Head mounted display, method for controlling head mounted display, and computer program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016109703-A1
Application number	US-201514870864-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 20, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A head mounted display includes a sight line direction detection section that detects the direction of a user's sight line, an image display section that has an image display area where an image is displayed, and a display image setting section that allows display of at least part of an image in the image display area and changes, based on the detected direction of the sight line, at least one of the at least part of the image displayed in the image display area and a display position of the image displayed in the image display area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A head mounted display comprising:
a sight line direction detection section that detects the direction of a user's sight line; an image display section that has an image display area where an image is displayed; and a display image setting section that allows display of at least part of an image in the image display area and changes, based on the detected direction of the sight line, at least one of the at least part of the image displayed in the image display area and a display position of the image displayed in the image display area.

2 . The head mounted display according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image display area is divided into a plurality of areas, at least two of the plurality of divided areas share at least a portion as a common area, and to change the display position based on the identified direction of the sight line, the display image setting section selects one of the plurality of areas that is related to the direction of the sight line and allows display of an image in the selected one area.

3 . The head mounted display according to claim 2 ,
wherein when the image is formed of a stationary image, the display image setting section selects one of the plurality of areas that is related to the direction of the sight line and allows display of the stationary image in the selected one area.

4 . The head mounted display according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display image setting section changes at least one of the at least part of the image displayed in the image display area and the display position at a speed slower than the speed at which the detected direction of the sight line changes.

5 . The head mounted display according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display image setting section sets the relationship between the speed at which the detected direction of the sight line changes and the speed at which the image displayed in the image display area changes differently depending on whether the image is formed of motion images or stationary images.

6 . The head mounted display according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sight line direction detection section captures images of the user's eyes and detects the direction of the sight line based on the captured images of the user's eyes.

7 . The head mounted display according to claim 6 , further comprising
an eye image storage section that stores a plurality of images of the user's eyes from which the sight lines are oriented in different directions, wherein the sight line direction detection section compares the captured images of the user's eyes with the plurality of stored images of the user's eyes to detect the direction of the sight line.

8 . The head mounted display according to claim 1 , further comprising
a head orientation detection section that detects the orientation of the user's head, wherein the display image setting section changes, based on the detected orientation of the head and the detected direction of the sight line, at least one of the at least part of the image displayed in the image display area and the display position.

9 . The head mounted display according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image display section transmits an outside scene, and when the detected sight line is oriented frontward, the display image setting section allows display of an image in an area except a central area of the image display area, and when the direction of the sight line changes from the frontward direction to a direction other than the frontward direction, the display image setting section allows display of an image related to the direction of the sight line after the change in the image display area including the central area.

10 . A method for controlling a head mounted display including an image display section having an image display area where an image is displayed, the method comprising:
detecting the direction of a user's sight line; and allowing display of at least part of an image in the image display area and changing, based on the detected direction of the sight line, at least one of the at least part of the image displayed in the image display area and a display position of the image displayed in the image display area.

11 . A computer program for a head mounted display including an image display section having an image display area where an image is displayed, the computer program causing a computer to provide:
a detection function of detecting the direction of a user's sight line; and a display image setting function of allowing display of at least part of an image in the image display area and changing, based on the detected direction of the sight line, at least one of the at least part of the image displayed in the image display area and a display position of the image displayed in the image display area.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nishizawa Kazuo

Classifications

• G09G3/001

  using specific devices not provided for in groups G09G3/02 - G09G3/36, e.g. using an intermediate record carrier such as a film slide; Projection systems; Display of non-alphanumerical information, solely or in combination with alphanumerical information, e.g. digital display on projected diapositive as background (slide projectors per se G03B23/00 = 42 HP) · CPC title

• G02B2027/0141

  characterised by the informative content of the display · CPC title

• G06F3/147

  using display panels · CPC title

• G02B2027/0178

  Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C) · CPC title

• H04N5/77

  between a recording apparatus and a television camera · CPC title