Body-mountable display system
First Claim
1. A body-mountable display system comprising:
- a hand-holdable portable display capable of receiving an input signal generated by a computer and producing a video output in response thereto, said video output including a cursor for selectively controlling operation of the computer;
a garment wearable by a user; and
a flexible element operatively connecting the portable display to the garment to allow the portable display to be universally repositionable relative to the garment, said flexible element having spaced ends with one end mounted to the garment and the other end including means for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element, wherein said portable display comprises;
a housing having a front wall at which a viewing aperture for viewing the video output is defined, a back wall and side walls, wherein the flexible element is detachably mounted to the housing at the back wall of the housing; and
a computer mouse operably connected to the housing for selectively controlling the video output and operation of the computer, wherein the portable display includes a raised tab formed on the back wall of the housing, wherein the means for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element comprises a member attached to the other end of the flexible element, said member having a cooperating slot for removably receiving the raised tab, and wherein the portable display is detachably mounted to the flexible element via a dove-tail connection between the raised tab on the back wall of the housing and the cooperating slot on the member.
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Abstract
A body-mountable display system having a first structure for receiving an input signal and producing a video output in response thereto, a garment wearable by a user, and a second structure for operatively connecting the first structure to the garment to allow the first structure to be universally repositionable relative to the garment. The first structure includes a hand-holdable portable display including a housing having a viewing aperture for viewing the video output. The second structure includes a flexible element having spaced ends with one end mounted to the garment and the other end including a structure for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element. The portable display may include a portable virtual image display for focusing the video output at one of (a) infinity and (b) a desired finite distance viewable by an observer. The body-mountable display system may include, in combination, a computer producing the input signal.
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8 Claims
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1. A body-mountable display system comprising:
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a hand-holdable portable display capable of receiving an input signal generated by a computer and producing a video output in response thereto, said video output including a cursor for selectively controlling operation of the computer;
a garment wearable by a user; and
a flexible element operatively connecting the portable display to the garment to allow the portable display to be universally repositionable relative to the garment, said flexible element having spaced ends with one end mounted to the garment and the other end including means for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element, wherein said portable display comprises;
a housing having a front wall at which a viewing aperture for viewing the video output is defined, a back wall and side walls, wherein the flexible element is detachably mounted to the housing at the back wall of the housing; and
a computer mouse operably connected to the housing for selectively controlling the video output and operation of the computer, wherein the portable display includes a raised tab formed on the back wall of the housing, wherein the means for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element comprises a member attached to the other end of the flexible element, said member having a cooperating slot for removably receiving the raised tab, and wherein the portable display is detachably mounted to the flexible element via a dove-tail connection between the raised tab on the back wall of the housing and the cooperating slot on the member.
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2. In a display system for receiving a video signal produced by a computer and displaying video information generated by the video signal from the computer as a display image focused at one of (a) infinity and (b) a desired finite distance viewable by an observer, the improvement comprising:
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a display for viewing the display image, said display comprising;
a housing having a front wall at which a viewing aperture is defined, a back wall and side walls;
an audio control operably connected to the housing for providing audio signals to an audio interface in the computer in response to voice commands from a user for selectively controlling the display image and operation of the computer via the voice commands;
a manual control operably connected to the housing for selectively controlling the display image and operation of the computer; and
a switch selectively variable between (a) a first state wherein the manual control is enabled and (b) a second state wherein the audio control is enabled for selectively controlling the display image and operation of the computer;
a garment wearable by a user; and
flexible element operatively mounting the portable display to the garment to allow the display to be selectively repositionable relative to the garment, said flexible element having spaced ends with one end attached to the garment and the other end including means for detachably mounting the display to the flexible element, said flexible element universally repositionable to place the display in an infinite number of different positions relative to the garment. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
the portable display includes a raised tab formed on the back wall of the housing, the means for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element comprises a member attached to the other end of the flexible element, said member having a cooperating slot for removably receiving the raised tab, and the mounting means comprises a dove-tail connection between the raised tab on the back wall of the housing and the cooperating slot on the member.
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6. In a display system for displaying a magnified computer generated image as a display image focused at one of (a) infinity and (b) a desired finite distance viewable by an observer, the improvement comprising:
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a hand-holdable portable display having a viewing aperture for viewing the display image;
a garment wearable by a user; and
a flexible element operatively and detachably mounting the portable display to the garment to allow the portable display to be selectively repositionable relative to the garment, said flexible element having spaced ends with one end attached to the garment and the other end including means for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element, said flexible element selectively repositionable to place the portable display in an infinite number of different positions relative to the garment. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
the portable display comprises a housing having a front wall at which the viewing aperture is defined, a back wall and side walls, the back wall of the housing includes a raised tab formed thereon, the means for detachably mounting the portable display to the flexible element comprises a member attached to the other end of the flexible element, said member having a cooperating slot for removably receiving the raised tab, and the mounting means comprises a dove-tail connection between the raised tab on the back wall of the housing and the cooperating slot on the member. -
8. The improvement of claim 7, further comprising cooperating detent means on the raised tab and cooperating slot to allow the portable display to be releasably secured in a plurality of different positions relative to the member.
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