See-through computer display systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10139632-B2
Application number	US-201715658990-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2017
Priority date	Jan 21, 2014
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments include a head-worn display including a display panel sized and positioned to produce a field of view to present digital content to an eye of a user, and a processor adapted to present the digital content to the display panel such that the digital content is only presented in a portion of the field of view, the portion being in the middle of the field of view such that horizontally opposing edges of the field of view are blank areas. The processor is adapted to shift the digital content into one of the blank areas to adjust the convergence distance of the digital content and thereby change the perceived distance from the user to the digital content.

First claim

We claim:

1. A head-worn display, comprising:
a. a display panel sized and positioned to produce a field of view to present digital content to an eye of a user;
b. a processor adapted to present the digital content to the display panel such that the digital content is only presented in a portion of the field of view, the portion being in the field of view such that a horizontal edge of the field of view is a blank area; and
c. the processor further adapted to shift the digital content into the blank area to align the digital content with the eye of the user.

2. The head-worn display of claim 1 , wherein the digital content comprises an augmented reality object.

3. The head-worn display of claim 1 ,
wherein the blank area comprises approximately 10% or greater of a field of view lateral area.

4. The head-worn display of claim 1 , wherein a total amount of the blank area in the field of view, comprising a combined left portion of the field of view and right portion of the field of view, remains constant while the left and right portions of the field of view are changed to position the digital content within the field of view.

5. The head-worn display of claim 4 , wherein the digital content is positioned to adjust a convergence distance associated with the digital content.

6. The head-worn display of claim 4 , wherein the digital content is positioned to adjust an interpupillary distance associated with the digital content.

Assignees

• Osterhout Group Inc

Inventors

• Border John N
• Bietry Joseph
• Haddick John D

Classifications

• G02B2027/0147

  comprising a device modifying the resolution of the displayed image · CPC title

• G02B2027/0187

  slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye · CPC title

• G02B2027/0141

  characterised by the informative content of the display · CPC title

• G02B2027/014

  comprising information/image processing systems · CPC title

• G06F3/013

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title