IP Library Granted Patent US 11,624,930
Granted Patent B2
US 11,624,930 · App. 17/426,604 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Head mounted display device

Inventors: Yasutoshi Yamamoto (Osaka, JP); Suguru Ogawa (Osaka, JP); Hiroyasu Makino (Osaka, JP); Makoto Serizawa (Osaka, JP); Yoshiichiro Kashiwagi (Kyoto, JP); Toshiro Nishio (Osaka, JP); Masayuki Kozuka (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,624,930
App. No.
17/426,604
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a first closed-bottom lens tube including a first display part on the closed bottom for displaying a first image; a second closed-bottom lens tube including a second display part on the closed bottom for displaying a second image; an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected to the first rod; and an image outputter that outputs the first and second images to the first and second display parts, respectively. The image outputter, in accordance with the angle of rotation of the first and second rods of the adjustment mechanism, controls and outputs the first and second images to bring the horizontal directions thereof closer to the arrangement direction of the first and second lens tubes.

Claims (17)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first lens tube including a closed bottom and a first display part on the closed bottom, the first display part being for displaying a first image;

a second lens tube including a closed bottom and a second display part on the closed bottom, the second display part being for displaying a second image;

an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected to the first rod;

a first gyrosensor that is provided on the first lens tube, detects a tilt of the first display part, and outputs an amount of the tilt of the first display part;

a second gyrosensor that is provided on the second lens tube, detects a tilt of the second display part, and outputs and amount of the tilt of the second display part; and

an image outputter that:

calculates an amount of rotation of the first rod and the second rod by adding an absolute value of the amount of the tilt of the first display part output by the first gyrosensor and an absolute value of the amount of tilt of the second display part output by the second gyrosensor; and

generates, in accordance with the amount of rotation, a first rotated image to be displayed on the first display part based on the first image, and a second rotated image to be displayed on the second display part based on the second image.

2. A display device comprising:

a first lens tube including a closed bottom and a first display part on the closed bottom, the first display part being for displaying a first image;

a second lens tube including a closed bottom and a second display part on the closed bottom, the second display part being for displaying a second image;

an adjustment mechanism including a first rod that extends from the first lens tube and a second rod that extends from the second lens tube and is rotatably connected to the first rod;

a measurement device that is provided on at least one of the first lens tube or the second lens tube and measures a distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube; and

an image outputter that:

calculates an angle between the first rod and the second rod based on (i) the distance between the first lens tube and the second lens tube, and (ii) a distance from a center of rotation of the first rod and the second rod to a center of the first lens tube and/or the second lens tube; and

generates, in accordance with the angle, a first rotated image to be displayed on the first display part based on the first image, and a second rotated image to be displayed on the second display part based on the second image.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2022
From: YAMAMOTO, YASUTOSHI; OGAWA, SUGURU; MAKINO, HIROYASU; SERIZAWA, MAKOTO; KASHIWAGI, YOSHIICHIRO; NISHIO, TOSHIRO; KOZUKA, MASAYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058654/0110 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62883575 · Aug 6, 2019
Related Publication 20220035171A1 · Feb 3, 2022
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