Digital inter-pupillary distance adjustment
Stereoscopic viewing systems may be adjusted for a user's inter-pupillary distance (IPD). An inter-pupillary distance (IPD) value is determined from a signal from a position sensitive device coupled to two moveable sighting fixtures mounted to a head mounted display (HMD) having two fixed optics configured for a specific inter-pupillary distance. The position sensitive device is configured to produce a signal that corresponds to a distance between the two sighting fixtures. The images are warped with a processor to optimize display of the images with the two fixed optics for the determined IPD value.
1. A method, comprising:
determining an inter-pupillary distance (IPD) value with a processor from a signal from a position sensitive device coupled to two moveable sighting fixtures mounted to a head mounted display (HMD) having two fixed optics configured for a specific inter-pupillary distance, the position sensitive device being configured to produce a signal that corresponds to a distance between the two sighting fixtures; and
warping images with the processor to optimize display of the images with the two fixed optics for the determined IPD value.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein warping the images includes correcting the images for one or more aberrations.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aberrations include geometric lens distortion, chromatic aberration, coma, vignetting or a combination thereof.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the setting of IPD for the user in digital memory.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising automatically adjusting images presented on the display using the stored setting of IPD for the user.
6. An apparatus, comprising:
a computer processing system configured, by suitable programming, to perform a method comprising:
determining an inter-pupillary distance (IPD) value from a signal from a position sensitive device coupled to two moveable sighting fixtures mounted to a head mounted display (HMD) having two fixed optics configured for a specific inter-pupillary distance, the position sensitive device being configured to produce a signal that corresponds to a distance between the two sighting fixtures; and
warping images with the computer processing system to optimize display of the images with the two fixed optics for the determined IPD value.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein warping the images includes correcting the images for one or more aberrations.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the aberrations include geometric lens distortion, chromatic aberration, coma, vignetting or a combination thereof.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the method further comprises storing the setting of IPD for the user in digital memory.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises automatically adjusting images presented on the display using the stored setting of IPD for the user.
11. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising the head mounted display HMD having two fixed optics configured for a specific inter-pupillary distance.
12. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising the position sensitive device coupled to two moveable sighting fixtures.
13. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising the position sensitive device coupled to two moveable sighting fixtures and the head mounted display (HMD) having two fixed optics configured for a specific inter-pupillary distance.
14. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for inter-pupillary distance (IPD) adjustment on a display device comprising fixed optics, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a processing system causes the one or more processors to carry out an IPD adjustment method, the IPD adjustment method comprising
determining an inter-pupillary distance (IPD) value from a signal from a position sensitive device coupled to two moveable sighting fixtures mounted to a head mounted display (HMD) having two fixed optics configured for a specific inter-pupillary distance, the position sensitive device being configured to produce a signal that corresponds to a distance between the two sighting fixtures; and
warping images with the processing system to optimize display of the images with the two fixed optics for the determined IPD value.
15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein warping the images includes correcting the images for one or more aberrations.
16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the aberrations include geometric lens distortion, chromatic aberration, coma, vignetting or a combination thereof.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the IPD adjustment method further comprises storing the setting of IPD for the user in digital memory.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the IPD adjustment method further comprises automatically adjusting images presented on the display using the stored setting of IPD for the user.