HEAD-WORN ADAPTIVE DISPLAY
This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content. The optical assembly includes absorptive polarizers or anti-reflective coatings to reduce stray light.
1 . An augmented reality display device, comprising:
a display apparatus configured for viewing of at least a part of a surrounding environment and also displayed content;
an integrated sensor configured to acquire sensor data relating to the surrounding environment, the integrated sensor comprising an image sensor configured to acquire image data of the surrounding environment;
an integrated processor for handling the sensor data and content for presentation to a user, the integrated processor configured to recognize an environmental feature in the surrounding environment based on the image data acquired by the image sensor;
an image source configured to introduce content to the display apparatus; and
a communications facility configured to connect the augmented reality display device to a hand held remote control comprising a haptic interface and to send a request to the hand held remote control to output a haptic notification upon recognition of the environmental feature in the surrounding environment based on the image data acquired by the image sensor of the augmented reality display device, the hand held remote control further being configured to communicate with and control the head-mounted display device, and
the integrated processor being further configured to display virtual content providing information regarding the environmental feature via the image source and the display apparatus upon recognition of the environmental feature.
2 . The augmented reality display device of claim 1 , wherein the hand held remote control comprises one or more of a wrap, a ring, a pad, a glove, a bracelet, and a watch.
3 . The augmented reality display device of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality display device comprises a head-mounted display device.
4 . The augmented reality display device of claim 1 , wherein the request comprises a request to output one or more of a vibration, a force, a pressure, an electrical impulse, and a temperature output.
5 . The augmented reality display device of claim 1 , wherein the augmented reality display device is configured to send the request to the haptic interface to output the haptic notification upon receipt of a message from a remote computing system.
6 . The augmented reality display device of claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus comprises a projector.
7 . The augmented reality display device of claim 6 , wherein the object recognition application comprises facial recognition software and is configured to recognize a face via the image data of the surrounding environment, and wherein the augmented reality display device is further configured to send the request to the haptic interface for the haptic notification upon recognition of the face.
8 . The augmented reality display device of claim 6 , wherein the augmented reality display device is configured to send the request to the haptic interface for the haptic notification upon detecting that the user is approaching an object.
9 . The augmented reality display device of claim 1 , wherein the haptic interface is further configured to accept control inputs from the user and send the control inputs to the augmented reality display device.
10 . An augmented reality display device, comprising:
a display apparatus configured for viewing of at least a part of a surrounding environment and also displayed content;
an integrated sensor configured to acquire sensor data relating to the surrounding environment, the integrated sensor comprising an image sensor configured to acquire image data of the surrounding environment;
an integrated processor for handling the sensor data and content for presentation to a user, the integrated processor being configured to recognize an environmental feature based on the image data of the surrounding environment;
an image source configured to introduce content to the display apparatus; and
a communications facility configured to connect the augmented reality display device to a hand held remote control comprising a haptic interface and to, upon recognition of the environmental feature based on the image data acquired by the image sensor of the augmented reality display device, send a request to the hand held remote control to output a haptic notification regarding the environmental feature, the hand held remote control further being configured to communicate with and control the augmented reality display device, and
the integrated processor being further configured to display virtual content providing information regarding the environmental feature via the image source and display apparatus upon recognition of the environmental feature.
11 . The augmented reality display device of claim 10 , wherein the augmented reality display device is configured to send the request to the haptic interface by sending the request to a haptic output device located on one or more of a wrap, a ring, a pad, a glove, a bracelet, and a watch.
12 . The augmented reality display device of claim 10 wherein the augmented reality display device comprises a head-mounted display device.
13 . The augmented reality display device of claim 10 , wherein the request to the haptic interface comprises a request to output one or more of a vibration, a force, a pressure, an electrical impulse, and a temperature output.
14 . The augmented reality display device of claim 10 , wherein the augmented reality display device is further configured to receive a message from a remote computing system, and send the message from the remote computing system to a haptic output device for display on the haptic output device.
15 . The augmented reality display device of claim 10 , wherein the display apparatus comprises a projector.
16 . The augmented reality display device of claim 10 , wherein the object recognition application comprises facial recognition software and is configured to recognize a face via the image data of the surrounding environment, and wherein the augmented reality display device is further configured to send the request to the hand held remote control for the haptic notification upon recognition of the face.
17 . The augmented reality display device of claim 10 , wherein the communications facility is configured to connect the augmented reality display device to a watch device.
18 . A system, comprising:
a display device comprising a display apparatus configured for viewing at least a part of a surrounding environment and also displayed content, one or more image sensors configured to acquire image data of the surrounding environment, an integrated processor for handling content for presentation to a user, and an image source configured to introduce content to the display apparatus; and
a hand held remote game controller comprising a haptic interface and configured to output a haptic notification upon recognition of an environmental feature in the surrounding environment based on the image data acquired by the image sensor of the display device, the hand held remote game controller further being configured to communicate with and control the display device, and
the integrated processor being configured to recognize the environmental feature in the surrounding environment based on the image data acquired by the image sensor, and the integrated processor being further configured to display virtual content providing information regarding the environmental feature via the image source and display apparatus upon recognition of the environmental feature.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the display device comprises a head-mounted display device.
20 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the haptic interface is configured to output the haptic notification through one or more of vibration, force, pressure, electrical impulse, and temperature.