Transmissive display apparatus and light control shade for transmissive display apparatus
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SEIKO EPSON CORP
- Publication Date
- 2017-03-30
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to a transmissive display apparatus that presents a viewer with video images formed by an image display apparatus and a light control shade for the transmissive display apparatus.
[0003] 2. Related Art
[0004] A variety of optical systems have been proposed as those incorporated into a display apparatus (virtual image display apparatus), such as a head mounted display (hereinafter also referred to as HMD) mounted on a viewer's head. In particular, there is a known display apparatus called a see-through-type display apparatus (transmissive display apparatus) that superimposes video light and outside light on each other and allows visual recognition of the superimposed light (see JP-A-2014-160169).
[0005] As a transmissive display apparatus of the see-through type, there is a known display apparatus that is provided with a light control apparatus for controlling outside light, and the display apparatus controls the light t...