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US 12,585,116 · App. 18/001,088 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Light-shielding member and head-mounted display

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Otsuka (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
G02B27/0172G02B27/0176G02B2027/0154
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Patent No.
US 12,585,116
App. No.
18/001,088
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-shielding member that moderates the contact pressure is provided. The light-shielding member reduces external light to be incident to the eyes of a user who is wearing a head-mounted display and includes an attachment portion that is attached to a housing of the head-mounted display and a light-shielding wall extending backwardly from the attachment portion. The light-shielding wall includes at least at part thereof bellows that come into contact with the periphery of the eyes of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display and are deformed to expand and contract in response to the contact pressure.

Claims (34)

1 . A light-shielding member that reduces external light to be incident to eyes of a user who is wearing a head-mounted display, comprising:

an attachment portion that is attached to a housing of the head-mounted display; and

a light-shielding wall extending backwardly from the attachment portion,

wherein the light-shielding wall includes at least at part thereof bellows that come into contact with a periphery of the eyes of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display and are deformed to expand and contract in response to a contact pressure, the bellows include a plurality of bellows portions, wherein each respective bellows portion of the plurality of bellows portions includes bellows, and at least one cutout located on an innermost mountain ridge portion or a valley ridge portion of the bellows and forms an indentation in the bellows.

2 . The light-shielding member according to claim 1 , wherein the light-shielding wall includes an upper portion that comes into contact with an upper side of the eyes of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display, and the bellows are provided at least at the upper portion.

3 . The light-shielding member according to claim 1 , wherein the light-shielding wall includes a right portion that comes into contact with a right side of a right eye of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display and a left portion that comes into contact with a left side of a left eye of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display, and the bellows are provided at least at the right portion and the left portion.

4 . The light-shielding member according to claim 3 , wherein the bellows have mountain portions and valley portions formed alternately thereon.

5 . The light-shielding member according to claim 1 , wherein

the light-shielding wall includes an upper portion that comes into contact with an upper side of the eyes of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display, a right portion that comes into contact with a right side of a right eye of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display, a left portion that comes into contact with a left side of a left eye of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display, a right connection portion that connects the upper portion and the right portion to each other, and a left connection portion that connects the upper portion and the left portion to each other,

the right connection portion connects the upper portion and the right portion to each other such that the right portion moves leftwardly as the contact pressure to the right connection portion increases, and

the left connection portion connects the upper portion and the left portion to each other such that the left portion moves rightwardly as the contact pressure to the left connection portion increases.

6 . The light-shielding member according to claim 5 , wherein

the bellows are provided over the right portion, the right connection portion, the upper portion, the left connection portion, and the left portion, and,

as viewed from above, a width of the bellows at the right connection portion and the left connection portion is greater than a width of the bellows at least at the upper portion.

7 . The light-shielding member according to claim 5 , wherein:

as viewed from above, the right portion and the right connection portion extend diagonally to right and backward, and,

as viewed from above, the left portion and the left connection portion extend diagonally to left and backward.

8 . The light-shielding member according to claim 1 , wherein:

the light-shielding member includes, at a lower portion thereof, a nose accommodation portion into which a nose of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display is accommodated, and

the nose accommodation portion includes an opening that opens backwardly and includes at least a first light-shielding portion that reduces external light to be incident to the eyes of the user through the opening.

9 . The light-shielding member according to claim 8 , wherein the nose accommodation portion is arranged in front of the first light-shielding portion and further includes a second light-shielding portion that reduces external light to be incident to the eyes of the user through the opening.

10 . The light-shielding member according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion is detachably attached to the housing.

11 . A head-mounted display comprising:

a housing;

a mounting band that extends backwardly from the housing and is to be mounted on a head of a user; and

a light-shielding member that reduces external light to be incident to eyes of the user, wherein the light-shielding member includes an attachment portion that is attached to the housing, and a light-shielding wall extending backwardly from the attachment portion, and wherein the light-shielding wall includes at least at part thereof bellows that come into contact with a periphery of the eyes of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display and are deformed to expand and contract in response to a contact pressure, the bellows includes right and left bellow portions which include at least one cutout provided in an innermost mountain ridge portion or a valley ridge portion of the right and left bellows portions, the cutout forming an indentation in the bellows.

12 . A light-shielding member that reduces external light to be incident to eyes of a user who is wearing a head-mounted display, comprising:

an attachment portion that is attached to a housing of the head-mounted display; and

a light-shielding wall extending backwardly from the attachment portion, wherein the light-shielding wall includes at least at part thereof bellows that come into contact with a periphery of the eyes of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display and are deformed to expand and contract in response to a contact pressure, the bellows including a cutout;

a nose accommodation portion at a lower portion of the light-shielding member and into which a nose of the user who is wearing the head-mounted display is accommodated, wherein the nose accommodation portion includes an opening which opens backwardly and includes at least a first light-shielding portion that reduces external light to be incident to the eyes of the user through the opening, and wherein the nose accommodation portion is arranged in front of the first light-shielding portion and further includes a second light-shielding portion that reduces external light to be incident to the eyes of the user through the opening.

13 . The light-shielding member of claim 12 , wherein the first light-shielding portion is spaced from the second light-shielding portion by a slit.

14 . The light-shielding member of claim 13 , wherein the first light-shielding portion and the second light-shielding portion are configured to receive a nose of the user.

15 . The light-shielding member of claim 12 , wherein the nose accommodation portion includes a first end that extends a length from the light-shielding wall and a second end that is coupled to the bellows.

16 . The light-shielding member of claim 12 , further comprising: a right light-shielding portion positioned in front of the first light-shielding portion and a left light-shielding portion positioned in front of the second light-shielding portion, wherein the right light-shielding portion is spaced from the left light-shielding-portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2022
From: OTSUKA, YOSHIYUKI
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 062023/0893 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-104858 · Jun 17, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230213768A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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