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Image capturing and displaying apparatus and image capturing and displaying method

US7855743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 22, 2007
Grant dateDec 21, 2010
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Expiry dateApr 22, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0187
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image capturing and displaying apparatus is disclosed. The image capturing and displaying apparatus includes an image capturing section, a display section, a user's information obtaining section, and a control section. The image capturing section captures an image such that a direction in which a user sees a subject is a direction of the subject. The display section is disposed in front of eyes of the user and displays the image captured by the image capturing section. The user's information obtaining section obtains information about a motion and a physical situation of the user. The control section controls an operation of the image capturing section or an operation of the display section corresponding to information obtained by the user's information obtaining section.

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