Head mounted display and display control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9316831-B2
Application number	US-201214349725-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2012
Priority date	Oct 11, 2011
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a head mounted display including a displaying unit to display an image, an image signal processing unit to process an image signal, a display control unit to perform an image quality adjustment of the image signal processed by the image signal processing unit, and to control a display in the displaying unit, a mounting sensor to detect whether an observer has mounted the apparatus, and a control unit to issue an instruction for the image quality adjustment of the image signal in the display control unit, in response to a detection result by the mounting sensor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A head mounted display comprising:
a displaying unit to display an image;
an image signal processing unit to process an image signal;
a display control unit to perform an image quality adjustment of the image signal processed by the image signal processing unit, and to control a display in the displaying unit;
a mounting sensor to detect whether an observer has mounted the head mounted display; and
a control unit to issue an instruction for the image quality adjustment of the image signal in the display control unit, in response to a detection result by the mounting sensor,
wherein the control unit issues an instruction to increase luminance of the displaying unit, in response to the mounting sensor detecting that the observer has demounted the head mounted display.

2. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying unit is for each of a left eye and a right eye of the observer.

3. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , further comprising: a light shielding hood to shield an eye of the observer from environmental light, above the displaying unit.

4. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit lights the displaying unit and issues an instruction for an adjustment of the luminance thereof, in response to the mounting sensor detecting that the observer has mounted the head mounted display.

5. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit issues an instruction for an adjustment of the luminance of the displaying unit in accordance with dark adaptation of a luminosity property of an eye of the observer, in response to the mounting sensor detecting that the observer has mounted the head mounted display.

6. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit issues an instruction for decreasing the luminance of the displaying unit, in response to an elapsed time since the mounting sensor detects that the observer has mounted the head mounted display.

7. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit sets a target luminance of the displaying unit after a predetermined elapsed time since the mounting sensor detects that the observer has mounted the head mounted display, based on setting of a reference luminance of 46 cd/m 2 .

8. The head mounted display according to claim 4 , wherein the control unit resets the luminance of the displaying unit to a value before the adjustment, in response to the mounting sensor detecting that the observer has demounted the head mounted display.

9. A display control method for a head mounted display, the display control method comprising:
an image signal processing step of processing an image signal to be displayed on the head mounted display;
a mounting detection step of detecting whether or not an observer has mounted the head mounted display; and
a luminance adjustment step of performing an adjustment of luminance of the image signal, in response to a detection result in the mounting detection step,
wherein the adjustment of the luminance corresponds to an increase in the luminance of the image signal, in response to the detection that the observer has demounted the head mounted display.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Naomasa
• Hirota Yoichi
• Kaji Yohsuke
• Nabeta Masaomi
• Itou Hiroaki

Classifications

• H04N13/398

  Synchronisation thereof; Control thereof · CPC title

• H04N13/344

  with head-mounted left-right displays · CPC title

• 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

• G09G2320/02

  Improving the quality of display appearance · CPC title

• G02B27/01

  Head-up displays · CPC title