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Granted Patent B2
US 11,428,944 · App. 17/210,420 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Wearable device and method for visual image adjustment

Inventors: Akira Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Kanishima (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Doniwa (Asaka Saitama, JP); Hiroaki Komaki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Kumagai (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Sudo (Tokyo, JP); Nobuhide Okabayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 11,428,944
App. No.
17/210,420
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a system includes a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image. The wearable device features an optical component set featuring a lens, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image. A position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user. The color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed using the second user operable member.

Claims (27)

1. A wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image, the wearable device comprising:

an optical component set comprising a lens configured to form a visual image at a position which is a distance away from the user, the visual image being formed from the display image;

a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image; and

a second user operable member, wherein

the display image includes a menu image including at least one menu item for changing at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image,

a position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position based on at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the user, and

the at least one of the color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed by selecting the at least one menu item using the second user operable member.

2. A system comprising:

a server; and

a wearable device communicatively coupled to the server to receive a display image from the server, the wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display the display image from the server, wherein the wearable device comprises:

an optical component set comprising a lens configured to form a visual image at a position which is a distance away from the user, the visual image being formed from the display image;

a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image; and

a second user operable member, wherein

the display image includes a menu image including at least one menu item for changing at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image;

a position of the visual image is changed by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position according to at least one of a shape or a size of the head, and

the at least one of the color tone or the brightness of the visual image is changed by selecting the at least one menu item using the second user operable member.

3. An image display method for a wearable device configured to be attached to a display configured to display a display image, the wearable device comprising an optical component set comprising a lens configured to form a visual image from the display image, a first user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the visual image, and a second user operable member, the image display method comprising:

displaying the display image by the display, the display image including a menu image including at least one menu item for changing at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the visual image;

forming the visual image including the menu image at a position which is a distance away from the user;

changing a position of the visual image by adjusting the projection angle of the visual image using the first user operable member so that the visual image is displayed at a position according to at least one of a shape or a size of the head; and

changing the at least one of the color tone or the brightness of the visual image by selecting the at least one menu item using the second user operable member.

4. The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein

the second user operable member includes one of a sliding switch, a rotating switch, or a touch pad.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein

the second user operable member includes one of a sliding switch, a rotating switch, or a touch pad.

6. The image display method of claim 3 , wherein

the second user operable member includes one of a sliding switch, a rotating switch, or a touch pad.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2021
From: TANAKA, AKIRA; KANISHIMA, YASUHIRO; DONIWA, KENICHI; KOMAKI, HIROAKI; KUMAGAI, HIROKI; SUDO, TAKASHI; OKABAYASHI, NOBUHIDE
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 056830/0680 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-171933 · Sep 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16851088 · Apr 16, 2020
Division 15685766 · Aug 24, 2017
Division 14979169 · Dec 22, 2015
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