Head mounted display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022252883-A1
Application number	US-202117168173-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 5, 2021
Priority date	Feb 5, 2021
Publication date	Aug 11, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A head mounted display apparatus includes a display, a focus adjuster and a controller. The display generates a display image. The focus adjuster is disposed between a target zone and the display, and is configured to adjust a position of a focus plan of the display image according to a control signal. The controller generates the control signal according to vision depth information.

First claim

1 . A head mounted display apparatus, comprising:
a display, generating a display image, wherein the display image comprises a first object and a second object having image depths that are different from each other; a focus adjuster, disposed between a target zone and the display, for adjusting a position of a focus plane of the display image according to a control signal, wherein the position of the focus plane is overlapped with the first object and is distanced from the second object; and a controller, coupled to the focus adjuster, for generating the control signal according to visual depth information, wherein the focus adjuster is turned on and off in a plurality of first time intervals, and the visual depth information is detected in a plurality of second time intervals, each of the first time intervals and each of the second time intervals are alternate without overlapping with each other.

2 . A head mounted display apparatus, comprising:
a display, generating a display image, wherein the display image comprises a first object and a second object having image depths that are different from each other; a focus adjuster, disposed between a target zone and the display, for adjusting a position of a focus plane of the display image according to a control signal, wherein the position of the focus plane is overlapped with the first object and is distanced from the second object; a controller, coupled to the focus adjuster, for generating the control signal according to visual depth information; and an eye-ball tracker, coupled to the controller, for detecting the visual depth information of a user in the target zone, wherein the focus adjuster is turned on and off in a plurality of first time intervals, and the visual depth infonnation is detected in a plurality of second time intervals, each of the first time intervals and each of the second time intervals are alternate without overlapping with each other.

3 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a light-guiding element, coupled to the display, for guiding the display image to the target zone.

4 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a light-shielding element, coupled to the display, for determining whether to shield an environmental image.

5 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the focus adjuster comprises:
an electrically controlled lens, coupled to the controller, for changing the focus plane according to the control signal that is an electrical signal.

6 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the electronically controlled lens adjusts the focus plane according to a voltage value of the control signal.

7 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the light-shielding element and the focus adjuster are turned on and off in the plurality of first time intervals, the eye-ball tracker is activated in the plurality of second time intervals to detect the visual depth information, the electronically controlled lens is activated in the second time intervals to adjust a provided focal length according to the corresponding visual depth information, and the focus adjuster is capable of adjusting the focal length while performing vision correction at the same time according to the user's needs, so as to allow the user to see the environmental image clearly.

8 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein: when the electronically controlled lens is activated, the light-shielding element is activated to shield the environmental image; and the display is activated in the second time intervals to generate the display image, and is stopped in the first time intervals from generating the display image.

9 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the focus adjuster comprises:
a phase retarder, disposed between the display and the electronically controlled lens, for changing light polarization characteristics of the display image; and a polarizing lens group, disposed between the phase retarder and the electronically controlled lens, for changing the focus plane of the display image.

10 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the polarizing lens group comprises:
at least one phase adjuster, for adjusting a rotation characteristic of the display image according to the control signal; and at least one polarizing lens, for adjusting a diopter of the at least one polarizing lens according to the rotation characteristic of the display image, wherein the at least one phase adjuster and the at least one polarizing lens are sequentially disposed between the phase retarder and the electronically controlled lens.

11 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein when the rotation characteristic of the display image is a first rotation direction, the diopter of the at least one polarizing lens is adjusted to a positive reference value, wherein when the rotation characteristic of the display image is a second rotation direction, the diopter of the at least one polarizing lens is adjusted to a negative reference value, wherein the first rotation direction is opposite to the second rotation direction.

12 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the at least one phase adjuster comprises a plurality of phase adjustment members, the phase adjustment members adjust the display image from a first rotation direction to a second rotation direction that is opposite to the first rotation direction according to the control signal, or adjust the display image from the second rotation direction to the first rotation direction.

13 . The head mounted display apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the phase adjustment members are capable of being respectively controlled independently according to a plurality of bits of the control signal.

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Tsai Cheng-Hsiu
• Chang Wei-Jen
• Fan fu-cheng

Classifications

• G02B2027/0118

  comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility · CPC title

• G02B27/0172 Primary

  characterised by optical features · CPC title

• G02B27/0093

  with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking · CPC title

• G06F3/011 Primary

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• G06F3/013

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