Head-Mounted Display Overlaying Digital Content on Physical Media
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display technologies fail to provide information with the same level of usability and immediacy as traditional media like newspapers or magazines, lacking a method to update content effectively while maintaining user visibility and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a detecting section, display section, and control section that overlays new information onto viewed content, allowing for real-time updates without altering the visible range, using a head-mounted display with a camera and optical system to recognize and process external scenes and media attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If information is delivered through communication lines to information terminal displays, then the latest information can be provided immediately, but the usability and portability are inferior to traditional media
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of traditional media (newspapers, magazines) by displaying captured images on a transparent display section. This allows users to view digital content in a format that replicates the physical media experience, maintaining usability while enabling immediate information delivery through network connectivity
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent display section acts as an intermediary between the digital information source and the user's view. It overlays digital content on the physical world, combining the immediacy of electronic delivery with the natural viewing experience of physical media, thus resolving the contradiction between speed and usability
2Productivity
If information is updated on traditional media, then the medium must be physically replaced, but this causes economic loss and waiting time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic updating of information by allowing the control section to replace or supplement captured images with new content from communication lines in real-time. This enables continuous updates without physical medium replacement, eliminating waiting time and economic loss while maintaining the appearance of traditional media
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous information delivery by automatically fetching and displaying updated content through the communication line. The transparent display continuously presents new information while the physical medium remains in place, ensuring uninterrupted access to updated content without replacement delays
3Ease of operation
If a head-mounted display is used to provide information, then portability and immediate access are improved, but the ability to display large amounts of information is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes the transparent display's ability to overlay multiple layers of information in the visual field. By stacking information layers vertically in the display depth, the system presents extensive content within a compact form factor, maintaining portability while expanding information capacity through dimensional optimization
Data Source
AI summary
A head-mounted display device includes: a medium recognizing section that detects information that is viewable by a user; a display section that performs display to be viewable by the user; and an update processing section that causes the display section to display, to overlap with at least a part of the information detected by the medium recognizing section, new information corresponding to the information.