IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,890,766
Granted Patent B2
US 10,890,766 · App. 16/084,593 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Image display apparatus and image display method

Inventors: Kiyoshi Katagiri (Wako, JP); Shiro Fukano (Wako, JP); Tetsuro Hosoda (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
G02B27/0172G01C21/365G02B27/017G02B27/02G06F3/012G06F3/0484G06F3/0487G06F3/147G08G1/0969G08G1/096861G09G5/00G09G5/36B62J45/40B62J45/4151B62J50/20G02B2027/014G02B2027/0141G02B2027/0174G02B2027/0178G02B2027/0187G09G2340/04G09G2340/12G09G2380/10
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,890,766
App. No.
16/084,593
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image display apparatus having a display part that is arranged on a mount body which is mounted on the head of a user includes a detection part and a control part. The detection part detects a tilt of the head of the user. The control part sets a virtual horizon based on the tilt which is detected by the detection part and sets a non-display region having a band shape that is parallel to the set virtual horizon.

Claims (22)

1. An image display apparatus having a display part that is arranged on a mount body which is mounted on a head of a user, the image display apparatus comprising:

a detection part that detects a tilt of a head of the user; and

a control part that sets a virtual horizon based on the tilt which is detected by the detection part and that sets a non-display region having a band shape which is parallel to the virtual horizon,

wherein the non-display region is a region between a first boundary line that is provided by a first distance in an upper direction from and in parallel with the virtual horizon and a secondary boundary line that is provided by a second distance in a lower direction from and in parallel with the virtual horizon.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first distance is shorter than the second distance.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising

a speed detection part that detects a movement speed,

wherein the control part changes a relationship between the first distance and the second distance in accordance with the movement speed that is detected by the speed detection part.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the control part shortens the second distance when the movement speed that is detected by the speed detection part is fast, and

the control part shortens the first distance when the movement speed is slow.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when an information image and a region that is set as the non-display region are overlapped with each other, the control part erases the information image.

6. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when an information image and a region that is set as the non-display region are overlapped with each other, the control part shrinks the information image to a size in which the information image is not overlapped with the non-display region and displays the shrunk information image.

7. The image display apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the display part simulates a three-dimensional space on a virtual spherical body that centers a user, projects the information image on a spherical surface of the virtual spherical body, and forms the non-display part on the spherical surface in an annular band shape.

8. An image display method which controls an image display apparatus having a display part that is arranged on a mount body which is mounted on a head of a user, the image display method comprising:

by way of a detection part, detecting a tilt of a head of the user; and

by way of a control part, setting a virtual horizon based on the detected tilt and setting a non-display region having a band shape that is parallel to the virtual horizon,

wherein the non-display region is a region between a first boundary line that is provided by a first distance in an upper direction from and in parallel with the virtual horizon and a second boundary line that is provided by a second distance in a lower direction from and in parallel with the virtual horizon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: KATAGIRI, KIYOSHI; FUKANO, SHIRO; HOSODA, TETSURO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046861/0463 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-073634 · Mar 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190079290A1 · Mar 14, 2019