US 12,144,133 B2
Head-mounted display
Takamasa Araki, Tokyo (JP); Fumihiko Sato, Tokyo (JP); and Takayuki Tateno, Chiba (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,227.
Application 18/492,227 is a continuation of application No. 17/689,172, filed on Mar. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,832,401.
Application 17/689,172 is a continuation of application No. 16/925,921, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,304,323, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Application 16/925,921 is a continuation of application No. 16/590,427, filed on Oct. 2, 2019, granted, now 10,750,631, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 16/590,427 is a continuation of application No. 16/273,396, filed on Feb. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,477,711, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Application 16/273,396 is a continuation of application No. 15/550,889, granted, now 10,251,292, issued on Apr. 2, 2019, previously published as PCT/JP2016/055021, filed on Feb. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-038943 (JP), filed on Feb. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0057272 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0221 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); H04N 5/7491 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0086 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0152 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display comprising:
a main body in which a display is built;
a wearing band extending from the main body to a rear side and having a shape enclosing a head of a user as a whole;
a right-side extending section configured to make up a right-side part of the wearing band;
a left-side extending section configured to make up a left-side part of the wearing band;
a movable section configured to make up a part of a rear side of the wearing band, link a rear section of the right-side extending section with a rear section of the left-side extending section, and be movable relative to the right-side extending section and the left-side extending section in a retracting direction in which the length of the wearing band is decreased and in an extending direction in which the length of the wearing band is increased;
a first manipulating member operable by a user and rotatably provided on the movable section with an axis section that extends in a front-rear direction, wherein:
a vertical width of the first manipulating member is larger than a vertical width of the movable section,
the movable section includes a housing enclosing at least a portion of the first manipulating member,
the first manipulating member is rotatably supported by the axis section so that at least one of a upper portion of the first manipulating member and a lower portion of the first manipulating member protrudes from the housing,
an upper portion of the first manipulating member is exposed from an upper opening formed in the housing, and
a lower portion of the first manipulating member is exposed from a lower opening formed in the housing.