US 12,075,157 B2
Image display apparatus having a plurality of display modes
Yuji Nakamura, Tokyo (JP); and Kuniaki Oe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/164,863.
Application 18/164,863 is a continuation of application No. 17/520,862, filed on Nov. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,601,592.
Application 17/520,862 is a continuation of application No. 16/782,212, filed on Feb. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,202,008, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Application 16/782,212 is a continuation of application No. 15/754,362, granted, now 10,594,936, issued on Mar. 17, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/063862, filed on May 10, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015188025 (JP), filed on Sep. 25, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0188843 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/667 (2023.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/667 (2023.01) [G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/64 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. An image display apparatus worn on a head of a user, the image display apparatus comprising:
an image supplier, at least one of contained within or external to the image display apparatus, the image supplier configured to produce a planar image representing virtual objects in a virtual world, wherein the planar image includes characteristics that require the image display apparatus to be a non-see-through image display apparatus that does not allow the user to visually recognize real world objects outside the virtual world; and
a display controller, at least one of contained within or external to the image display apparatus, the display controller configured to display the planar image on the image display apparatus in a display mode that changes a shape of the planar image as a function of a change in position and/or orientation of the image display apparatus, wherein the change in the shape of the planar image includes presenting the planar image in an orientation other than a front direction of the user.