IP Library Granted Patent US 12,055,720
Granted Patent B2
US 12,055,720 · App. 17/431,806 · Granted Aug 6, 2024

Head-mounted display and glasses

Inventor: Shin Kuroda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
G02B27/0172G02F1/1533H04N13/344G02B2027/0178G02F2203/48
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Patent No.
US 12,055,720
App. No.
17/431,806
Granted
Aug 6, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-mounted display includes: an optical member that provides an image; an intermediate member extended with a curvature in a predetermined direction; and a dimming member arranged via a predetermined gap with respect to the optical member and mounted on the intermediate member in such a manner as to have a curvature in the predetermined direction.

Claims (22)

1. A head-mounted display comprising:

an optical member that provides an image;

an intermediate member extended with a curvature in a predetermined direction; and

a dimming member arranged via a predetermined gap with respect to the optical member and mounted on the intermediate member in the predetermined direction.

2. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate member has a plurality of extended portions extended with a curvature in the predetermined direction, and the dimming member is mounted on the plurality of extended portions.

3. The head-mounted display according to claim 2 , wherein both ends of the dimming member are mounted on the plurality of extended portions of the intermediate member.

4. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate member is arranged along an outer periphery of the dimming member.

5. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the dimming member has a larger shape than the optical member.

6. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the dimming member is arranged on an opposite side of a side to provide the image of the optical member.

7. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the dimming member is arranged on a center side of the curvature with respect to the intermediate member.

8. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the intermediate member is made of a material having higher rigidity than that of the dimming member.

9. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the dimming member is an electrochromic device.

10. The head-mounted display according to claim 9 , wherein the dimming member includes a wiring line.

11. The head-mounted display according to claim 10 , wherein the dimming member has a terminal portion from which the wiring line is pulled out and which is arranged at an end portion of the dimming member which portion has a flat shape in planar view.

12. The head-mounted display according to claim 10 , wherein the dimming member includes a first dimming member and a second dimming member, and a part of a first wiring line of the first dimming member and a part of a second wiring line of the second dimming member are arranged in an overlapped manner.

13. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member is mounted on the intermediate member.

14. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , further comprising a spacer arranged in the predetermined gap.

15. Glasses comprising:

an optical member that provides an image;

an intermediate member extended with a curvature in a predetermined direction; and

a dimming member arranged via a predetermined gap with respect to the optical member and mounted on the intermediate member in such a manner as to have a curvature in the predetermined direction.

16. The glasses according to claim 15 , wherein the intermediate member and the dimming member are configured detachably.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2026
From: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
To: META PLATFORMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 075375/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2021
From: KURODA, SHIN
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057211/0785 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-037003 · Feb 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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