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Display apparatus and display method

US5714972A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 1996
Grant dateFeb 3, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2200/1637
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A position detector 1 detects the position of a display screen 4, an image memory 2 stores image information, a selector 3 selects a portion of the image information stored in the image memory 2 in accordance with the position of the display screen 4 detected by the position detector 1 and supplies the selected portion to the display screen 4, and the display screen 4 displays the selected image information. The invention is characterized in that when it is assumed that the entire image information stored in the image memory 2 is drawn in a viewing field space fixed relative to the eye, the selector 3 selects the image information to be drawn on the display screen 4 lying in the viewing field space.

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