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Granted Patent B2
US 11,269,188 · App. 17/015,087 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Display system, control program for information processing device, method for controlling information processing device, and display device

Inventors: Shinichi Kobayashi (Azumino, JP); Yuichi Mori (Minowa-Machi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G02B27/0172G02B2027/014G02B2027/0138G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 11,269,188
App. No.
17/015,087
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An HMD is coupled to a smart phone. The HMD displays a first image overlapping an external scene in a left display unit, and displays a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene in a right display unit. The smart phone includes a display panel displaying a third image, a first detector detecting that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image, and an adjustment unit adjusting, based on a detection result of the first detector, at least one of the first image and the second image such that the third image is visible.

Claims (68)

1. A display system, comprising:

a display device mounted on a head of a user; and

an information processing device to which the display device is coupled, wherein

the display device includes

a first display located at a left eye side of the user and displaying a first image overlapping an external scene, and

a second display located at a right eye side of the user and displaying a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene,

the information processing device includes

a third display displaying a third image,

a first detector detecting that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image,

a processor configured to function as,

an adjustment unit adjusting, based on a detection result of the first detector, an image of at least one of the first image and the second image such that the third image is visible, and

a display control unit causing, based on an adjustment result of the adjustment unit, the first display to display the first image and the second display to display the second image,

wherein the adjustment unit, when the first detector detects that the first image overlaps the third image, prohibits display of the first image, and

when the first detector detects that the second image overlaps the third image, prohibits display of the second image.

2. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjustment unit adjusts an image of at least one of the first image and the second image such that the second image differs from the first image.

3. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing device includes a second detector that, when the first detector detects that the first image overlaps the third image, detects a first overlapping region indicating a region where the first image overlaps the third image, and that, when the first detector detects that the second image overlaps the third image, detects a second overlapping region indicating a region where the second image overlaps the third image, and

the adjustment unit adjusts, based on a detection result of the second detector, an image of at least one of the first image and the second image.

4. The display system according to claim 3 , wherein

the adjustment unit,

when the first detector detects that the first image overlaps the third image, prohibits display of the first overlapping region in the first image, and

when the first detector detects that the second image overlaps the third image, prohibits display of the second overlapping region in the second image.

5. The display system according to claim 3 , wherein

the adjustment unit,

when the first detector detects that the first image overlaps the third image, adjusts transmittance of the first overlapping region in the first image, and

when the first detector detects that the second image overlaps the third image, adjusts transmittance of the second overlapping region in the second image.

6. The display system according to claim 3 , wherein

the display device includes a first image sensor image-capturing a first imaging range of the external scene,

the first detector detects, based on an imaging result of the first image sensor, that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image, and

the second detector detects, based on the imaging result of the first image sensor, the first overlapping region and the second overlapping region.

7. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display device includes a first image sensor image-capturing a first imaging range of the external scene,

the information processing device includes a processor configured to function as a first determining unit determining, based on an imaging result of the first image sensor, whether the information processing device is grasped by a left hand or grasped by a right hand,

the first detector,

when the first determining unit determines that the information processing device is grasped by the left hand, detects that the first image overlaps the third image, and

when the first determining unit determines that the information processing device is grasped by the right hand, detects that the second image overlaps the third image.

8. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processing device includes a processor configured to function as a second determining unit determining whether the third display faces the display device, and

when the second determining unit determines that the third display faces the display device, the adjustment unit adjusts an image of at least one of the first image and the second image.

9. The display system according to claim 8 , wherein

the display device includes a first image sensor image-capturing a first imaging range of the external scene,

the information processing device includes a second image sensor image-capturing a second imaging range of the external scene, and

the second determining unit determines, based on an image captured by the first image sensor and an image captured by the second image sensor, whether the third display of the information processing device faces the display device.

10. A method for controlling an information processing device to which a display device is coupled, the display device being mounted on a head of a user and including a first display located at a left eye side of the user and displaying a first image overlapping an external scene and a second display located at a right eye side of the user and displaying a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene, and which includes a third display displaying a third image, and moreover which includes a computer, the control method comprising:

a detection step of detecting by the computer that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image;

an adjustment step of adjusting by the computer an image of at least one of the first image and the second image, based on a detection result in the detection step, such that the third image is visible; and

a display control step of causing by the computer the first display to display the first image and causing by the computer the second display to display the second image, based on an adjustment result in the adjustment step,

wherein, the adjustment step prohibits display of the first image when the first image overlaps the third image, and prohibits display of the second image when the second image overlaps the third image.

11. A display system, comprising:

a display device mounted on a head of a user; and

an information processing device to which the display device is coupled, wherein

the display device includes

a first display located at a left eye side of the user and displaying a first image overlapping an external scene, and

a second display located at a right eye side of the user and displaying a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene,

the information processing device includes

a third display displaying a third image,

a first detector detecting that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image,

a processor configured to function as,

an adjustment unit adjusting, based on a detection result of the first detector, an image of at least one of the first image and the second image such that the third image is visible, and

a display control unit causing, based on an adjustment result of the adjustment unit, the first display to display the first image and the second display to display the second image,

wherein the adjustment unit, when the first detector detects that the first image overlaps the third image, adjusts transmittance of the first image, and

when the first detector detects that the second image overlaps the third image, adjusts transmittance of the second image.

12. A method for controlling an information processing device to which a display device is coupled, the display device being mounted on a head of a user and including a first display located at a left eye side of the user and displaying a first image overlapping an external scene and a second display located at a right eye side of the user and displaying a second image corresponding to the first image overlapping the external scene, and which includes a third display displaying a third image, and moreover which includes a computer, the control method comprising:

a detection step of detecting by the computer that at least one of the first image and the second image overlaps the third image;

an adjustment step of adjusting by the computer an image of at least one of the first image and the second image, based on a detection result in the detection step, such that the third image is visible; and

a display control step of causing by the computer the first display to display the first image and causing by the computer the second display to display the second image, based on an adjustment result in the adjustment step,

wherein the adjustment step adjusts transmittance of the first image when the first detector detects that the first image overlaps the third image, and adjusts transmittance of the second image when the first detector detects that the second image overlaps the third image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2020
From: KOBAYASHI, SHINICHI; MORI, YUICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053754/0462 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-164581 · Sep 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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