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Head-mount type display device

US9046686B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2013
Grant dateJun 2, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0178
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A head-mount type display device adapted to allow a user to visually recognize a virtual image in a state of being worn on the head of the user includes an image display section having an image light generation section adapted to generate an image light representing an image, a light blocking section adapted to transmit external light at a predetermined transmittance, and a virtual image forming section adapted to transmit the external light transmitted through the light blocking section and to form the virtual image in an eye of the user with the image light, and configured to allow the user to visually recognize the virtual image and an external image, an operation section with which the user inputs operation data, and a control section adapted to perform control of changing the transmittance of the light blocking section in accordance with operation data from the operation section.

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