IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,789,279
Granted Patent B2
US 11,789,279 · App. 17/897,968 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

System and method for virtual image adjustment

Inventors: Akira Tanaka (Mitaka Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Kanishima (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Doniwa (Asaka Saitama, JP); Hiroaki Komaki (Tachikawa Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Kumagai (Kunitachi Tokyo, JP); Takashi Sudo (Fuchu Tokyo, JP); Nobuhide Okabayashi (Tachikawa Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Patent No.
US 11,789,279
App. No.
17/897,968
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
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 (42)

1. A system comprising:

at least a first wearable device and a second wearable device; and

a server communicatively coupled to the server, wherein

the first wearable device is configured to transmit a first device identification,

the second wearable device is configured to transmit a second device identification,

the server is configured to manage first relation between the first device identification and the first wearable device and second relation between the second device identification and the second wearable device,

the server is configured to receive at least one of the first device identification or the second device identification and identify at least one of the first wearable device or the second wearable device,

the server is configured to generate a first image associated with the first wearable device or a second image associated with the second wearable device,

the first image is different from the second image,

the server is configured to transmit the first image to the first wearable device or transmit the second image to the second wearable device,

the first wearable device is configured to be attached to a first display configured to display a first display image,

the second wearable device is configured to be attached to a second display configured to display a second display image,

the first wearable device comprises

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

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

the second wearable device comprises

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

a second user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the second visual image,

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

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

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein

the first wearable device comprises a third user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the first visual image, and

the second wearable device comprises a fourth user operable member configured to set an adjustment value relating to at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the second visual image.

3. A method for a system comprising at least a first wearable device and a second wearable device and a server communicatively coupled to the server,

wherein

the first wearable device is configured to transmit a first device identification,

the second wearable device is configured to transmit a second device identification,

the server is configured to manage first relation between the first device identification and the first wearable device and second relation between the second device identification and the second wearable device,

the server is configured to receive at least one of the first device identification or the second device identification and identify at least one of the first wearable device or the second wearable device,

the first wearable device is configured to be attached to a first display configured to display a first display image,

the second wearable device is configured to be attached to a second display configured to display a second display image,

the first wearable device comprises

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

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

the second wearable device comprises

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

a second user operable member configured to set a second adjustment value relating to a projection angle of the second visual image, the method comprising:

changing a position of the first visual image based on the first adjustment value so that the first visual image is displayed at a position according to at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the first user; and

changing a position of the second visual image based on the second adjustment value so that the second visual image is displayed at a position according to at least one of a shape or a size of the head of the second user.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

changing at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the first visual image based on a third operable member in the first wearable device; and

changing at least one of a color tone or a brightness of the second visual image based on a fourth operable member in the second wearable device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2023
From: TANAKA, AKIRA; KANISHIMA, YASUHIRO; DONIWA, KENICHI; KOMAKI, HIROAKI; KUMAGAI, HIROKI; SUDO, TAKASHI; OKABAYASHI, NOBUHIDE
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-171933 · Sep 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17210420 · Mar 23, 2021
Continuation 16851088 · Apr 16, 2020
Division 15685766 · Aug 24, 2017
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