndiant Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Syndiant Incorporated
• Inventors: Wong, Chun Chiu Daniel, Cheng, Po Wing
• Application Number:
  US14/659,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20150269779A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/239 using two 2D image sensors having a relative position equal to or related to the interocular distance H04N13/243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/344 with head-mounted left-right displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/03 Aspects of the reduction of energy consumption in hearing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10

Abstract

A head-mounted augmented reality display system, comprise: an immersive or see-through type near-to-eye viewing optics; a CMOS image sensor; a sound receiver; an earphone; a driver system board; and a frame. The image sensor and the sound receiver capture the image and record the sound from the outside world to the driver system. By the image and audio processing of the driver system, the generated image outputs to the immersive or see-through type near-to-eye viewing optics, and the generated audio outputs to the ear phone.

Claims

1. A head-mounted augmented reality display system, comprising:

a driver system board for generating an image and a sound;

a near-to-eye viewing optics including a LCOS panel and a LED illumination system, wherein the LCOS panel is color sequential LCOS or color filter LCOS, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics capture the image from the driver system board so as to provide a viewing field of an user in the front of his eyes;

a CMOS image sensor for capturing an external real image to the driver system board;

a sound receiver and an earphone, wherein the sound receiver records an external sound to the driver system board and outputs the sound to the earphone, and the driver system board can store or download multimedia information as an internal sound, wherein the sound outputs to earphone is the external sound received by the sound receiver, internal sound of the driver system board, or the combination of the external sound and the internal sound; and

a frame mountable on the head of the user for carrying the near-to-eye viewing optics, the CMOS image sensor, the earphone and the sound receiver.

2. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 1, wherein the LED illumination system of the near-to-eye viewing optics can be a plurality of red, green and blue LEDs, or white light LEDs.

3. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 1, wherein the driver system board further includes a function of multimedia player, Wi-Fi or converting original images or graphs into stereoscopic displays.

4. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 1, wherein the sound outputting to the earphone can be manually switched by the user from the external sound received by the sound receiver, internal sound of the driver system board, or the combination of the external sound and the internal sound.

5. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 1, wherein the sound outputting to the earphone can be automatically switched from the external sound received by the sound receiver, internal sound of the driver system board, or the combination of the external sound and the internal sound by the driver system board based on the volume, direction or the frequency of the external sound received by the sound receiver.

6. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 1, wherein the driver system board can output single or multiple images to the near-to-eye viewing optics.

7. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 1, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics can be immersive or see-through type.

8. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 1, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics can be display system selected from LCOS, liquid crystal display, LED or OLED.

9. A head-mounted augmented reality display system, comprising:

a driver system board for generating an image and a sound;

two near-to-eye viewing optics, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics includes a LCOS panel and a LED illumination system, wherein the LCOS panel is color sequential LCOS or color filter LCOS, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics capture the image from the driver system board so as to provide

a viewing field of an user in the front of his eyes;

two CMOS image sensors for capturing external real images to the driver system board;

two sound receivers and two earphones, wherein the sound receiver records an external sound to the driver system board and outputs the sound to the earphone, and the driver system board can store or download multimedia information as an internal sound, wherein the sound outputs to earphone is the external sound received by the sound receiver, internal sound of the driver system board, or the combination of the external sound and the internal sound; and

a frame mountable on the head of the user for carrying the near-to-eye viewing optics, the CMOS image sensor, the earphone and the sound receiver.

10. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the LED illumination systems of the near-to-eye viewing optics can be a plurality red, green and blue LEDs, or white light LEDs.

11. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the driver system board further includes a function of multimedia player, Wi-Fi or converting original images or graphs into stereoscopic ones.

12. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the sound outputting to the earphone can be manually switched by the user from the external sound received by the sound receiver, internal sound of the driver system board, or the combination of external sound and internal sound.

13. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the sound outputting to the earphone can be automatically switched from the external sound received by the sound receiver, internal sound of the driver system board, or the combination of external sound and internal sound by the driver system board based on the volume, direction or the frequency of the external sound received by the sound receiver.

14. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the CMOS image sensors can capture multi-angle images and transmit to the driver system board to generate stereoscopic images or graphs.

15. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the driver system board can output single or multiple images to the near-to-eye viewing optics.

16. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics can be immersive or see-through type.

17. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics can be display system selected from LCOS, liquid crystal display, LED or OLED.

18. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 9, wherein the frame further comprises a foldable frame so as to be movable in the vertical direction relative to the user'"'"'s eyes.

19. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 18, wherein the near-to-eye viewing optics and the CMOS image sensors are embedded in the foldable frame.

20. The head-mounted augmented reality display system of claim 18, wherein the foldable frame is pulled up to turn off the near-to-eye viewing optics or to have the head-mounted augmented reality display system enter into a sleep mode;

wherein the foldable frame is pulled down to turn on the near-to-eye viewing optics or to have the head-mounted augmented reality display system waken from the sleeping mode.