IP Library Granted Patent US 9,086,566
Granted Patent B2
US 9,086,566 · App. 13/238,193 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Monocular head mounted display

Inventors: Aira Hotta (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Tsuyoshi Tasaki (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Masahiro Sekine (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Sasaki (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Haruhiko Okumura (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Akihisa Moriya (Kanagawa-ken, JP); Akira Kinno (Kanagawa-ken, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
G02B27/01G06T11/00G02B2027/014
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Patent No.
US 9,086,566
App. No.
13/238,193
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a monocular head mounted display comprising an information acquisition section, an image data generation section, and an image display section. The information acquisition section acquires solid body position information on a position of a solid body located on ground around a user, and indication position information on an indication position for the user. The image data generation section generates image data including an information object to provide provision information to the user. The image display section displays an image based on the image data on one eye of the user in superimposition on a real scene. The image data generation section generates the image data so as to move the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the indication position after placing the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the solid body.

Claims (53)

1. A monocular head mounted display comprising:

an information acquisition section that acquires solid body position information on a position of a solid body located on ground around a user, and indication position information on an indication position for the user;

an image data generation section that generates image data including an information object to provide provision information to the user; and

an image display section that displays an image based on the image data generated by the image data generation section on one eye of the user in superimposition on a real scene,

wherein based on the solid body position information and the indication position information acquired by the information acquisition section, the image data generation section generates the image data so as to move the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the indication position after placing the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the solid body,

wherein the information object moves from the position of the solid body to a target position

wherein based on the solid body position information, the information acquisition section selects a reference body serving as a reference for depth as viewed from the user from among a plurality of solid bodies located on the ground around the user,

the image data generation section generates the image data so as to further include a reference object serving as a reference for the depth as viewed from the user, and

the image data generation section generates the image data so as to place the reference object in the image so that the reference object is superimposed on the reference body,

the information acquisition section further acquires user position information on a current position of the user, and

when target distance from the current position acquired by the information acquisition section to the target position is farther than reference body distance from the current position to a position of the reference body, the image data generation section makes size of the information object in the image smaller than size of the reference object, and

when the target distance is nearer than the reference body distance, the image data generation section makes the size of the information object in the image larger than the size of the reference object.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

the information object includes information on an expected direction of travel of the user, and

the target position is a position to change a traveling direction of the user.

3. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

the information acquisition section acquires information on a forward real scene around the user, and

the information acquisition section acquires the solid body position information based on the acquired information on the real scene.

4. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the image data generation section sets the size of the reference object and the size of the information object based on law of perspective.

5. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the image data generation section sets ratio of the size of the information object to the size of the reference object to be equal to ratio of the target distance to the reference body distance.

6. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the image data generation section sets ratio of ratio of the size of the information object to the size of the reference object to ratio of the target distance to the reference body distance to be equal to 0.2 or more and 5 or less.

7. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the generating of the image data includes generating the image data so as to display the information object with the reference object after a time interval for displaying the reference object without displaying the information object.

8. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a detection section that detects a position of head of the user,

wherein depending on change of the position of the head detected by the detection section, the image data generation section corrects position in the image of the reference object and position in the image of the information object so that the reference object is superimposed on the position of the reference body and that the information object is superimposed on the target position.

9. The display according to claim 8 , wherein when the change of the position of the head detected by the detection section includes change along at least one direction of pitch angle direction, yaw angle direction, and roll angle direction, the image data generation section changes the position in the image of the reference object along the at least one direction, and changes the position in the image of the information object along the at least one direction.

10. The display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a detection section that detects a position of head of the user,

the information acquisition section further acquires user position information on a current position of the user, and

when target distance from the current position acquired by the information acquisition section to the target position is farther than reference body distance from the current position to a position of the reference body, depending on change of the position of the head detected by the detection section, the image data generation section makes amount of change of the position in the image of the information object larger than amount of change of the position in the image of the reference object, and

when the target distance is nearer than reference body distance, depending on the change of the position of the head detected by the detection section, the image data generation section makes the amount of change of the position in the image of the information object smaller than the amount of change of the position in the image of the reference object.

11. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the reference body includes selecting the reference body so that distance between the position of the reference body and the position of the user is equal to or less than a predetermined length.

12. The display according to claim 11 , wherein the predetermined length is 200 meters or less.

13. The display according to claim 1 , wherein

the acquiring of the solid body position information by the information acquisition section includes acquiring image information of each of the plurality of solid bodies, and

the selecting of the reference body includes, based on the image information of each of the plurality of solid bodies, determining texture of each of the plurality of solid bodies, and selecting one of the plurality of solid bodies having a relatively uniform texture as the reference body.

14. The display according to claim 1 , wherein in placing the information object in the image, the image data generation section further generates data on an intermediate information object placed along a line segment connecting between a position in the image superimposed on the position of the reference body as viewed from the user and a position in the image superimposed on the target position as viewed from the user.

15. The display according to claim 14 , wherein the image data generation section sets size of the intermediate information object so as to become larger along a direction from the position in the image superimposed on the reference body toward the position in the image superimposed on the target position.

16. The display according to claim 1 , wherein in placing the reference object in the, image, the image data generation section moves the reference object along a direction from a start position in the image toward a position in the image superimposed on the position of the reference body as viewed from the user.

17. The display according to claim 16 , wherein the start position is placed in a lower portion in the image and in a horizontal center portion in the image.

18. The display according to claim 1 , wherein in placing the reference object in the image, the image data generation section further generates data on an intermediate reference object placed along a line segment connecting between a start position in the image and a position in the image superimposed on the position of the reference body as viewed from the user.

19. A monocular head mounted display comprising:

an information acquisition section that acquires solid body position information on a position of a solid body located on ground around a user, and indication position information on an indication position for the user;

an image data generation section that generates image data including an information object to provide provision information to the user; and

an image display section that displays an image based on the image data generated by the image data generation section on one eye of the user in superimposition on a real scene,

wherein based on the solid body position information and the indication position information acquired by the information acquisition section, the image data generation section generates the image data so as to move the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the indication position after placing the information object in the image so that the information object is superimposed on the solid body,

wherein the information object moves from the position of the solid body to a target position,

wherein

based on the solid body position information, the information acquisition section selects a reference body serving as a reference for depth as viewed from the user from among a plurality of solid bodies located on the ground around the user,

the image data generation section generates the image data so as to further include a reference object serving as a reference for the depth as viewed from the user,

the image data generation section generates the image data so as to place the reference object in the image so that the reference object is superimposed on the reference body,

the information acquisition section further acquires user position information on a current position of the user, and

the image data generation section changes a relative relationship between a size of the information object in the image and a size of the reference object based a relationship between target distance from the current position acquired by the information acquisition section to the target position and reference body distance from the current position to a position of the reference body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2012
From: HOTTA, AIRA; TASAKI, TSUYOSHI; SEKINE, MASAHIRO; SASAKI, TAKASHI; OKUMURA, HARUHIKO; MORIYA, AKIHISA; KINNO, AKIRA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-063317 · Mar 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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