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Display device and control method thereof

  • US 9,348,144 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2013
  • Issued: 05/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display device comprising:

  • an outside light detecting section that detects an outside light from an outside area outside of the display device, in a visual field of a user of the display device, and detects a hand-held control device overlapping the visual field in the outside light;

    a display section that outputs an image light to overlap with the outside light and causes a combined image to be viewed based on the outside light and the image light overlapping with the outside light; and

    an operation detecting section that detects an input operation in a case where the hand-held control device is detected by the outside light detecting section to be overlapping with the visual field at a position corresponding to an input detection area that is virtually set,whereinthe input detection area is divided into a plurality of operation target areas each corresponding to one of a plurality of input operations,the operation detecting section detects which input operation to perform based on which one operation target area of the plurality of operation target areas the hand-held control device is positioned to overlap in the visual field, andthe hand-held control device is a light source device that includes a lighting section that emits a predetermined light.

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