Area of interest head-mounted display using low resolution, wide angle; high resolution, narrow angle; and see-through views
First Claim
1. A viewing apparatus allowing a user to view a scene, the viewing apparatus comprising:
- a first viewer including a first image source presenting a first-resolution, first angle view of the scene to a first eye of the user;
a second viewer including a second image source presenting a higher resolution, narrower angle view of the scene to a second eye of the user; and
a see-through pathway in the second viewer so that the second eye of the user is simultaneously presented with a non-imaged view along with the view presented by the second image source.
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Abstract
Different viewing mechanisms are used for left and right eyes. One of the eyes is presented with an image from a single image source that occupies the entire field of view of the eye. The view presented by this first image source is a wide field of view with a relatively low resolution. A second image source presents a second view to the other eye of the user. The second view is a narrower-field-of-view, higher resolution depiction of the same view or scene as presented by the first image source. Additionally, the second image source includes a direct see-through path so that the user can view the real outside surroundings. The combination of low resolution, wide field of view in one eye combined with a high resolution, narrow field of view with see-through in the other eye allows the user to be presented with a computer-generated simulation view having both wide field of view with specific, high resolution at the viewer'"'"'s visual center of interest. Additionally, since a partial view of the real outside surroundings is presented to one of the user'"'"'s eyes, the user also has access to real-world information.
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9 Claims
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1. A viewing apparatus allowing a user to view a scene, the viewing apparatus comprising:
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a first viewer including a first image source presenting a first-resolution, first angle view of the scene to a first eye of the user;
a second viewer including a second image source presenting a higher resolution, narrower angle view of the scene to a second eye of the user; and
a see-through pathway in the second viewer so that the second eye of the user is simultaneously presented with a non-imaged view along with the view presented by the second image source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
a dual reflecting/combining lens;
a beamsplitter;
a sight guide for securing the beamsplitter and dual reflecting/combining lens in position, and for orienting the second eye of the user so that light from the user'"'"'s surroundings passes through the dual reflecting/combining lens and the beamsplitter to impinge on the second eye, wherein the projected light emitted by the second image source reflects from the beamsplitter to the dual reflecting/combining lens which reflects the projected light back through the beamsplitter to impinge on the second eye thus presenting the second eye with simultaneous imaged and non-imaged views.
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4. The viewing apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:
a head mounted display for securing the first and second viewers to the user'"'"'s head.
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5. The viewing apparatus of claim 4, further comprising:
a digital image interface coupled to the first and second image sources for accepting signals representing predetermined scenes for presentation to the user'"'"'s eyes through the image sources.
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6. The viewing apparatus of claim 5, further comprising
a computer coupled to the digital image interface, wherein the computer is used to generate images of the scene for display by the image sources; -
a position tracking mechanism fixedly coupled to the head mounted display for tracking the position of the head mounted display and for providing position information to the computer; and
software executing on the computer for generating scene images for display on the image sources in response to the position information.
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7. The viewing apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:
multiple image sources arranged in a tiled manner in one or more of the viewers.
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8. The viewing apparatus of claim 5, wherein at least one of the viewers includes
a retinal display device.
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9. A head mounted display system comprising:
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a first viewer including a first image source presenting a first-resolution, first angle imaged view of the scene to a first eye of the user;
a second viewer including a second image source presenting a higher resolution, narrower angle imaged view of the scene to a second eye of the user; and
a see-through pathway in the second viewer so that the second eye of the user is simultaneously presented with a direct view of the user'"'"'s surroundings along with the imaged view presented by the second image source.
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