IP Library Granted Patent US 9,625,989
Granted Patent B2
US 9,625,989 · App. 14/907,999 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Head mounted display

Inventors: Lochlainn Wilson (Tokyo, JP); Bakui Chou (Tokyo, JP); Keiichi Seko (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FOVE, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,625,989
App. No.
14/907,999
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head mounted display is used in a state of being mounted on a user's head and includes a convex lens disposed at a position facing the user's cornea when the head mounted display is mounted. An infrared light source emits infrared light toward the convex lens. A camera captures an image including the user's cornea in a subject. A housing houses the convex lens, the infrared light source, and the camera. The convex lens is provided with a plurality of reflection regions that reflects infrared light in an inside of the convex lens. The infrared light source causes a pattern of infrared light to appear on the user's cornea by emitting infrared light to each of the plurality of reflection regions provided in the convex lens.

Claims (20)

1. A head mounted display used in a state of being mounted on a user's head comprising:

a convex lens disposed at a position facing a user's cornea when the head mounted display is mounted;

an infrared light source that emits infrared light toward the convex lens;

a camera that captures an image including the user's cornea in a subject; and

a housing that houses the convex lens, the infrared light source, and the camera,

wherein the convex lens is provided with a plurality of reflection regions that reflect infrared light in an inside of the convex lens, and

the infrared light source causes a pattern of infrared light to appear on the user's cornea by emitting infrared light to each of the plurality of reflection regions provided in the convex lens.

2. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the convex lens has the plurality of reflection regions formed therein so that the pattern of infrared light appearing on the user's cornea forms structured light.

3. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the pattern is formed by a plurality of infrared light dots, and

the convex lens is provided with the reflection regions so that a different dot pattern appears at a different position of the user's cornea.

4. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the camera is a stereo camera including two or more imaging units.

5. The head mounted display according to claim 1 , further comprising an image output unit that analyzes a pattern of infrared light present in an image captured by the camera, and outputs the image captured by the camera to a cornea coordinate acquisition unit that acquires spatial coordinates of the user's cornea.

6. The head mounted display according to claim 5 , wherein the image output unit further outputs the image captured by the camera to an eyesight detection unit that detects an eyesight direction of the user.

7. The head mounted display according to claim 2 , wherein the pattern is formed by a plurality of infrared light dots, and

the convex lens is provided with the reflection regions so that a different dot pattern appears at a different position of the user's cornea.

8. The head mounted display according to claim 2 , wherein the camera is a stereo camera including two or more imaging units.

9. The head mounted display according to claim 3 , wherein the camera is a stereo camera including two or more imaging units.

10. The head mounted display according to claim 2 , further comprising an image output unit that analyzes a pattern of infrared light present in an image captured by the camera, and outputs the image captured by the camera to a cornea coordinate acquisition unit that acquires spatial coordinates of the user's cornea.

11. The head mounted display according to claim 3 , further comprising an image output unit that analyzes a pattern of infrared light present in an image captured by the camera, and outputs the image captured by the camera to a cornea coordinate acquisition unit that acquires spatial coordinates of the user's cornea.

12. The head mounted display according to claim 4 , further comprising an image output unit that analyzes a pattern of infrared light present in an image captured by the camera, and outputs the image captured by the camera to a cornea coordinate acquisition unit that acquires spatial coordinates of the user's cornea.

Assignments (4)
MERGER Recorded Oct 24, 2024
From: FOVE, INC.
To: FOVE USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 068996/0294 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 24, 2024
From: FOVE USA, INC.
To: FOVE, INC.
Reel/Frame 068996/0351 →
CONFIRMATORY/CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 19, 2016
From: WILSON, LOCHLAINN; CHOU, BAKUI; SEKO, KEIICHI
To: FOVE, INC.
Reel/Frame 039390/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2016
From: WILSON, LOCHLAINN; CHOU, BAKUI; SEKO, KEIICHI
To: FOVE, INC
Reel/Frame 037599/0072 →
Continuity (1)
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