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US 11,481,028 · App. 17/375,097 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Eye movement detecting device, electronic device and system

Inventor: Hiroaki Komaki (Tachikawa, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 11,481,028
App. No.
17/375,097
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an eye movement detecting device comprises first, second, third, fourth and fifth electrodes. A line connecting the first and the third electrodes passes through the right eye and a line connecting the second and the fourth electrodes passes through the left eye on at least one of a front view, a plan view or a side view. A distance between the fifth and the first electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the second electrodes. A distance between the fifth and the third electrodes is equal to a distance between the fifth and the fourth electrodes. The detector respectively detects a horizontal movement of the right eye and a horizontal movement of the left eye.

Claims (59)

1. A wearable device comprising:

a detector configured to detect a convergence angle at which a line of sight of a right eye of a user wearing the wearable device and a line of sight of a left eye of the user intersect; and

a display configured to display a first binocular augmented reality image and a second binocular augmented reality image, wherein

the first binocular augmented reality image includes a first right image and a first left image with a first interval between the first right image and the first left image when the detector detects a first convergence angle,

the first interval is related to the first convergence angle,

the second binocular augmented reality image includes a second right image and a second left image with a second interval between the second right image and the second left image when the detector detects a second convergence angle,

the second interval is related to the second convergence angle,

the second convergence angle is different from the first convergence angle,

the second binocular augmented reality image is different from the first binocular augmented reality image,

the detector is configured to detect the first convergence angle when the user looks at a first distance,

the detector is configured to detect the second convergence angle when the user looks at a second distance,

the second distance is shorter than the first distance,

the detector is configured to detect a third convergence angle when the user looks at a third distance,

the third distance is longer than the first distance,

a display position of the first binocular augmented reality image is based on the first distance,

a display position of the second binocular augmented reality image is based on the second distance,

the display is configured to display the first binocular augmented reality image when the detector detects the first convergence angle,

the display is configured to display the second binocular augmented reality image when the detector detects the second convergence angle, and

the display is configured to turn off the first binocular augmented reality image and the second binocular augmented reality image when the detector detects the third convergence angle.

2. A display method for a wearable device comprising a detector configured to detect a convergence angle at which a line of sight of a right eye of a user wearing the wearable device and a line of sight of a left eye of the user intersect, the display method comprising:

displaying a first binocular augmented reality image including a first right image and a first left image with a first interval between the first right image and the first left image when the detector detects a first convergence angle; and

displaying a second binocular augmented reality image including a second right image and a second left image with a second interval between the second right image and the second left image when the detector detects a second convergence angle, wherein

the first interval is related to the first convergence angle,

the second interval is related to the second convergence angle,

the second convergence angle is different from the first convergence angle,

the second binocular augmented reality image is different from the first binocular augmented reality image,

the first convergence angle is detected when the user looks at a first distance,

the second convergence angle is detected when the user looks at a second distance,

the second distance is shorter than the first distance,

a third convergence angle is detected when the user looks at a third distance,

the third distance is longer than the first distance,

a display position of the first binocular augmented reality image is based on the first distance,

a display position of the second binocular augmented reality image is based on the second distance,

the first binocular augmented reality image is displayed when the first convergence angle is detected,

the second binocular augmented reality image is displayed when the second convergence angle is detected, and

the first binocular augmented reality image and the second binocular augmented reality image are turned off when the third convergence angle is detected.

3. A system comprising:

a wearable device; and

a mobile terminal configured to send a binocular augmented reality image to the wearable device, wherein

the binocular augmented reality image includes a right image and a left image; and

the wearable device comprises:

a detector configured to detect a convergence angle at which a line of sight of a right eye of a user wearing the wearable device and a line of sight of a left eye of the user intersect; and

a display configured to display a first binocular augmented reality image and a second binocular augmented reality image, wherein

the first binocular augmented reality image includes a first right image and a first left image with a first interval between the first right image and the first left image when the detector detects a first convergence angle,

the first interval is related to the first convergence angle,

the second binocular augmented reality image includes a second right image and a second left image with a second interval between the second right image and the second left image when the detector detects a second convergence angle,

the second interval is related to the second convergence angle,

the second convergence angle is different from the first convergence angle,

the second binocular augmented reality image is different from the first binocular augmented reality image,

the detector is configured to detect the first convergence angle when the user looks at a first distance,

the detector is configured to detect the second convergence angle when the user looks at a second distance,

the second distance is shorter than the first distance,

the detector is configured to detect a third convergence angle when the user looks at a third distance,

the third distance is longer than the first distance,

a display position of the first binocular augmented reality image is based on the first distance,

a display position of the second binocular augmented reality image is based on the second distance,

the display is configured to display the first binocular augmented reality image when the detector detects the first convergence angle,

the display is configured to display the second binocular augmented reality image when the detector detects the second convergence angle, and

the display is configured to turn off the first binocular augmented reality image and the second binocular augmented reality image when the detector detects the third convergence angle.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-051471 · Mar 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
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